gmatt, live for ever buddy.
Check at the 4.48 to end mark on Basin Motorsports video.
In fact, the first two videos, second page
http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthre...63#post1927863
Ford mixed 4.2 V8 ancillary especially to the totally new 3.8 liter Metric Essex 90. So the water pump interchanges, but every bolt and every aluminum part will corrode and fight you every step of the way like some sicko has taped blades to a rooster. G. Stirret did the engine design, it's clever and light, but doesn't suffer fools gladly due to the modular removable cover which was designed to integrate the Duraspark and TFI distributors into a way taller than 8.206 inch 4.2/5.0 tall deck 9.206 inch block. Everything is a mash of metric and imperial parts that even with regular oil and corresponding inhibitor changes...will Always rust and corrode and pock-mark with pitting corrosion.
Your solution is networking here and patience. After you've removed and cleaned the parts, which is what you WILL have to do, you can be assured it will seal and work again with new fasteners. FoMoCo was forced to tool up in Canada, with a 348 pound engine that saved 5 miles per gallon with the same output as the 1980-1983 2bbl 4.2 liter. It's not a nice engine to degrease and de-leak, but if you are patent, you will nail it.
Don't cheap out...follow Basin Motorsport lead and be brave and fix the mating surfaces.
Everyone thinks....six cylinder engine, Big Easy. It's not. The downgrade from the perfect 255/302 engines to any six, it's always fought with some other service compromises. Sonce 1969, Ford took the early reliability out if it's economy engines until about 1996, when Ford poured money back into the design, service life and performance.
The second video sumarises the plight every V6 83-87 Fox owner has. It's a labor of love to get them back into shape because almost no-one does the basic work on tending to the threads, Welsh plugs and cleaning processes needed on a aluminum headed 90 degree V6 with metric bolts.
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