How To Rebuild Your Small-Block Ford

A/C compressor 16, 147-148 A/C compressor install 147-148 A/C refrigerant 17 Accessory-drive belts 16, 150 Air cleaner 15, 151, 152

Air pump 3 4 , 1 4 8 Alternator 1 8 , 2 1 , 141, 148 Alternator bracket 138 Anti-seize compound 110

Battery 12, 141 Bearings

edge-ride 61 inspect 47

also see types of Blowby 3

Bore taper 45, 53-54 Bore-wear measuring

dial-bore gauge method 53-54 ring-and-feeler method 54

Boring 4 , 5 , 7 , 56-57 Bottom end 5

Cable

lifting 21-22 starter 20-21

Camshaft 4

base circle 1 0 , 6 4 bearing journal 6 4 inspection 63-64 installation 97-98 out-of-round 6 4 plug 4 9 , 9 6 , 9 7 profile 63

remove 47 runout 64

thrust plate 47, 48, 71-72,98 Camshaft bearing

chamfer 9 4 , 9 5 install 94-96 mandrel 5 0 , 9 5 remove 50

Camshaft thrust plate bolts 9 7 , 9 8

Czrbon deposits 4, 5 Carburetor 143, 144 choke 7 , 144, 145

heat riser 138 linkage 144,145 remove 3 9 , 4 0

Casting number 25-27 Change level 24 Clearance volume 32

Clutch 39, 136-137, 138 Clutch linkage

remove 1 8 , 2 0 Combustion chamber 4 Compression height 30-32 Compression tester 7-8

Connecting rod 29-30 bearing 5 broached 30

center-to-center length 29 inspect 66, 69-70

journal protectors 45-46 numbering 45 reconditioning 69-70 spot faced 30

Coolant loss 8 Cooling lines

transmission 20-21 Compression ratio 3 2 , 3 4 Core plug, see Freeze plug Crankcase ventilation 143-144 Crankshaft

balance 29 bearing 99

bearing caps 102-10 3 bearing journal finish 59-61 bearing-journal radius 6 1 end-play 103, 104

front seal 110 inspection 58-62 install 98-103 nodularity 29 oil slinger 109

out-of-round 59-60 rope seal 99, 100 runout 6 1 , 6 2 stroke 28, 29

taper 59-61 throw 29

Crankshaft bearings install 100, 103 Crankshaft damper

install 108-111 key 108 remove 4 2 , 4 3

repair sleeve 110 pulley 138

Cylinder block cleaning 51-52, 58 decking 56 identification 27-32 notch 56

Cylinder head assemble 89-91 identification 32-38 install 114-115 milling 78-79 remove 40-43 teardown 75-77

Cylinder pressure 7

Cylinder sleeve 55

Distributor 5, 6

armature 124, 125, 133 assembly 128-133 breaker plate 124, 125

breaker-point adjustment 132 breaker-point type 122, 124, 130-132 breakerless 122, 124-125, 132-133 bushing 124, 127,128-129 calibration 133

cam 125-126, 130-131

centrifugal advance 122, 124-125, 130 collar 127, 128-129

disassembly 124-128 dual advance 122 dwell 122-123 end-play 128-129 gear 126-127, 130

HypalonB sleeve 125, 130 install 144-146

magnetic pickup 124, 132-133 primary wire 124,130, 132 remove 39

shaft 126-127, 128-129 solid state, See Breakerless testing 122-124

vacuum control valve, see PVS valve vacuum diaphragm 123, 124, 132, 133

Deck height 2 9 , 3 2 Deck-height clearance 32 Detonation 4 , 4 7 Diagnosis 5-10

Dial indicator 8 , 6 1 Dial-bore gauge 53-54 Dieseling 5

Driveshaft

oil pump 7 3 , 7 4 , 111 Dwell tachometer 6 Dynamometer 4 , 1 5 5 , 156

Engine balance 32

ground strap 149 install 139-153

mount 1 9 , 2 1 , 3 9 , 1 3 8 plate 137-138

remove 11-23 run-in 151-152 Engine block 27-28

Engine-mount bolt 19, 139, 141 Exhaust manifold 39

install 119, 120 Exhaust pipe 20, 142