Beautiful day in the neighborhood. I have an old wrecked 67 LTD, a fellow Ford man needs for the frame for a race car. I wanted to keep the engine 428 and C-6, so I had been putting this off until the weather was better. My nephew and I shove the car in and put it on the lift, cut the exhaust and disconnected everthing under the bottom. Loosened the motor mount nuts to hand tight. Up top, gas line, ac hoses, throttle cable, and ground cables. Back on the floor and out comes the engine and trans. My shed is full with boat and a row of engines. I had to put the engine outside on some treated lumber and cover with a truck bed mat. I sat the oven up on a shelf and wired the pig tail and plug, still need a 30 amp breaker. I put the mustang motor on the engine stand and pulled the cam, lifters, pushrods and lifter spiders. I started deburring the tunnelport intake for powder coating. The chrome powder, just shipped today. Surprise, the intake is 22 inches long the oven is only 18 inches square. I sent out some feelers for an old oven or stove. I may have the intake coating done by someone else. I can do the timing cover and other parts in the oven I have.
Here's a question, I probably know the answer, can the water pump take the 400* F baking temp for powder coating? I never have cut a water pump apart to see what is used for seals. I even got in some ride time in the T. My nephew and I rode to the big city of Warrior to get a couple of bags of oil dry. Went to NAPA, as I like their help in finding old parts. Over $15 for 2 bags! My nephew is a slim jim, he was able to straddle the bags in the floor. Anyway, had a great day, did not break anything or smash any fingers.
