{"id":17874,"date":"2011-10-24T14:43:57","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T21:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=17874"},"modified":"2013-02-17T18:03:58","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T01:03:58","slug":"gettin-started-on-my-ford-falcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gettin-started-on-my-ford-falcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Gettin&#8217; Started on my Ford Falcon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fgettin-started-on-my-ford-falcon%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F10%2FFord-6-Valves.jpg&amp;description=Gettin%E2%80%99+Started+on+my+Ford+Falcon\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[17874]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gettin-started-on-my-ford-falcon\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gettin-started-on-my-ford-falcon\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Gettin\u2019 Started on my Ford Falcon\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gettin-started-on-my-ford-falcon\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Gettin\u2019 Started on my Ford Falcon&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gettin-started-on-my-ford-falcon\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gettin-started-on-my-ford-falcon\/\" data-text=\"Gettin\u2019 Started on my Ford Falcon\" data-desc=\"1960 Ford Falcon Project I recently pulled my Ford Falcon into the garage with plans of figuring out what\u2019s going on with it. This weekend I dug in and really enjoyed myself! For years, most wrenching days have had a deadline. When Studie was my only car I had to get things fixed right away, which\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ford-6-Valves.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h3>1960 Ford Falcon Project<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ford-6-Valves.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[17874]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17875\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Ford 6 Valves\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ford-6-Valves.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"Ford falcon engine, straight six, intake valves\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ford-6-Valves.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ford-6-Valves-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ford-6-Valves-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ford-6-Valves-575x379.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I recently pulled my Ford Falcon<a title=\"Back in the Garage with the 1960 Ford Falcon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1960-ford-falcon\/\" target=\"_blank\"> into the garage<\/a> with plans of figuring out what\u2019s going on with it. This weekend I dug in and really enjoyed myself! For years, most wrenching days have had a deadline. When Studie was my only car I had to get things fixed right away, which meant some stressful times in the garage. This weekend\u2019s job was nice and relaxing (albeit dirty!) Here\u2019s what I did\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Grease-Girl-Dirty-Hands-Cleaning-Engine.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[17874]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17876\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Grease Girl Dirty Hands Cleaning Engine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Grease-Girl-Dirty-Hands-Cleaning-Engine.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"greasy hands, girl in the garage, ford falcon\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Grease-Girl-Dirty-Hands-Cleaning-Engine.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Grease-Girl-Dirty-Hands-Cleaning-Engine-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Grease-Girl-Dirty-Hands-Cleaning-Engine-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Grease-Girl-Dirty-Hands-Cleaning-Engine-575x348.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I began with a good solid de-greasing of the engine. Boy was this a messy job! Every inch of the engine and oil pan was covered in oil and grime. One can of engine gunk, one can of brake clean, a good amount of Purple Power, some wire brushes, a scraper, and a roll of shop towels later\u2026 The <strong><em>engine<\/em><\/strong> was clean but boy was <strong><em>I<\/em><\/strong> greasy!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Fouled-Spark-Plug-Ford-Falcon.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[17874]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-17877\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Fouled Spark Plug Ford Falcon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Fouled-Spark-Plug-Ford-Falcon-575x345.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"how to read spark plugs, fouled plug, ford falcon\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Fouled-Spark-Plug-Ford-Falcon-575x345.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Fouled-Spark-Plug-Ford-Falcon-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Fouled-Spark-Plug-Ford-Falcon-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Fouled-Spark-Plug-Ford-Falcon.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once the engine was clean, I figured a good place to start was the plugs. Not knowing the history of this engine, I have no idea what\u2019s been done to it! As I pulled the plugs things didn\u2019t look too bad until I got to spark plug #4. \u00a0Have you ever seen such an ugly looking plug?! It was handy that we\u2019d just covered <a title=\"GasolineGirls.com - Tuning Session #1\" href=\"http:\/\/gasolinegirls.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/24\/spark-plugs-and-compression-tests\/\" target=\"_blank\">reading plugs at the last Gasoline Girls meeting <\/a>\u2013 although it wouldn\u2019t take a rocket scientist to tell you that this plug is seriously messed up!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Compression-Test-Readings-Ford-Falcon.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[17874]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-17878\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Compression Test Readings Ford Falcon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Compression-Test-Readings-Ford-Falcon-575x318.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"Ford Falcon compression specs, compression for a 1960 ford falcon\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Compression-Test-Readings-Ford-Falcon-575x318.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Compression-Test-Readings-Ford-Falcon-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Compression-Test-Readings-Ford-Falcon-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Compression-Test-Readings-Ford-Falcon.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After all the plugs were out, I proceeded to do a compression test on the Ford straight six engine. For those of you out there who are wrenching beginners \u2013 compression tests are great, learn about them! They\u2019re a simple way to take a \u201cpulse\u201d of your engine and will give you a picture of what\u2019s going on in each cylinder.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, my Falcon\u2019s compression test didn\u2019t look so good. The 1960 Ford Falcon manual states that the compression of each valve should be 170 +\/- 10 psi. As you can see from my notes, my Falcon is WAY off! Cylinder 1 being the worst with a mere 50 psi \u2013 not even a third of what it should be. The amazing thing is\u2026 this engine still ran! I drove it into my garage!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ford-Falcon-Straight-Six-Engine.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[17874]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-17879\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Ford Falcon Straight Six Engine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ford-Falcon-Straight-Six-Engine-575x384.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"straight six engine, ford straight six, ford falcon engine\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ford-Falcon-Straight-Six-Engine-575x384.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ford-Falcon-Straight-Six-Engine-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ford-Falcon-Straight-Six-Engine-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ford-Falcon-Straight-Six-Engine.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now that I\u2019ve got some solid information, I need to decide what to do next. I could just remove the head and investigate further. Or I could pull the entire engine out &#8211; anticipating that it isn\u2019t only the head but the bottom-end too that needs work. Another option is my boyfriend\u2019s favorite\u2026 pulling the engine and dropping in a Mustang 5.0 engine and transmission he has ready to go.<\/p>\n<p>What do YOU think? Leave a comment and let us know!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fgettin-started-on-my-ford-falcon%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Gettin%E2%80%99+Started+on+my+Ford+Falcon\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gettin-started-on-my-ford-falcon\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gettin-started-on-my-ford-falcon\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Gettin\u2019 Started on my Ford Falcon\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gettin-started-on-my-ford-falcon\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Gettin\u2019 Started on my Ford Falcon&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gettin-started-on-my-ford-falcon\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gettin-started-on-my-ford-falcon\/\" data-text=\"Gettin\u2019 Started on my Ford Falcon\" data-desc=\"1960 Ford Falcon Project I recently pulled my Ford Falcon into the garage with plans of figuring out what\u2019s going on with it. This weekend I dug in and really enjoyed myself! For years, most wrenching days have had a deadline. When Studie was my only car I had to get things fixed right away, which\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email 1960 Ford Falcon Project I recently pulled my Ford Falcon into the garage with plans of figuring out what\u2019s going on with it. This weekend I dug in and really enjoyed myself! For years, most wrenching days have had a deadline. 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