Tear Down
In an effort to declutter my garage, I'm beginning to tear down this Sprint engine and hopefully decrease the footprint of my car stuff. I've got two engines and a bunch of other pieces and not all of it is good.
This engine was in our '66 Tempest Sprint when we got it. We knew right way that it was no good. It smoked, seemed to run on only a couple of cylinders, and when I revved it a combination of oil and water came shooting out of the filler tube.
We replaced it with an excellent motor that some guy in NC pulled to replace it with a V8, and this one's been sitting on this engine stand since.
It's kinda fun, actually. My son and I work on it after dinner. I call him up from the rec room, yelling "Ter-Dern" with my teeth gritted together in my best redneck voice and he replies the same.
We took the carb and manifolds off the night before last, and last night the accessory drive, cam tower and other bolt on's, like the timing cover and related items. Getting pretty dirty doing it. This thing is a mess. More to follow.
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