Thread: fe 352...WHAAAT?!? fo FREE?!?!
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06-21-2009 11:25 PM #1
fe 352...WHAAAT?!? fo FREE?!?!
I am brand new to this stuff, so bear with me...
Some lady just gave me a 1965 Ford f-250 that currently has a fe 352 in it. (almost 200,000 miles on it).
The motor was smoking enough to kill every mosquito from here to north carolina, so i decided to break it down and do a minor rebuild on it. Rings, new gaskets, a good cleaning, etc. But when i took it apart The inside looked like the LeBrae Tar Pits!!! I was worried I might find a woolly mammoth skeleton down there! Is this normal for an old motor that probably has never been touched since manufacture?
I am trying to be economical, so i turned down redoing my cylinder heads for $800(!!!!!!!). Was this a bad idea?
Or is there any way that i can just get some valve grinding compound and new springs to give it a little more life?
Also, i got a carb gasket kit, but it just still doesnt seem to be right. Where can i find a new carb that fits the same as the old one?
Sorry for so many dumb-dumb questions. Any help would be MUCH appreciated.
Welcome to CHR. I think that you need to hook up your vacuum advance. At part throttle when cruising you have less air and fuel in each cylinder, and the air-fuel mixture is not as densely packed...
MSD 8360 distributor vacuum advance