Random Post of the Day ( original post date 2020, September 25 )

1966 Ford Galaxie 500 XL Refurbishment : 040 Engine - Double Timing Chain & Freeze Plugs

Hello All,

Been a while just wanted to update the progress on the engine. Finally parts started to come in.

Since it's a roller cam you need the bronze cam plate and instead of those irritating Ford Phillips head screws I bought the low profile bolts for the plate.

Easy peasy.

New double roller timing chain set.

Simplicity itself, just making sure I have the correct timing mark on the crank sprocket selected (0˚). Now to degree the camshaft and see if anything is amiss.

Is this timing wheel absurdly large or what . I had a long list of parts to order and this was on the list. I was so engrossed in the other parts I thought agh just buy the biggest wheel I could find for the best resolution. I saw the dimensions, but my central brain processing unit didn't give it much thought till it arrived. Crikey it's as big as the engine!

If anything it's easy to read.

Verified TDC using a straight edge over the piston.

The new Morel roller lifters to use for this test.

The setup.

This is the cam card for the camshaft. Now I found the opening degrees were spot on, but the closing degrees were within 1 degree. Not perfect, but doable. It is what it is. With that out of way I can continue knowing everything is in order so far.

The FE core plugs were next, I use the brass ones with a smidge of RTV wiped in the bore hole to help them seal.

This was an oops moment I forget to drill and install the oil gallery plug above the cam sprocket. So I drilled this with an 0.028" drill bit to get a light puff squirt of oil on the timing chain.

I think this is the only time I use the little cheesy Dremel Drill press.

There we go. Now time for paint on the short block.

Just tedious work.

After the block was painted I did the same to the timing cover.

Continued in next post.