What did you do for your ford today?

[CDA 455 II]

I see potential:

I'm going to attempt to use this as a hoist to help remove the old PS pump/bracket assembly.🤔

If that works out I'm going to use it to help install the Saginaw PS pump assembly.

 

[CDA 455 II]

It worked!
Pulling the old PS pump assembly out:

 

[CDA 455 II]

Stuck a temp-tape sticker on water pump:

 

[Levigarrett76]

Where the rest of the pics of the other end of that wonky leaf spring contraption?

 

[CDA 455 II]

Where the rest of the pics of the other end of that wonky leaf spring contraption?

 

[willis_racing]

Decided to drive the Bronco into work this morning in case there were puddles/mud at the dirt bike ride spot after work today.

Damn thing ate the distributor gear on the way in

Hope the cam is fine and I just need to slap another distributor in it. This isn't the first time I've seen this happen to a ford 300 though. Gonna do some research on preventative measures for that.

Gears on the distributor and cam were perfectly fine. Just sheared the 1/8" roll pin that goes through the gear into the shaft.

Apparently originally, these were supposed to be pressfit gears, and the pin was just supposed to be for reassurance. At some point in time the aftermarket (particularly Mallory) stopped press fitting the gears, so all of the load of driving the oil pump is resting solely on one single 1/8" roll pin. Not just a problem specific to the 300 either, just typical ford smallblock knowledge I guess.

So I grabbed the new distributor I have off of my parts engine, drilled the pin up to a 3/16, and threw that in.
Then removed the old broken pin out of the worn out distributor, drilled that one to 3/16 too, and threw in in the truck as a spare just in casies. Now that I'm carrying a whole ass spare distributor in the truck that problem will never happen ever again until I take it out

Edit: Timed it by the "it's pinging so I should back it off a bit" method and it's running better than ever

 

[CDA 455 II]

Did some sheet metal work:

 

[CDA 455 II]

Re-greased the rear drive shaft slide yoke.

This time lining up the yokes properly.

 

[TrikeKid]

Parked this big bitch under a roof for the first time since I bought it. Need to put a real temp gauge in and see if it really is running hot like the stock gauge says.

 

[Arickvan]

I'm going to give this a try next month:

I've got one of those and it's tits

Turns out I've been using wrong but still works great

 

[willis_racing]

Parked this big bitch under a roof for the first time since I bought it. Need to put a real temp gauge in and see if it really is running hot like the stock gauge says.

You were right, it did need that gun rack

 

[CDA 455 II]

Can I swap pulleys/old pulley from Bronco/install it on the Saginaw?

IIRC; the Saginaw pulley is bigger than the Bronco's.
That would mean if I used the Bronco one it would slow the Saginaw pump.

Would that/could that work?🤔

 

[arse_sidewards]

Can I swap pulleys/old pulley from Bronco/install it on the Saginaw?

IIRC; the Saginaw pulley is bigger than the Bronco's.
That would mean if I used the Bronco one it would slow the Saginaw pump.

Would that/could that work?🤔

Stop over thinking it and run it.

For what you're doing it won't matter either way.

 

[CDA 455 II]

Stop over thinking it and run it.

For what you're doing it won't matter either way.

The 91" brand new fan felt won't fit because of the larger Saginaw pulley.

I can't return said fan belt (Am.azon return time closed).
I'm poors, so I'm trying to save $27.

From my race cars days; smaller pulleys were used to reduce parasitic power loss without damaging what was being turned.
Although the alternator reduced its power output.

 

[arse_sidewards]

Run the new old then. It won't matter for what you're doing. You're not spinning to 7000RPM

From my race cars days; smaller pulleys were used to reduce parasitic power loss without damaging what was being turned.
Although the alternator reduced its power output.

That's if the crank pulley is smaller.

 

[CDA 455 II]

Run the new old then. It won't matter for what you're doing. You're not spinning to 7000RPM

So I can use the old Bronco pulley on the Saginaw, then?

 

[arse_sidewards]

So I can use the old Bronco pulley on the Saginaw, then?

Sure. If it fits and lines up. Which is probably does.

 

[CDA 455 II]

Sure. If it fits and lines up. Which is probably does.

The pump shafts are different sizes; so no-go.

 

[arse_sidewards]

The pump shafts are different sizes; so no-go.

Sounds like you need a new belt.

$10-15 online

$25 at the parts store probably.

 

[CDA 455 II]

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For the halibut; I might bolt the A/C compressor up and see if the old 99" fan belt fits with the Saginaw pump pulley.

 

[CDA 455 II]

/
For the halibut; I might bolt the A/C compressor up and see if the old 99" fan belt fits with the Saginaw pump pulley.

/
Well; that failed.

 

[CDA 455 II]

Did some sheet metal work:

Going to do the passenger side today.

 

[CDA 455 II]

Going to do the passenger side today.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Now those are summer tires

 

[CDA 455 II]

Now those are summer tires

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For this impoverished hermit; they're four-season tires.

 

[CDA 455 II]

Return hose/cooler line for the PS pump supposed to arrive day.

 

[holdmypocket]

'78 F150:
Removed the 1-wire GM 130 amp alternator that I installed a couple of years ago in favor of a '95 Taurus 3.8 V6 130 amp alternator because it comes with a soft-start regulator. When I did the Vintage Air AC install I had to change the crank and water pump pulley. When I did that, I suddenly got the dreaded alternator belt squeal (didn't have it before changing the crank and water pump pulley.

When I pulled the belt off to replace the 1-wire alternator it looked like this (my speculation is it was way too tight; an attempt to get rid of the squeal):


So, I installed the Ford alternator... and it squeals at first start up. The soft-start regulator definitely works, I watched the voltage start at 12.4 and slowly rise to 14.6 or whatever. As it rose the belt would chirp too. Once the truck has been running for a minute or two there's no more belt squeal.

These are the pulleys that started all this noise (crank and water pump on the right). They're expensive CVF billet pulleys designated for the Vintage Air install on my set-up:





'67 Bronco:
Tightened up the power-steering pump which made a HUGE difference in feel.. and of course the stock pump makes noise. Will probably throw a saginaw on there too.

Also fuck these tiny ass Broncos that have minimal space under the hood. Much prefer working on the full-size.

 

[CDA 455 II]

'78 F150:
Removed the 1-wire GM 130 amp alternator that I installed a couple of years ago in favor of a '95 Taurus 3.8 V6 130 amp alternator because it comes with a soft-start regulator. When I did the Vintage Air AC install I had to change the crank and water pump pulley. When I did that, I suddenly got the dreaded alternator belt squeal (didn't have it before changing the crank and water pump pulley.

These are the pulleys that started all this noise (crank and water pump on the right). They're expensive CVF billet pulleys designated for the Vintage Air install on my set-up:




'67 Bronco:
Tightened up the power-steering pump which made a HUGE difference in feel.. and of course the stock pump makes noise. Will probably throw a saginaw on there too.

Also fuck these tiny ass Broncos that have minimal space under the hood. Much prefer working on the full-size.

I opened up a lot of space under the hood when I remove the A/C sys.

 

[holdmypocket]

Even with the AC the underhood space in the 78 is like an open field. Especially with the electric fan. I’m not a big guy but everything about a early Bronco just feels small: driving it, working on it, etc.

 

[CDA 455 II]

Return hose/cooler line for the PS pump supposed to arrive day.