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Injectors are in . . . What a nightmare . . . I had to remove the motor mount nuts on both sides , and transmission , Jack the engine up with bottle jacks on both sides , one at a time . Then the engine got stuck I had to unstick it with a huge prybar. The had to remove the starter , Downpipe , Alternator , AC compressor , Drain the coolant to remove the upper rad hose, Both Seats , one I had to drill and Tap the seat bolts because they broke. Had to cut the downpipe off because some inbred moron decided to weld the nuts on. Ohter than that it was straight forward. It rained half the time so I lost about 3 days there. One connector was burn't ( glow plug) after only 35,000 kms so I replaced the gasket and connectors.The other ones are new from before. Trust me this was quite the challenge. Looking back it might be easier to remove the engine like the meccanics suggested. Also I had to McGiver one of my shop Vacs with plastic hose to suck out the fuel /oil from the cylinders, what a pain. F-series is a joke compared to what we have to do . . . I could probably change o-rings in a F series in a couple hours now after doing this.
I can't believe the curba ran as good as it did. The o-rings were toast. I can't wait to start her up tomorrow. I still have a few holes to drill /Tap and have to re-install most of the stuff I took off. I will also change the oil even though this oil only has a about 300 miles on it. I'm to paranoid to take a chance on 60 bucks of oil VS 5 grand for an engine.
Parts cost me 250 including the oil rail end plugs @ 20 bucks each and The Ford Lubricicity additive was like 5 bucks. I got quoted 2500 by a Garage , because they said they would have to remove the motor. They wern't even going to kiss me first . . . Unbelievable. Hopefully she will start and i should be seeing significantly better fuel mileage I'll let y'all know when she runs again . . . Hopefully tomorrow .