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    What should I do for the engine?

    351 Cleveland motors were a factory option in 1971, (you may want to decipher your VIN to see if yours wasn't one of them to begin with originally, just a thought) not sure if there is a difference between the Cleveland and the Windows 351 in terms of engine mounting points. But room wise you...
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    What should I do for the engine?

    though both engines are from the same Windsor family, considered Ford small blocks, parts for the 351 are a bit more expensive and a bit more harder to find, though at some point in time the heads were very similar, the intake is wider on the 351, as well as the water pump, and it took different...
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    1968 289 H2O

    Thanks bud for the explanation, much appreciated. No, at this time it is just all for the sake of learning and practicing.
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    unknown bracket

    i know you got your answer but here's a pic just in case
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    1968 289 H2O

    Cam Out - Finally OK, finally got the cam out, how long did that take, two hours? LOL First thing I noticed is how heavy that thing is. I wanted to weigh it but I loaned my digital scale to some gremlins. I'm guessing it's about 12 pounds. OK, so could someone take a look at the cam close...
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    1968 289 H2O

    Umm one more time in English sir, are you asking if I checked how loose the chain was? I am not being smart, I honestly don't know what measuring play means. The chain seemed to give about half an inch, so seemed pretty good to me. Plus not sure how removing it and putting it back can change...
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    1968 289 H2O

    Cam Gear Removal I removed the fuel pump drive doughnut thing, so that I could remove the cam sprocket in order to get to the thrust plate. All these steps make me think about those people to whom everything is easy. I hate them! You know the type that are across town when you call them and...
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    1968 289 H2O

    Sorry I don't want to break up the "set" LOL, but they are like $5.00 bucks on eBay. 65 66 67 Ford 289 302 351W Timing Chain Cover C4AZ 6019
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    1968 289 H2O

    Timing Cover Removal OK, first of all I am one of those people who can stare at things and not see anything or read about stuff and not learn anything, but you get me to do something hands on and it's embedded in my head for eternity [or at least 'till the next Bachelor party, LOL]. So...
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    It's always something. Now what do I do?

    God I love you Baby Boomers! jk :D
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    It's always something. Now what do I do?

    Wife? Ex-Wife? Soon to be ex wife? LOL
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    It's always something. Now what do I do?

    LOL, didn't I tell you there's always one. Well don't panic that same thing happened to me, on both sides I think. I am trying to remember how the hell I got those off. OK I think I remember, believe it or not the passenger side came off without me undoing that bolt because it was sorta loose...
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    Frustrating Problem

    glad you figured it out, and thank you very much for posting your solution, often times once the problem is fixed the thread is orphaned and who knows what happened, i recon sometimes the guys are too macho to admit they overlooked something, so thanks again for letting us know, it really does...
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    Frustrating Problem

    highly unlikely as the EGR recirculates dirty exhaust back into the intake, so it being clogged is actually a blessing, I drove a car with the EGR passage clogged so bad it would not pass SMOG, yet ran beautifully, then I cleaned out all the carbon build up to allow the EGR to function and it...
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    Full Frontal

    Metal Rescue Results Summary So here's another piece that was also soaked for 1 week. Keep in mind it was only half way submerged in the magic potion as it was too tall to do it in one shot. Does Metal Rescue work? - Yes Am I in love with it? - not really Why not? - it is expensive, and not...
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    Full Frontal

    Metal Rescue Results - 1 [friggen] Week Later Well here are the final results of the first test. All the rust is gone. Since I work on the car one day a week usually on Fridays or Saturdays, I don't know if the part was done on Monday, Wednesday, or if it really did take a week, know what I...
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    1968 289 H2O

    Harmonic Balancer - Removal 2 second verse, same as the first, but a whole lot louder and a whole lot worst - LOL just wrenchin' along
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    1968 289 H2O

    - - - Good Tip Alert - - - Why thank you, that's a good tip, yes sometimes when you are pulling stuff it's a major PIA so the less friction the better.
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    1968 289 H2O

    Come to think of it I could turn the crank once I removed all the seized pistons while the engine was still int the car, so disregard that previous statement when I said how could I unbolt the torque converted from the pressure plate before pulling the engine. Maybe my tranny was in gear when I...
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    1968 289 H2O

    Harmonic Balancer - Removal 1 In order to get that cam out I have to remove the timing cover, in order to remove the timing cover I have to get the harmonic balancer [ahem] "Damper" as Ford calls it off. Now I joked about being a two bolt mechanic before, and stated that the intricacy of the...
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