Calm Before The Storm

[TheOldHokie]

Its absolutely beautiful right now but the weatherman says we are going to get 12"-18" inches of the white stuff tomorrow - YUCK!!! I hate plowing snow!!!

Mother Nature left me a couple dead ash earlier this month and I decided to use this as an excuse to clean them up and stage the firewood by the porch. At least we will be cozy ;-)

TOH

 

[TractorTucker]

Interesting color for a Ford there.

 

[Hobo,NC]

We are just below the ice line I hope, I have to be in Pinehurst in the morning @ 5:45 to prep for a heart catheterization... All that Potted meat is catching up with me...

My project for today get it out and apart I spec I will be down till Monday.

 

[TheOldHokie]

(quoted from post at 12:52:44 12/15/20)
We are just below the ice line I hope, I have to be in Pinehurst in the morning @ 5:45 to prep for a heart catheterization... All that Potted meat is catching up with me...

My project for today get it out and apart I spec I will be down till Monday.

Heck no - just a little tube up a blood vessel. You will be back in the shop toot sweet!! Take care and lay off the potted meat and Dukes ;-) I'll send you a picture of the white stuff so you will know what you missed.....

TOH

 

[Den N Ms]

Hobo,I hope every thing goes ok with your heart cauterization.Also that you get back a goin soon.Will say a prayer for ya.Good luck with it!

 

[Bruce(VA)]

If you had cut that potted meat & Dukes w/ PBR, you'd get better mileage out of those arteries!

Best wishes on the heart repair job.

 

[Hobo,NC]

Thanks Guys I hope to be home tomorrow afternoon. I spec I will be put on light duty for the rest of the week... I did not get it apart I became right popular with inspections and such... : (

Thank the lord Ford did not use this exhaust manifold set up on a N It always takes hours to get the manifolds off without breaking the bolts...

BTW I did buy new under-ware for the show... : )

 

[a32vickyhotrod]

(quoted from post at 15:47:29 12/15/20)


It always takes hours to get the manifolds off without breaking the bolts...

BTW I did buy new under-ware for the show... : )

I didn't know removing those bolts without breaking them was even possible.

I'm sure the show will be a big hit!

 

[PatrickB]

I envy you getting that much snow Hokie. I've been chained up and ready to go for a month. We're getting missed again.

Good luck tomorrow Hobo.

 

[Hobo,NC]

I dunno why I spent the time I am not gonna use them I have a set ready to do on... TOH my weather man says you may get 20"...

 

[8NChris]

(quoted from post at 16:58:11 12/15/20)
I dunno why I spent the time I am not gonna use them I have a set ready to do on... TOH my weather man says you may get 20"...

7 or up heads there. There was a couple of 1966 C6XX odd duck castings with the smaller intake ports and that combustion chamber. Light thumb print there. That chamber makes a nice 67cc pocket with a shave. What size is the engine?

 

[Jock(OR)]

I overhauled a 352 FE engine 45 years ago, and that was enough for me. I'm
reassembling a 7.5L (460 EFI) engine in my service/crane truck now that blew a
head gasket. I find the EGR and thermactor system is worse than the FE exhaust
manifolds! I got all the manifold bolts/studs out of the heads without damaging
any threads in the heads, or breaking any studs! I did leave the exhaust
manifolds on the heads when I removed them. That made things easier.

 

[8NChris]

I always liked how the StreetMaster did. Is that what is on the table? I had three of them at one time. For what I set up the StreetMaster without the update did well on my 3.5" stroke engines and the one with the corners cut out did well on the 3.78" and 3.98" stroke. Traded my Port-O-Sonic for my first StreetMaster. It woke up the 390 on the bottom but didn't loose up top. FE is a good engine with well rounded usage.

