68 MUSTANG #7

 Last post I was working on the brakes and had the new power unit & disc brakes installed. A new distribution \ proportioning block for disc front\disc rear (instead of disc\drum) had to be ordered.

Once it arrived a new mounting bracket was fabricated and the block mounted.

 

New brake lines were made to tie the front and rear brakes to the block and complete the master brake cylinder. The brake system was bled using a hand vacuum pump. There were a few leaks that were fixed then I had to rebleed the system.

The new trunk lid had been received a couple months ago that replaced the California Special deck lid and I decided to see how it fit. 

I used the overhead hoist to hold it in place while it was bolted on.

The new rear fender extensions were delivered, primed and installed.

Taillight housings were rusted at the bottom and the gaskets in bad shape. After bead blasting the housing, they were painted, new gaskets ordered, all the chrome polished then the back of the car was put together with the new tail pan that came with the car. 

When I got the car, the engine was a complete long block. After inspection I was concerned that the rear intake valves were damaged as I could see a lot of rust through the intake port of the heads, so I took the engine apart to make Sure it was not a cracked head. You can see the valve seat looks good, so the rust came from water came in through the intake port.

The heads and valves were cleaned then the valves were hand lapped with valve seat compound, inspected for cracks then re assembled.

The block was checked for wear with almost no wear in the cylinders. The main and rod bearings were also checked then re torqued. The roller cam shows a little wear as well as the timing chain. 

Looks like I had the shakes taking this picture.

I decided to put the engine back together as is and ordered new gaskets. I think I will paint the engine Old Ford Blue with black accessories.

The headers that came with the car were black. trying to avoid rust they were painted with hi heat silver paint.

After the engine gaskets get here the engine and transmission can be put together then installed. The project is coming along slowly but I'm making progress.