advice on what to do with my 352

stephen44 · Post by **stephen44** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:27 am

I believe this is the original 352 out of a '67 f100.
SO it runs - but the truck does not have brakes - so i have no idea of performance. It heats up ok and does not seem to smoke excessively, but there does seem to be a ton of oil down low.

I am doing an off frame budget resto and wondered since the engine is out - what I should do to it ?

should I rip it apart, - just the heads - ? i want it to run well for about a year - whilst I find a 390 that i can 'build-up' to a 350'ish HP engine. So I don't want to spend a ton - $3-400 feels about right.

advice please ?

- Stephen

ToughOldFord · Post by **ToughOldFord** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:18 am

If the compression's good and it's not smoking or knocking I'd just clean it up, replace some gaskets and drive it.

Brokenarrow · Post by **Brokenarrow** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:35 am

ToughOldFord wrote:If the compression's good and it's not smoking or knocking I'd just clean it up, replace some gaskets and drive it.

Good advice there

. If it does smoke a little now it could possibly be from an oil leak and not internal problems. The rear intake gasket is a common place for an oil leak on these engines.

Also the oil-pan gasket.

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:19 am

dotn pul the heads just for soem old oil leaks. replace the gaskets clean the enigne up on the outside and run it.

stephen44 · Post by **stephen44** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:45 pm

when you say gaskets - which ones are you suggesting ?

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:00 pm

the ones that are leaking. check the valve covers oil pan and intake. as well as the front and back seal on the crankshaft.

flyboy2610 · Post by **flyboy2610** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:16 pm

stephen44 wrote:when you say gaskets - which ones are you suggesting ?

As long as you have it out, do them all. The rear main seal is a lot easier to do when the engine is on a stand, as opposed to in the truck. And to do this, you have to remove the oil pan. So there's pan gaskets.
And in order to pull the heads on an FE engine, the intake manifold has to come off. So there's head and manifold gaskets.
I would just do them all while the engine is out.

stephen44 · Post by **stephen44** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:03 pm

So I've got the engine out now - and am trying to decide what to do.

What is a good compression for this 352 ?

- at what point is it too low ?

- Stephen

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:35 pm

90-100 is low i think. that is kind of the minimum.

Post by **70_F100** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:23 pm

How do you plan to check it with the engine removed from the truck?

stephen44 · Post by **stephen44** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:24 am

well - i am going to check it cold with all plugs removed - and i have the engine mounted on a frame so i can work on it - I believe i can start it on this and it will be fine ?

http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... =3&t=43619

- Stephen

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