 

[8NChris]

(quoted from post at 20:44:15 12/15/20) I overhauled a 352 FE engine 45 years ago, and that was enough for me. I'm
reassembling a 7.5L (460 EFI) engine in my service/crane truck now that blew a
head gasket. I find the EGR and thermactor system is worse than the FE exhaust
manifolds! I got all the manifold bolts/studs out of the heads without damaging
any threads in the heads, or breaking any studs! I did leave the exhaust
manifolds on the heads when I removed them. That made things easier.

n an FE it is best to have the top exhaust bolts flush or a thread below the ear. When the bolt is too long the rust and build up get pulled through the ear and at times will crack or break the ears off. When the bolts break you can weld a nut onto what is left. The heat swells the bolt and crushes the rust thus freeing it up. Sometimes you have to blow them out with a torch. There is a popular candle wax trick I have not tried yet.

 

[8NChris]

(quoted from post at 09:52:44 12/15/20)
We are just below the ice line I hope, I have to be in Pinehurst in the morning @ 5:45 to prep for a heart catheterization... All that Potted meat is catching up with me...

My project for today get it out and apart I spec I will be down till Monday.

h, cast iron intake. I see the tower on the back of #4 runner.

 

[ASEguy]

Good luck Hobo. Prayers sent.

 

[Bruce(OR)]

I am sure your wife might not appreciate your departure and leaving her with all your projects.
Godspeed on a rapid recovery.

 

[Hobo,NC]

Back at home by 12 no blockage : )

 

[TheOldHokie]

(quoted from post at 14:09:51 12/16/20)
Back at home by 12 no blockage : )

Time to celebrate with a couple Dukes and Wonder bread sandwiches.

Been snowing here for about 3 hours - good thing is its pretty light - at least so far...

TOH

 

[Den N Ms]

(quoted from post at 11:09:51 12/16/20)
Back at home by 12 no blockage : )

Good news!
No blockage You mean like a blocked hydraulic brake hose that will drive a person nuts finding it.lol

 

[Hobo,NC]

The heads came off a 69 390 they are going back on a 76 360. Its just a install a good engine deal noting special. I ran the 360 for a bit 5/6K miles tho low on power it did not leak are use oil... I robbed the heads off of it so had these re-worked for the 360. A poor boys special I guess...

I think the truck in the pix is a 73 it has a 3 speed trans 3 on the tree I have a NP435 4 speed out of a 76 F250 I am gonna look into installing it in that truck while I have it apart... That's why I pulled the trans to remove the engine... The clutch linkage is worn out it needs attention it adds a hour are two to the job and much easer on a old man this way...

 

[wallytoo]

i really like the ford version of the np435. nice low 1st gear, and a ridiculously low reverse (8.**:1) have had one in my '75 cj for almost 15 years now. best modification, hands down, that i've ever done on the cj; better than a locker, better than an hei, better than a weber carb, better than swampers, etc...

 

[HarryVanderpool]

The tranny in the picture looks very similar to the Tremec 3 speed in our '63 F-100.
VERY high first and reverse ratio.
Fully synchronized though which is nice...

 

[wallytoo]

2' so far in central NH. a bit more than the 8" to 15" forecast. still snowing heavily, too. 8n loader will be busy when it stops.

 

[Tim PloughNman Daley]

Dan-
When I bought my own/first 8N in 1990, I had a 350' dirt driveway to plow snow on with my new house. I had driven Fords before on grannies farm with my grandpas'/uncle's 9N and 8N. I recall him letting me help plow snow a few times and I loved it. I was 13. This was in rural Michigan and back then in the 60's seemed like we had a lot more snow and more frequent than we do now. So I had to get an 8N with my new house -I also had 10 acres to mow cow-grass with in summer. In winter I loved plowing snow -at first. I plowed the whole neighborhood too as only one or two others had tractors with back and/or front snow blades. Working 12 hours a day with an hour drive to work one way and back didn't allow much time to plow snow when getting home late in evening and much later if snow and ice hindered driving conditions. A one hour drive could turn into 2-4 if winter storms hit. You can't go out plowing snow at 9-10 O-Clock at night after driving 2 hours home from a 10-12 hour workday and expect to be back doing it all over again at 04.00 the next day, although I did do that a few times. So, the thrill wears off fast when reality sets in. When we are younger, snow is cool -can't wait for a 'snow day'! As we get older and have to start driving in the cold, snow, and ice to our jobs everyday, we can only wish we lived in Texas or New Mexico then. After a few years of doing this I got a FORD F-250 4 x 4 and a snow blade. Plowing snow was a lot better as you had a nice warm cab, 4-Wheel Drive, a hot Thermos of coffee, and the oldies station or a Jonny Cash 8-Track going. That soon got old too. I am retired now so don't have to drive in it as much but hire someone else to shovel my snow. I still love the snow but hate the cold and ice that comes with it. Whatever you do, be smart, be safe, plan ahead.

