I bought my 65 f100 a few months ago and just started to work on the beast. While replacing the timing chain, I discovered a lack of gaskets in the timing cover as well as oil pan, transmission pan, and other places. (the last owner took "gasket maker" alittle too literally.)
Other "gifts" and "surprises" the former owner for left me are, the need to jack the engine up to change the oil,a warped and cracked timing cover, a lack of a parts list for the modifications done to the engine as it seems to be pieced together.It has a 4 bolt balancer, d3ve heads,d6ve intake,a big holley,headers, and supposedly an "rv" cam. For the first few weeks I had it, the valves chattered alittle but it made tons of tire smoking traction destroying power. Then as the timing chain got worse I lost half the power. I replaced the chain and the carb with a 750 edelbrock, and I'm still having issues. a cough through the carb and a small constant backfire through the tail pipes under throttle.
with it needing real gaskets and the correct oil pan and all this stuff I am seriously thinking about putting a 351w in it and redoing the 460 as correctly as I can.
so... in your opinions can I or should I deal with the problems in the truck or swap it and build the 460?
Other "gifts" and "surprises" the former owner for left me are, the need to jack the engine up to change the oil,a warped and cracked timing cover, a lack of a parts list for the modifications done to the engine as it seems to be pieced together.It has a 4 bolt balancer, d3ve heads,d6ve intake,a big holley,headers, and supposedly an "rv" cam. For the first few weeks I had it, the valves chattered alittle but it made tons of tire smoking traction destroying power. Then as the timing chain got worse I lost half the power. I replaced the chain and the carb with a 750 edelbrock, and I'm still having issues. a cough through the carb and a small constant backfire through the tail pipes under throttle.
with it needing real gaskets and the correct oil pan and all this stuff I am seriously thinking about putting a 351w in it and redoing the 460 as correctly as I can.
so... in your opinions can I or should I deal with the problems in the truck or swap it and build the 460?