I would say reach out through the auction if interested. The auction can answer questions or put you in contact. The auction holds the title on the car so they won't be worried about loosing a sale. I tried to call a contact I have working in management to ask but he didn't answer his phone. I'm...
Mike , First let's make sure you are using the newer style one piece rubber pan gasket. In the beginning we were advising with the pan left on and it being an old style cork gasket with half moon ends you would trim the cork gaskets for the timing cover only and glue in the half moon. Once you...
Get the pan gasket from Ford. 2003 E-150 with 5.0 liter. It will be one piece rubber with metal eyelets in all the bolt holes and don't forget to put the re-enforcement rails back up with the pan. 3M weatherstrip adhesive on block surface and the gasket will stay in place . This was the hardest...
That pan gasket is a late model style rubber one piece. They are easy to do. You drop the pan down and you don't even have to remove it on a cross member style in vehicle repair you just clean the surface of the block and stretch the new gasket around the outside of the pan and use the yellow...
I am a new owner and doing the build myself. I have many years with Ford and with the many brackets and un-assembled pulley slash tensioner it would make the beginner go crazy ! Not to mention the motor mount brackets with three hole mount plates that no Ford mount would bolt to. Without an...
Well the test fitting was good for info. I had to machine .400 off the bottom rear perches that mount to the front of the lower crossmember. This will alow for moving the engine back a bit as the distributor cap was very close to the back of the cockpit. Today I test fit the transmission to the...
Paul, I just went through this with my Ford Motorsports block. The boss on the block below the head was there but not drilled and tapped. On my AC bracket it had a lower bolt hole that lined up with this boss and I center punched it and drilled and tapped it. See picture below. My engine has...