willys coupe V8

alangarde · Post by **alangarde** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:34 am

good moring i have found ur forum and thought i would intrudice myself. my name is alan and i am from essex.
i am building a 1941 willys coupe on a tublar frame it has got a 9" ford rear end that has been chopped, then on to gearbox it has got a ford c6 box?? dose any1 have any info on this box i dont have a clue, and the engine is a ford 460cubic inch V8 (7.5 litter)
i have in the last few weeks took over some1 elses project they started 10 years ago.
the engine was rebuilt b4 it sat for 10 years and in this time some1 stole the carb off it, this has aloud a mouse to get into the inlet manafould. and piss and poop, today i have tood the heads off to find there are a few pistons that dont look to good i cant get the engine to turn, is there some websites to order bits off new pistons and rings etc
any help or replys would be helpfull thank u verry much
alan

CastleMGBV8 · Post by **CastleMGBV8** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:46 am

Alan,

Before youi start ordering new parts i would recommend fully stripping the bottom end.

Get some decent releasing fluid, not WD40 and squirt loads of it in the bores and soak for a few days, are the bores showing any rust as this would indicated that the rings may be rusted into the the bores and it may be difficult to get the pistons to move in which case you may have to take out the crank and get fairly brutal with a piece of 2" x 2" wood and the proverbial big hammer.

The pistons may be savable but if the bores are badly corroded the block will need a rebore so new oversize pistons will be required.

Ordering parts direct from the states is quite easy, but the exchange rate is against us at the moment so you would need to compare prices from the uk and USA. Summit Racing is a useful source with a good website.

Kevin.

ian.stewart · Post by **ian.stewart** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:58 am

High and welcome, Alan, I have deleted your other post as its a duplicate post, dont worry everybody has something modified on here,
This post was left by Topcat production,
realsteel.co.uk ? Never had anything to do with ford engines but they have 2 pages for them on their site!

ian.stewart · Post by **ian.stewart** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:07 am

http://www.summitracing.com/

http://www.realsteel.co.uk/

http://www.v8tuner.co.uk/

if you want to import bits I have a source who has a container/part container over every month, and is realisticaly priced.

alangarde · Post by **alangarde** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:41 am

thank u for all ur help i am sure i will be asking a lot more questions the bottome end is comming of the engin today to find out how bad the pistons are. the bore dose have slight makes in it but not to bad
i will keep in up to date thank u for ur help
alan

alangarde · Post by **alangarde** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 8:31 am

i said i would keep u up to date i took the bottom end off the engine last nnight and freed up all the pistions, 7 out of the 8 look good one was stuck and there is damage to the bour and pistion so today is trying to get some1 round to c if it needs machining etc
thanks for all the help i will try and upload some pics abit latter