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Getting close now.... Tonight I got the passenger fender bolted back on. I hooked up all the old factory wiring except I gutted the old fan stuff. All the hoses are clamped down. All the belts are back on. The carb linkage is all back to normal. The vacuum gauge is hooked up. I installed the...

I am getting close to firing the new engine. Tonight I installed the carb along with the throttle cable(s) bracket. I found a new power steering belt that was a bit shorter to pull the power steering pump away from the inner fender. I had to make a new hard line for the fuel pump to carb. I...

Progress for the night....getting closer.... Upper radiator hose WIN! I could not ask for a better fit for a factory hose. I didn't even have to trim it at all! The hose is a Dayco 71041 One application is a 1981 Ford F150 or Bronco with a 351M engine. Finding that pretty much made my...

More progress tonight.... Power steering pump is back on. Drivers fender is back on. Grill and radiator assembly is back together. I got the lower radiator hose figured out... It is from a 1972 chevy C10/K10 pickup with a v8. I had to chop both ends down. The water pump side was a LITTLE...

Here is my progress for the day..... The I added all the attachment hardware for the shroud to the upper and lower brackets along with the hardware that holds the fan to the shroud. I decided to use all 6 of the stock attachment holes in the Volvo shroud by rotating the fan just right...

Some good progress tonight on a radiator shroud to mount my new Volvo fan onto..... First you need to make the pattern. I did a few bending trials on some small 1" strips of 16 gauge to get a feel for how it was going to bend. This is a pretty simple box design. The top and bottom flange are...

Victory is mine! Of course this time it took all of 30 minutes to bolt the clutch on and get the motor in place. I didn't really do anything different. It went all the way flange to flange with the dowel pins in place with just a little wiggle. After the engine was back in its home again I...

Tonight I finished off the lower radiator mount for the most part. Tip of the day... I found one of these sitting on the shelf. Diablo 4-1/2 in. 40 Grit Ultra Coarse Steel Demon Corner-Edge Flap Disc-DCC045040N01F at The Home Depot These things ROCK for doing tighter inside corner work...

Tonight's progress.... The upper mount is getting close. It will also form the upper mount for the radiator shroud if all goes according to plan. It was kinda a pain in the rear to make. It is two parts. There is a slight curve to the top of the flat fender grill shell so that flange couldn't...

Thanks. I will probably pull the rear driveline and try that this time. I am going to take my damn sweet time this go around. That should be Thursday night if all goes ok..... Last night I worked on the radiator mount for a little bit. I stripped the old welding off the top flange and...

It was a kinda interesting weekend..... I did this..... This was all ready to go into its new home.... Then this happened! When I was installing the engine I think the input shaft didn't go into the clutch disc splines correctly. In the process of lifting, shifting, and shaking it...

Almost out....bellhousing and motor mounts and then its FREE!

Some progress.... This engine has to get out of the way to make room for this....

Nothing that interesting.....other than I have a complete engine now! And in primer.... Now I feel pretty good about pulling the old engine! A few coats of paint and it should be ready to go in. Then the accessories and cooling system.

I got my press brake idea all tacked together. I built it a little bit the same and a little bit different than what you see. It is all made from scrap material I got at bin at work. The bottom plate is 6" wide, 1/2" thick material. There are some 1x1, 1/4" angle reinforcements on the...

All the cool kids are going it, so I figured I would jump on the bus for my upcoming radiator mount project. I spun up the lathe and turned a 1" dimple die. I gave it a test on some 14 gauge scrap I had laying around. I think it turned out ok? While I was playing on the lathe I started...

My new electric fan showed up yesterday..... Some rough measurements of the fan ( and radiator ). -Radiator bottom flange height, 3/8" -Core width, 19" ( both inlet and outlet welds get into that aea ) -Core height, with bottom flange, 15.188" Fan- -Overall mounting flange diameter...

Some more misc stuff.... I had one water pump bolt break off. That sucked. I tried to not let it bother me until I looked at the price for a nice cover. Since the cover was aluminum and the bolt was steel I was able to weld a nut to it, it was broke off flush of course! My tip for that is...

Just a bit more this weekend...I'm holding out on tearing the old engine out until I have the new heads in hand. I did start cleaning some more engine parts...mainly the timing chain cover, oil pump, water pump stuff. Well there's your problem! I think having one side of the engine...

Some interesting parts are showing up..... Griffin 24x16 radiator, 1.25" dual core! Dual pass! Take that cooling problems! Overall I am pretty happy with the quality. There where some small little issues but nothing deal breaking. I think the biggest odd issue for me is that the top of...