{"id":21379,"date":"2012-12-07T22:27:58","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T05:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=21379"},"modified":"2013-07-28T19:09:22","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T02:09:22","slug":"1960-ford-falcon-3-days-to-go-engine-is-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1960-ford-falcon-3-days-to-go-engine-is-in\/","title":{"rendered":"1960 Ford Falcon: 3 Days to Go &#8211; Engine is In!"},"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%2F1960-ford-falcon-3-days-to-go-engine-is-in%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F12%2FFalconProject_Day3_01-575x383.jpg&amp;description=1960+Ford+Falcon%3A+3+Days+to+Go+%E2%80%93+Engine+is+In%21\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[21379]\"><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\/1960-ford-falcon-3-days-to-go-engine-is-in\/\"><\/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\/1960-ford-falcon-3-days-to-go-engine-is-in\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"1960 Ford Falcon: 3 Days to Go \u2013 Engine is In!\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1960-ford-falcon-3-days-to-go-engine-is-in\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=1960 Ford Falcon: 3 Days to Go \u2013 Engine is In!&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1960-ford-falcon-3-days-to-go-engine-is-in\/\" 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\/1960-ford-falcon-3-days-to-go-engine-is-in\/\" data-text=\"1960 Ford Falcon: 3 Days to Go \u2013 Engine is In!\" data-desc=\"Homebuilt Ford Falcon by Greasegirl #9 One of the things holding us up from putting the engine in last night - is we couldn't attach the transmission without getting the pilot bushing out of the old engine and into the \"new\". Ethan called up a friend, who's the Go-To-Guy for getting things taken\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_01-575x383.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><h2>Homebuilt Ford Falcon by Greasegirl #9<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_01.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21379]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21380\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Through the radiator opening - artistic shot by Greasegirl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_01-575x383.jpg\" alt=\"Greasegirl's 1960 Falcon\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_01-575x383.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_01-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_01.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the things holding us up from putting the engine in last night &#8211; is we couldn&#8217;t attach the transmission without getting the pilot bushing out of the old engine and into the &#8220;new&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_02.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21379]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21381\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"How to remove a pilot bushing with tools\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_02-575x287.jpg\" alt=\"pilot bushing, ford pilot bushing, clutch pilot bushing\" width=\"575\" height=\"287\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_02-575x287.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_02-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_02-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_02.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ethan called up a friend, who&#8217;s the Go-To-Guy for getting things taken apart, to borrow the tool. \u00a0 His friend informed him no special tool is needed&#8230;just some toilet paper and water. If Joe-Schmoe were to say this, Ethan or I \u00a0probably wouldn&#8217;t have believed it&#8230; but since Go-To-Guy was telling us, it <em>must<\/em> be true.<\/p>\n<p>So Ethan grabbed a wad of wet TP and shoved it in the hole &#8211; followed by hammering a metal object that fit snugly through it (in this case a socket). Taking a hammer to the socket, the TP got smashed down and another wad of TP was added. Ethan was beginning to think he&#8217;d had his leg pulled when, after a few rounds of shoving TP in, the bushing began to smoothly get pushed out! Hydraulic pressure at it&#8217;s best! Success and a smart new &#8220;tool&#8221; to keep filed away in the ol&#8217; brain.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_03.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21379]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21382\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Another friend helps with the Falcon engine install\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_03-575x383.jpg\" alt=\"ford falcon engine install\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_03-575x383.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_03-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_03.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another friend came over this evening to pitch in where needed &#8211; it&#8217;s always good to have an extra set of hands when putting in an engine (especially since <em>I&#8217;ve<\/em> never done it before!) After the steering column and a couple other things were bolted back into the engine bay, and the transmission was added to the engine, up and over it went into it&#8217;s new home.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_05.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21379]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21384\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Ford Falcon 170 inline six cylinder in its new home\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_05-575x383.jpg\" alt=\"Ford Falcon engine build\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_05-575x383.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_05-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_05.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The process went smoothly &#8211; taking less than half-an-hour for the placement. We did make a couple scratches on the firewall, but those will be easy enough to fix later.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_06.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21379]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21385\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Ethan hard at work\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_06-575x383.jpg\" alt=\"ford falcon build\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_06-575x383.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_06-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_06-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_06.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ethan bolted on the motor mounts while I attached the crossmember. As the cleaning stops past the firewall, I got nice and greasy under the Falcon&#8230; which felt good for a change! I&#8217;m just not used to working in such clean car environments.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_04.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21379]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21383\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"The trusty 170 Falcon Engine's looking good!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_04-575x383.jpg\" alt=\"170 ford falcon engine\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_04-575x383.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_04-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day3_04.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It seems to be coming together nicely&#8230;but there&#8217;s still an awful lot more to connect! Can we get it done by the hair of our chiny-chin-chin?!<\/p>\n<p>In the Garage Until: 1:25am<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to catch up? Here&#8217;s where everything started: \u00a0<\/span><a style=\"text-align: center;\" title=\"1960 Ford Falcon: Rush to Finish\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1960-ford-falcon-rush-to-finish\/\" target=\"_blank\">12 Day 1960 Falcon Build #1<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more Falcon fun, check out Pikesan&#8217;s project:\u00a0<a title=\"Restore and Hot Rod my 1963 Ford Falcon Wagon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/tag\/63-ford-falcon-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">1963 Ford Falcon Wagon Build<\/a><\/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%2F1960-ford-falcon-3-days-to-go-engine-is-in%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=1960+Ford+Falcon%3A+3+Days+to+Go+%E2%80%93+Engine+is+In%21\" 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\/1960-ford-falcon-3-days-to-go-engine-is-in\/\"><\/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\/1960-ford-falcon-3-days-to-go-engine-is-in\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"1960 Ford Falcon: 3 Days to Go \u2013 Engine is In!\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1960-ford-falcon-3-days-to-go-engine-is-in\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=1960 Ford Falcon: 3 Days to Go \u2013 Engine is In!&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1960-ford-falcon-3-days-to-go-engine-is-in\/\" 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\/1960-ford-falcon-3-days-to-go-engine-is-in\/\" data-text=\"1960 Ford Falcon: 3 Days to Go \u2013 Engine is In!\" data-desc=\"Homebuilt Ford Falcon by Greasegirl #9 One of the things holding us up from putting the engine in last night - is we couldn't attach the transmission without getting the pilot bushing out of the old engine and into the \"new\". 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