[blykins]

Well just got back to Louisville....spent all day yesterday driving from NE Kentucky to Michigan to pick up my engine that I got on Ebay.

Thanks to Tru, I bought a complete 361 FT on Ebay for $5.50. Yep. $5.50. Complete from carb to pan....from water pump to Clark 4-speed tranny with PTO.

Tru was gracious enough to drive an hour and a half to pick it up for me and store it in his garage for close to a month.

We got back last night...this morning I tore it completely down.

No cast numbers, but it's a service block with crow's feet main webbing. I drove the freeze plugs out and couldn't fit a 15/64 bit between the cylinders....I could only get a 13/64 in a little ways...so I think that's good news.

Right now I'm trying to decide whether it's worth having the machine work done to the forged steel crank....or just grab a cast iron one somewhere.

But I'm an FE owner now......


The block's going to the machine shop the beginning of next week to be hot tanked. I'm gonna have a buddy come over next weekend to mag it and ultrasonic test it for me. Then I can get my game plan going.