Ok, now that the engine was injected with diesel fuel through the spark plug holes it is time to see if two days of waiting is enough time to loosen the stuck rings. With a breaker bar and the appropriate socket on the crank pulley I moved the crank gently back and forth until I began to make gains in movement. I squirted oil into the spark plug holes to add to the lubrication factor and continued the process. Within a few minutes I had a full rotation of the assembly and the more that I worked the rotating assembly, the easier the it became. This engine I felt was not the reason why the car was parked. The car was parked due to the front right hand collision taking out the fenders, bumper, gravel guard, valance pan, and hideaway headlight assembly. The hood took a bit of a hit as well on the nose. It is tempting to try to fire up this engine now that it is rotating, but it has been sitting for too long to chance that. I took off the valve covers to inspect the valves and after rotating the engine and watching. It was observed that a few valves were not moving up and down. The heads would have to come off. Once the heads were off I heat pressure washed them thoroughly. The valves were taken out and either wire wheeled or replaced and the guides were cleaned up with a special set of reamers that scrape the carbon off. I used a drill and wire wheel to clean the heads up and then new valve stem seals were put in. Half of the original seals had broken apart like resembiing egg shells. The others had lost their soft form so this will give this engine a much better life going forward. These seals prevent too much oil from hitting the valve stems thus causing oil to burn in the combustion chambers. I then hit he outer metal of the heads that would be covered with paint with metal primer brushed on. I find Tremclad in the can is the best paint to use. I have used spray cans before but due to the heat the paint doesn’t last as long. As long as you can find your color in Tremclad cans you are good to go. Ford Blue is now Royal Blue and it is a close match. The primer has to sit for 24 hours before paint can be applied. I took the oil pan and washed it outside with the heated pressure washer. I sanded it, primed it and painted it as well. I used a spray aerosol Ford Blue for this as it does not get as hot and this paint will be fine for it. The block was pressure washed as well. The rotating assembly was removed and the block was attached to an engine stand waiting for the next processes. Just a note. It is nice to have tools for the job. In the past there were several engine rebuilding shops in town. They had hot tanks that you could take your heads and block to be dunked and cleaned. There is not many places that will have this service now. I have learned to use other techniques for cleaning. For example, I used oven cleaner on my crankshaft, rods, and pistons and then pressure washed. It removed the carbon and old baked on oil residue to my satisfaction. I ordered rings, rod bearings, crank bearings, a new water pump, new mechanical fuel pump, and a complete gasket set for this engine. Assembly will be next on my list of things to do.







