Paul,

The short block has been done for quite a while.  Also changed running board arrangement, put in aluminum rad, fabed a light seat, and did some front end boxing.  But...the heads which I planned on being an as is bolt up havent worked out that way.  They are still in the shop.  I have enough saved up now to call and ask if and when they will be finished .

You sold a house!  That is something in this economy!

Mike

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

Hi Mike.



I finished up the wife's rental house and sold it. And I put in some garden beds. I'm finally getting back to work on the truck.



I got a B9AE engine locally, but when I got it home I found that two of the four bellhousing bolt holes were broken. It took a couple of tries to get it fixed right. With luck I should have the engine back together in a month or so.



How's your truck doing?



- Paul

Best regards,



Paul Menten

Meridian, Idaho

Thanks for the info Paul.  What have you been doing for the last 10 months or so? 

Mike

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

I was cleaning another 292 block in my driveway today. I had already run a gun cleaning rod with a brass wire brush on its end through the oil galleys. On a whim, and because I hadn't tried this idea before, I grabbed some pipe taps and tried chasing the threads on the oil galley plug holes. When I did, I dug out a bunch of junk.



Just thought I'd pass that along.

Best regards,



Paul Menten

Meridian, Idaho