PLOWING SNOW w/ 8N:

Tim Daley(MI)

 

[wallytoo]

now at 30"+ and still snowing.

 

[TheOldHokie]

(quoted from post at 11:34:53 12/17/20) now at 30"+ and still snowing.

Up to 36 and i just finished the lane. Time for some soup in front of the fire.

TOH

 

[Hobo,NC]

3 cans mixed vegetables
head cabbage
1 pack frozen okra
6 potatoes
1 macaroni (large) are two packs of small
2 cans of chicken broth
1 can green beans
COOK TILL HAFT DONE
Brown 2 pounds of ground chuck with 6 onions
Add 3 cans of tomatoes
I large V8 juice
COOK TILL DONE
DONT OVER COOK!!!
If needed add Chicken Broth to thin out are thin out the next day. Its always better the next day
I always liked it better when mom made it this way over fresh dunno but did...

 

[Jim WI]

That recipe sounds really good, but how many days does it feed you for?

 

[wallytoo]

ended up with 35" of snow. most i've ever seen in a single storm, lasting less than 24 hours (most of it came in 12 hours).

 

[HFJ]

(quoted from post at 19:01:13 12/17/20) ended up with 35" of snow. most i've ever seen in a single storm, lasting less than 24 hours (most of it came in 12 hours).

OUCH!

stay safe.

congrats, hobo

 

[Joe.S.AK]

17 Dec, 3:20 PM (1520 hrs L) 40 degrees F. most of an inch on the mostly clear ground. Oh Yeah - 65 miles South of the Camadian Border.

OK, I'm sure it's gonn'a hit soon - but the electrical problem I 'inherited' I think just burned out my coil. Guess I'll be out in the driveway and under the tarp with a light in a few minutes. 1/2 hr daylight left.

Take your time on that 35" - safe is infinitely better than an OOPS! (Ocurance Of Puckering Significance).

All the best. - Joe -

 

[Hobo,NC]

I will eat it for 3 days I share some freeze some... Its always best the second day : )

 

[Btzj02]

(quoted from post at 11:09:51 12/16/20)
Back at home by 12 no blockage : )

Good to hear.
Worst part about the procedure is the hair growing back!

 

[Hobo,NC]

I started radiation treatments on some skin cancer Friday 19 more to go maybe it wont grow back...

I got the engine together today this thing was full of rattle snakes : ( Transplant trans cleaned up and ready for new seals I think it will plug and play other than cut the floorboard for the shifter..

This will be the third truck this engine has been in...

 

[hunkydory]

(quoted from post at 17:00:37 12/19/20)
I started radiation treatments on some skin cancer Friday 19 more to go maybe it wont grow back...

Best wishes to you. May this season be one of blessings for you.

 

[DoubleO7]

(quoted from post at 15:12:54 12/16/20)

(quoted from post at 14:09:51 12/16/20)
Back at home by 12 no blockage : )

Time to celebrate with a couple Dukes and Wonder bread sandwiches.

Been snowing here for about 3 hours - good thing is its pretty light - at least so far...

TOH

I bet those sandwiches are NOT on your doctor prescribed diet.
But some hard grain beverage might help blood flow.