motoSycho

Neo 2 piece Windsor rear main seal is the go. As Banno said, just gotta get rid of the old retaining spike for the rope seal. A small pin punch knocks it out. 
 
As to head gaskets, just stick to the $55 durapro units. They seal just fine.  Bad tune kills headgaskets more so than the material they are made of. I use them in 12:1 comp endurance Motorsport engines and they survive just fine. 

You can use a 2 piece seal from a Windsor 302 motor to replace the rope seal. Can’t recall part number but do a google search should come up with it. Search the old xfalcon site will have it. Just have to grind down the pin in the rear mains cap to do it.


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It's a happening thing! 1000 klm round trip and home with the motor and another disc brake diff.
 
And picked up the head and had my flywheel machined today as well!
 
Turns out the head has larger inlet valves in it as well. No idea why.

 
I just sat the roller rockers on there for the photo.

 
It's home!

 

 
I've now got this one out of an XG ute. And I also have another out of a V8 XE panel van.

It's a happening thing! 1000 klm round trip and home with the motor and another disc brake diff.
 
And picked up the head and had my flywheel machined today as well!
 
Turns out the head has larger inlet valves in it as well. No idea why.

 
I just sat the roller rockers on there for the photo.

 
It's home!

 

 
I've now got this one out of an XG ute. And I also have another out of a V8 XE panel van.

I was thinking two of the paper gaskets.
 
And more parts arrived today. Leads and clutch.
 

 
It's pink, so you know it is good 😁

Yeah I can see if I can get a few cut. 8mm thick?

Ouch! Those Aussiespeed rocker cover spacers are expensive!
 
Luckily we have a waterjet cutter at work that will do some jobs for me 😊 So I'll see if they can cut one for me. Would 8-10mm be thick enough to make sure I have plenty of clearance? Also getting some shock tower spacers cut 👍
 
Right! Off to Autobarn to pick up a heap of parts that have come in for me.

Lol, I've got one. It's sitting on my bench with some other stuff ready to do the motor swap. I'll be pulling the T5 out as well to put the new clutch in.
 
I had a plastic bag taped on the arse of the original auto,,,,,,,, yeah, that didn't stay together 😁

Bloody thing. I tipped it and the gearbox up accidentally and I had a wonderfully psychedelic pool of transmission fluid and coolant happening!

I have an auto flywheel that came off the block on the photos, as well as the starter motor and auto bellhousing. I can cut those pieces off that are holding the rear up and extend the frame to bolt to the rear of the bell housing.
I reckon a starting stand would be a handy thing to have if I am going to be playing with these motors.

We will have to get the XFs together one day.
 
Yeah, I spent way too much time over engineering this engine stand today 😁
So the plan is that we can drop the new motor into the stand,and then lift it all into the back of the Dmax and ratchet strap it to the four corner tie down points in the back. Then I can put the tonneau cover over it.
 
The bloody thing is built from some heavy RHS I had laying about. I guess I could change it into an engine start stand later.

 

Thanks Gerg, looks like I will be on the hunt for a 4-barrel carb and manifold 😃
Hey, where are you located?

Thought I would start a new thread for the motor and the million questions I imagine I will soon be asking. 👍
 
I'll be picking up the bottom end next Wednesday and then start putting the rest of it together. I swapped some bits off my spares ute for a motor that was being put together, and then sold on to my mate when the original builder got sick. So here is what I have as best we know, plus what I have purchased for it.
 
Block is 40thou over and o-ringed (no idea why).
Pistons are 8cc jobbies (we think).
Crank has been balanced.
Crow Cams cam 141550S https://www.crowcams.com.au/ShopbyProduct/tabid/92/ProdID/15317/CatID/317/141550S__FALCON_250_XD_CAM.aspx
Crow Cams double row timing gears/chain.
New lifters.
 
MSD StreetFire ignition.
New leads, spark plugs etc..
 
I just dropped off a D head to have a tidy up and get a valve job. Nothing fancy. No porting at this stage. I have Crower valve springs and Yella Terra Street Terra roller rockers to fit to it.
 
Extractors and the 2 1/4 exhaust into a sports muffler (no idea what it is) and no cat.
 
I have Redline Torker manifold sitting here as well, but no carby at the moment for it. I have, of course, the OEM manifold and Weber. I was thinking of running a 500 Holley.
 
New water pump and just picked up some EL thermofans.
 
All hooked up to a T5 with a new Exedy HD clutch and I also have a couple of disc brake diffs here I can use to replace my drum diff.
 
I was also going to use the EFI alloy rocker cover. Will this fit ok over the roller rockers?
 
I have two working carby distributors I can pick from, as well as an EFI one. I take it I just stick to the carby dizzy?
 
 
So that is where I am. I'm sure I have forgotten something, and I am sure I will have a heap of questions when I start putting it together.
 
Parts starting to arrive.

You can get rubber gaskets for the xflow rocker cover, I've got one on my wagon.
Acts as a bit of a spacer too.

I was thinking two of the paper gaskets.
 
And more parts arrived today. Leads and clutch.
 

 
It's pink, so you know it is good 😁

I was thinking two of the paper gaskets.
 
And more parts arrived today. Leads and clutch.
 

 
It's pink, so you know it is good 😁

Yeah I can see if I can get a few cut. 8mm thick?

Lol, I've got one. It's sitting on my bench with some other stuff ready to do the motor swap. I'll be pulling the T5 out as well to put the new clutch in.
 
I had a plastic bag taped on the arse of the original auto,,,,,,,, yeah, that didn't stay together 😁

Bloody thing. I tipped it and the gearbox up accidentally and I had a wonderfully psychedelic pool of transmission fluid and coolant happening!

i learned in the early days(doing a mates car that we didn't have a spare yoke) 
get a plastic bag and tape it on, wrap a rag over the end and tape that on, plastic bag again and tape it up.. 
usually can bump the firewall without poking a hole in it.. if it does it may not piss out.
i have seen plastic cap things designed for it in Repco or somewhere.  

Bloody thing. I tipped it and the gearbox up accidentally and I had a wonderfully psychedelic pool of transmission fluid and coolant happening!

I have an auto flywheel that came off the block on the photos, as well as the starter motor and auto bellhousing. I can cut those pieces off that are holding the rear up and extend the frame to bolt to the rear of the bell housing.
I reckon a starting stand would be a handy thing to have if I am going to be playing with these motors.

Yeah and a good way to run in a cam and make sure there are no death rattles or knocks before you go slotting it into the chassis.

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I have an auto flywheel that came off the block on the photos, as well as the starter motor and auto bellhousing. I can cut those pieces off that are holding the rear up and extend the frame to bolt to the rear of the bell housing.
I reckon a starting stand would be a handy thing to have if I am going to be playing with these motors.

I have an auto flywheel that came off the block on the photos, as well as the starter motor and auto bellhousing. I can cut those pieces off that are holding the rear up and extend the frame to bolt to the rear of the bell housing.
I reckon a starting stand would be a handy thing to have if I am going to be playing with these motors.