1969 F250 4x4 Highboy 7/9 rubicon

1971ford · Post by **1971ford** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:10 am

yup. pretty nasty for being inclosed with some gasoline, and also i forgot to add that this engine only has 63,500 original miles, so i hate to think of what other members engines look like with more miles

maybe this will inspire you to rebuild your engine

rjewkes · Post by **rjewkes** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:35 am

not till it completely dies bud so quit pushing

does anybody know what the second set of holes is for on the sides of an FE? is one set for cars and one for trucks?

67mann · Post by **67mann** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:45 am

Good clean up job. Someone correct me if I'm wrong and Ryan I'm not trying to rain on your parade. That pic of the top of your piston has
.020 stamped on it---that's the way they mark oversized (.010,.020,.030)
pistons

If I am correct--that lower end already been bored and re-pistoned at 64000 mls? Again I say I could be wrong,but thats how my HD
pistons were marked

72stepside · Post by **72stepside** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:42 pm

Looks good man.

I hope to get going again soon.

layedout72 · Post by **layedout72** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:59 pm

take the oil pan off if you havent already and look inside. i had piston skirt in mine...........from the top end mine looked exactly like yours. just a warning.

1971ford · Post by **1971ford** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:34 pm

oil pan is off and it looks goood in there.

67mann · Post by **67mann** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:57 am

Good job ryan---sure do wish I had all that solid metal to work with

HRDROKN · Post by **HRDROKN** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:33 am

Damn.... thats a nice floor!

BiggDogg · Post by **BiggDogg** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:19 pm

Nice job Ryan... you are inspiring us all! You and your dad are lucky to have each other!

SteveC · Post by **SteveC** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:24 pm

wow jsut wow I just wish i could get that kinda work done. Keep up the good work

1971ford · Post by **1971ford** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 2:44 pm

thanks guys,

and also the corners of the floor pans (most bumps dont have them any more

) are very nice, not anywhere close to going through

im about to call work to see if i need to go. if i dont, alot more bump work will happen today

1971fordsdad · Post by **1971fordsdad** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:16 pm

67mann, you are correct, this thing has been bored .020 over. I am having a hard time believing that had to be done on a motor with so few miles. Maybe a little more investigation into the vehicles history would be in order.

TheEskimo · Post by **TheEskimo** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:32 pm

WOW, I missed this update the other day I guess. Great progress there. That is one solid looking truck, have you found any really bad spots of rust at all?

1971ford · Post by **1971ford** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:27 pm

TheEskimo wrote:WOW, I missed this update the other day I guess. Great progress there. That is one solid looking truck, have you found any really bad spots of rust at all?

rust? whats that?

there is NO heavy rust or rust holes at alll

the corners of the floorpans are the worst rust on the whole truck, and that was light surface rust

rjewkes · Post by **rjewkes** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 3:36 pm

don't know on the rebuilt/oversized stuff your rtunning into but if that paint in the can is still good cool.

perhaps the neighbor see's that your not some punk kid painting everything the easy/nasty way.

plus you did put up a fence/tarp shelter type thing.

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