Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Mystery Solved, Part II

Dave Shoe on the Ford FE Forum posted a pic of his bone-stock 390. A little magic with Ifranview and you can easily see the correct mounting. Thanks to Dave, Bob Sprowl and Tom P. on the forum.


Dave Shoe's stock 390 from the Ford FE Forum (see text). Posted by Hello


Zoom of Alternator Bracket. Posted by Hello

Sunday, May 15, 2005

Mystery Solved, Part I

A response on the Ford FE Forum says this is an alternator bracket and is backed up by a picture at Forte's Parts Connection. Now I've just got to figure out how the bracket is mounted. Thank God for the Ford FE Forum and for Google!

Here's another pic or two at Gessford Machine Shop's site of an assembled engine showing how it goes together.


More on the mystery part - improper alternator mounting?? Posted by Hello


Engine with valve covers, alternator, power steering pump, distributor, coil, and carb. Posted by Hello


Engine with valve covers, alternator, power steering pump, distributor, coil, and carb. Posted by Hello

Continuing Engine Install

Yesterday we spent several hours hooking various parts back up to the engine. We put the pushrods and rocker arm assemblies back on then valve cover gaskets & covers went on. The carb, alternator, power steering pump went back on pretty easily. I cleaned up and painted the original 65 coil with coil bracket (I was out of black so went with Old Ford Blue) and the throttle bracket. We hooked the starter up and the battery and tried the key. Apparently I reversed the leads on the voltage regulator at some point because the inside lights were staying on even with the key off. Reversing the leads fixed that problem. We tried to bump the starter, but no dice - the battery may be dead. But the dash lights came on with the key on "Start" like they're supposed to. Tim got the distributor back in and (hopefully) aligned correctly. Stupid us put the valve covers on first so we couldn't check when #1 exhaust valve was open and when intake was open, so we may be 180 degrees out on the distributor. Should be easy to tell!


End-on shot Posted by Hello


What is this part? Posted by Hello


What is this part? Posted by Hello

What is this part?

We couldn't figure out where this part goes. It came off the engine bay or around the tranny somewhere. I've posted a message on the Ford FE Forum and will post the response here if anyone can figure it out.