BrowningSCrew

yeah I'd do that over the glass. Glass is mostly for structural fixes

smcox1

I haven't made anything yet so depending on my needs I'll go with the right choice. But thanks Clifford!

F150_NAMED_CLIFFORD

no problem and i know you can use bondo on fiberglass cause ive seen people build custom speaker boxes and use bondo on top of the glass

BrowningSCrew

After about 5 and 1/2 hours of torching, beating, building tools, having cussing fits, and vividly remembering why I'd put the project off, the block is stripped, all but the cam and lifters because I'm not sure how yet lol the cylinders look to be in decent shape really, much better than I expected. Going to hit up the machine shop in a few weeks here and get it all worked over.

2000fordf1504x4

So u decided to to use it

BrowningSCrew

Probably. I mainly wanted the crank out. But just decided to see if I could get the Pistons out and see how bad the cylinders were. Since they weren't bad on the first couple I got out I committed to it and welded me up a piece of pipe with a flat cap on top and a notch in the bottom to sit in around the connecting rod. It took a while but I finally got them loose. The worst one was the last one and I pretty much had to break apart the entire piston. I'd beat on the end of the pipe so hard, so long it had caved the cap in and started rolling it down into the pipe lol and this stuff was 1/8" thick. I was impressed my welds held up to that

2000fordf1504x4

Dang she's definitely been sitting a while it should be cool with a 429

BrowningSCrew

15 or 20 years without the heads I'm sure. It should be a good bit hotter than a 460 to say the least lol

2000fordf1504x4

Ya that's for sure at leas u saved it

BrowningSCrew

it's not saved yet lol it could still be turned into a coffee table. I'm having my uncle come look at it and tell me if he thinks it's worth it to have it gone through. If it is I'm probably having it bored .30 over.