Ford 300 Inline 6 Engine Rebuild Part 5: Piston Installation

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Ford 300 Inline 6 Engine Rebuild Part 5: Piston Installation

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Things are still moving along! Getting the pistons installed on my 300 ford was a big step for me, and I NARROWLY avoided a major mistake with the bearing installations. Fingers crossed that I didn’t make any other major mistakes so far. Following this will be the camshaft installation.

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@johnjamieson6368 2 жыл бұрын

I have a 300 sitting on a stand almost ready to go into my '66. I lucked out and got my parts before the lock down. I have one bad lifter that I discovered by spinning my oil pump with a drill. No oil getting up to the rocker. Make sure you do the same check. You never know about the quality of some parts. One thing I did for stability was to put uprights from the front stand cross bar, that line up with the engine mount holes in the block. Now my engine is supported at the rear and sides.

@JeremyKamutzki 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip on checking the lifters. Great point. I haven’t yet got to priming the engine. Did you pull the drive rod for the oil pump out of the distributor? I haven’t figured out how to do that part yet.

@johnjamieson6368 2 жыл бұрын

@@JeremyKamutzki I had a parts distributor that I took the top end off.

@douglasschafer6372 Жыл бұрын

Although I haven't rebuilt an engine (GMC 6) in 45-50 years, I do have a prejudice against WD40. At least with firearms, I've found that it dries out creating a sticky mess. What it will do to the inside of your rebuild, I have no idea. I am enjoying your rebuild though.

@FrankChesser Жыл бұрын

Yepper gotta get some oil in there ! LOL

@frankrizzo2157 2 жыл бұрын

excellent my f150 300 still parked in yard no money to fix

@JeremyKamutzki 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you’re enjoying the video! It definitely was a bigger job than I originally expected, and has slowed down due to $$$ as well.

@jeremys1976 Жыл бұрын

When you are using the plastigage, what would you do if the space was too large or small? get different bearings?

@JeremyKamutzki Жыл бұрын

Yeah, at that point you’d have to go back and consult with the machinist. It would be a tough one… plastigage isn’t really all that accurate, and they use precision measuring equipment at their shops, so the plastigage is really just a double check to make sure there are no tolerances super out of whack.

@jeremys1976 Жыл бұрын

@@JeremyKamutzki awesome, thank you sir!

@JeremyKamutzki Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome!

@clintg3435 Жыл бұрын

I saw a video where they mounted the camshaft bearings without the shaft and machined it like that.

@danaweitzel6137 2 ай бұрын

Well, you left something else out too. You didn’t say what the torque spec was for the rods.

@barryallenporter8127 Ай бұрын

That’s what the manual’s for

@corybodiker6243 Жыл бұрын

I didn’t see you do it but did you happen your rings?

@JeremyKamutzki Жыл бұрын

Hey, not sure if maybe there is a word missing here? Are you asking if I sized my rings?

@dylandeleon3524 Жыл бұрын

What manual are you using?

@JeremyKamutzki Жыл бұрын

I’ve got a Haynes manual for 1973-1979 ford pickups, and anything it doesn’t cover I will research on Google.

@franklinmollinedo9345 7 ай бұрын

torq ??? torque please

@JeremyKamutzki 7 ай бұрын

I got all my torques from a Hanes manual, or by looking it up online.

@jandmtv1333 2 жыл бұрын

Can you send me link to rebuild kit

@JeremyKamutzki 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for your comment. Unfortunately I can’t send you a link, as I didn’t purchase a kit. My machinist purchased all the parts individually. My recommendation for a kit would be to check at Rock Auto.

@rdbii2882 2 жыл бұрын

I too have a 300 IL 6cyl sitting on a stand waiting for the same machining process. I'm following up to what John Jamieson said about the lifters. Check out Dylan McCool as he does just that. His channel is awesome. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rsyblcKovJjbcn0.html

@JeremyKamutzki 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. I will check out that channel! Are you going to go with a stock rebuild?