1966 Fury III - Unfinished Project

[Ross Wooldridge]

Hmmm - if there is any water remaining in the block, that can freeze and crack the block.

 

[Philip Andrews]

Hmmm - if there is any water remaining in the block, that can freeze and crack the block.

Nothing of any great substance. This is to be a windy cold snap- I am more concerned for the radiator. That's totally empty.

Phil

 

[Philip Andrews]

Cold weather has gone away, back to being in the 70's.
Took a look in the radiator and observed an unhappy volume of brown sludge, dried up after a week empty. Added some dishwasher soap, filled up with water and ran it unpressurized until it boiled.

Blorp. Drained and flushed repeatedly.

Just water for now but that's a lot better. No leaks, so it'll get some antifreeze to prevent it going all rusty again.

Phil

 

[Philip Andrews]

There we go.

That should slow the corrosion down a touch.

Phil

 

[Philip Andrews]

Seems that cleaned it out too well.

All the coolant ran away.

Ordered a new freeze plug set. Really need to pull the engine; running the front brake hard line will be easier and I've got some welding to do so, I guess the old heave ho going to happen again.

Phil

 

[Philip Andrews]

I forget from when I pulled the engine last- it's probably easier to pull just the motor and leave the transmission in place on a C body?

Phil

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

As far as I have heard, it's a lot easier to do it by removing the grille, front bumper and the radiator yoke, and pulling the whole shebang (engine and trans) forward.

 

[Philip Andrews]

As far as I have heard, it's a lot easier to do it by removing the grille, front bumper and the radiator yoke, and pulling the whole shebang (engine and trans) forward.

Yeah, getting it up and over the slam panel is awkward.

 

['66 Fury I]

Last one I removed was in my '66 Fury. I removed the rad, fan and carb. I made a plate to bolt to the intake in place of the carb. The plate has a vertical plate welded to it which mounted directly to the "cherry picker" shop crane arm. No hook or chain used. I supported the manual trans, unbolted the engine mounts and bell housing at the block. The engine was lifted to clear the mounts, moved forward to clear the trans input and up/forward over the rad support. The hood remained in place. Evgine went back in the same way. I would do it this way again.
Hope this is helpful. Lindsay

 

[Philip Andrews]

Welded up a couple of gaps in the trunk.

Haven't had the energy to do any more lately.