I am tired of telling you guys we are gonna get this built and then nothing happens, as such, the y-block for our T is moving to the head of the line! Yesterday the kids pulled the engine from the car and this morning gave it a good bath. This afternoon cam bearings and freeze plugs go in....

Before we put the cam bearings in, anything special I need to watch our for? The first one is different from the rest, right? It is wider and the rest are all the same?? Line up the oil holes and the third one has to line up with the holes on the side???

Thanks!

freeze plugs are in....

cam bearings are in and the oil feed holes line up, both in the bottom of the bearing and the side of the middle bearing...

first cam bearing is sunk in .0012, right in the middle of the .005-.0020 specs for cam thrust washer clearance...

was going to install the lifters and cam but when we opened our box of lifters they had a pretty heavy coat of cosmoline on them so we will let them soak until tomorrow...

have a couple pics also I will post up ASAP...

here is the engine coming out...

here are the students installing cam bearings and freeze plugs...

you can see him checking the alignments of the oil holes...

I WISH I HAD THAT MUCH HELP!!!!

  JUST A MIDNIGHT CRUISE DOWN THUNDER ROAD!!! TOM DRUMMOND MIDWEST DIRECTOR 57 FORD INTERNATIONAL

So we hit our first bump in the road. Installing the crank and our thrust bearing does not fit. It fits in the saddle on the block but it is too narrow to fit the cap??? They are Federal Mogul 2002 CP, everything else fit like it should. Is the cap for the thrust bearing different than the rest??? Wrong bearings???? thanks-

Dan:

The center main cap is spotfaced on both front and back for the thrust bearing.  Has someone mixed up the caps? 

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

probably - I cant find any numbers on them anywhere and when we got the engine it was in pieces - I know the proper thing would be an align bore but not in the cards right now...we'll take a closer at everything...thanks-

How about a picture of the offending bearing in the block? Chuck in NH

Y's guys rule!
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Manchester, New Hampshire

Look at the caps, the thrust is obviously different. You can't miss it.  If they have been mixed up it is possible the others aren't in the right place so try each one and torque them one at a time to make sure the crank turns freely. There should be NO tight spots.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Found the cap, it was in the wrong spot...

Good lesson for me, building an engine with a "committee" is a little different to manage, that and I got in a hurry....