7birdslater
Registered User
I know its not a Thunderbird, but 5.0's come in them right?
My buddy got around to pulling the valve covers off his 69 Stang Fastback to see why its squeeling and tapping. One of the lifters is bone dry and the engine got instantly quiet when we squirted it with oil while running. So its not getting proper oil. The engine is way sludged up, the returns from the heads are all but stopped up. He is aware its rebuild time, (or 5.0 HO EFI swap time) but wants to make it run long enough to get through the body shop and frame rail work it needs done.
To put it simple. What can we do to try to clean out this motor and restore proper oiling without seizing it up? Thanks!
My buddy got around to pulling the valve covers off his 69 Stang Fastback to see why its squeeling and tapping. One of the lifters is bone dry and the engine got instantly quiet when we squirted it with oil while running. So its not getting proper oil. The engine is way sludged up, the returns from the heads are all but stopped up. He is aware its rebuild time, (or 5.0 HO EFI swap time) but wants to make it run long enough to get through the body shop and frame rail work it needs done.
To put it simple. What can we do to try to clean out this motor and restore proper oiling without seizing it up? Thanks!