The Ford Barn

TheDude · 06-06-2018, 01:48 PM

Thanks Guys - I'm really not sure what the debris is. It seems like little particles of something. I found out on this thread that most of the MMO I had been dumping down the plug holes the past few months was most likely going into the manifold so I pulled the manifolds and valve cover. There was what looked like a pile of rust debris in one of the exhaust valves so I tried to get it out and then blew the valves out with an air gun so I'm wondering if I blew some back up into the engine.

As far as I know, the car was running when it was parked, but when I was growing up, I remember it backfiring a good bit while riding in the rumble seat so I'm not sure how great it was running. My great-grandfather wasn't afraid to take shortcuts to keep something running (the oil pipe cover is an old tennis ball can). Anyway, NC summers are hot and humid and it appears that there was a lot of condensation in the shed it was in because as you can see from the picture, the car is in decent shape, but the undercarriage is covered in rust. Maybe some of that condensation worked it's way up the exhaust and caused some rust?

Any pointers on getting the lifters freed-up. I went over them with some steel wool, sprayed on some Deep Creep, and tapped on them with a dead blow hammer. One of them popped loose and the valve spring reset it, but I've still got three that are stuck.

Also have the other typical problems, rust in the gas tank and clutch rusted to flywheel. I did send off the Marvel carb for a re-build and just got it back. I'll be glad to post more pictures if there's something specific you want to see.

06-06-2018, 01:48 PM	#1
TheDude Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 10	Re: Sport Coupe Resurrection - Debris in Bores Thanks Guys - I'm really not sure what the debris is. It seems like little particles of something. I found out on this thread that most of the MMO I had been dumping down the plug holes the past few months was most likely going into the manifold so I pulled the manifolds and valve cover. There was what looked like a pile of rust debris in one of the exhaust valves so I tried to get it out and then blew the valves out with an air gun so I'm wondering if I blew some back up into the engine. As far as I know, the car was running when it was parked, but when I was growing up, I remember it backfiring a good bit while riding in the rumble seat so I'm not sure how great it was running. My great-grandfather wasn't afraid to take shortcuts to keep something running (the oil pipe cover is an old tennis ball can). Anyway, NC summers are hot and humid and it appears that there was a lot of condensation in the shed it was in because as you can see from the picture, the car is in decent shape, but the undercarriage is covered in rust. Maybe some of that condensation worked it's way up the exhaust and caused some rust? Any pointers on getting the lifters freed-up. I went over them with some steel wool, sprayed on some Deep Creep, and tapped on them with a dead blow hammer. One of them popped loose and the valve spring reset it, but I've still got three that are stuck. Also have the other typical problems, rust in the gas tank and clutch rusted to flywheel. I did send off the Marvel carb for a re-build and just got it back. I'll be glad to post more pictures if there's something specific you want to see.