- So if I am correct, on a 66-289, piston notches (.030" over stock type pistons) go to front of engine and bearing lock slots (on the rods) go to the outside of the engine? If this is the case, the F---ing machine shop installed the pistons onto the rods backwards! View attachment 144688 Now being that they "re-sized" the large ends of the rods, I could likely get away with swapping 1 to 5, 2 to 6, etc, OR simply face the piston notches to the rear. Neither of these options seem like a correct solution? The book I have only goes to 65 and I hope that I am correctly assuming that FORD did NOT change the orientation of the piston notches or the bearing lock slots for the 66 model year. This machine shop's work has been a NIGHTMARE from the time I first picked up the heads, block and other parts when the owner told me they couldn't find all the stuff, as he had to FIRE the guy who started the work.View attachment 144689 The heads had some of the valve stem tips up to more than 1/4" different than some of the others and other issues. The block still had baked on gasket material on the decks and now I find that the cam won't even fit, due to, at the very least, the front cam bearing being "cocked" in its bore! Unfortunately, they already have our $$$$ (at least its disputable on a credit card) so I'm planning on dropping all back to them for a third and final time to give him the fair chance to make appropriate corrections, before taking it all somewhere else to have the f--- ups fixed. At no time did I ask for a discounted price for a slam, bam, slap it together special! While this is by no means a performance build, I want it to be right as, my name/reputation/pride is going on it. Please help and advise!
Thank You,
Gene