Fred,
Did use non-detergent oil. The engine has started and will run. There was a
conversation the other day about freeze plugs. The person that was helping me
with the rebuild had a bit of the "let sleeping dogs lie" philosophy. The
freeze
plugs looked go so we didn't change them. Mistake. After starting the engine
had a leak beneath the carbs. At first I was afraid the head or manifold gasket
had a leak. Ended up that it was the freeze plug.
Pulled the engine again and put in a new set of plugs. Most were easy except
the
rear plug and behind the flywheel and the rear plug on the drivers side. The
hole near the freeze plug is very close to a cylinder and doesn't allow for the
plug to rotate for easy removal and the rear plug on the drivers side has a
cupped hole which doesn't allow for rotation.
Hoping to be ready for Shasta,
Dana
JOHNSOF@aol.com wrote:
> Hey, Dana, I hope you remembered to use non-detergent oil in your "new"
> engine. The rings will seat better that way. You can change after 500 miles
> or so, according to what I've read.
>
> I wonder if that's why every Ford company car I had (and my truck, too) all
> burn a quart every 1500 miles? Maybe the rings never seat right, or maybe
> they're chromed or something.
>
> Fred J.
> '69 SRL with engine reassembly starting soon!
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