ThunderBolt.
I am no proffesional. A far cry from it. I did kinda sound like I was tooting my own horn. I should of just said experienced. The only thing that gives me any worry when rebuilding is the Cam bearings, and putting the cam shaft in. I'm afraid one of these times My muscles will spaz (They do that every now and then) and I'll end up marring the bearings or cam lobes.
I've had a few waterpump leaks, a timing cover leak, and once placed the distributor in 180. I learn something everytime though.
Oh, my favorite Stupid Mercury moment is when I was adjusting the valves on my 64 1/2. I had just finished rebuilding the upper half of the engine (Burnt the hell out of a few exhaust valves, and damaged some Valve seats) and was talking to Tim C while adjusting them. I was cranking down on the nut the whole time I was talking, and didnt realize it. Started the car up, and it went to skipping, at all RPMs.
I was so ticked, I checked the plug wires, I checked for fire at all the plugs. I figured it was the #6 cylinder. Did a compression check and didnt get hardly any compression. Then it hit me, I was adjusting that valve while talking to Tim. I took the valve cover back off and re-adjusted the valve.
Cranked her up, no more skip. Mercury was Happy.
Burning Rubber!
I'm sorry if I came off as kinda an A$$. I can be a jerk sometimes. I do wish you luck in your restoration. Truthfully, I'm just to much of a Puss to try that job myself.
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