'47 Ford coupe overheating

[El Jefe]

This is for a friend. Info is sketchy.

1976 302 rebuilt, C4 tranny

No Ac

New 4 core rad., largest to fit coupe

Elect. puller fan

Edelbrock high vol. water pump.

Dist. - "timed vac. off of carb."

Car o'heats whether idling or at speed.

Wish I could tell you more.

Suggestions?

[wayne petty]

#1... are the head gaskets on the right way....   with the opening to the back...   i seem to recall that you can tell by looking for a square corner of the head gasket where the gasket sticks out from under the front of the head on the timing cover end...  

remember head gaskets on fords ... one has to be installed upsidedown..

the front goes to the front...  

if this is not done.. the water pumped into the block.. goes in the front of the block... and straight up to the front of the head and out to the thermostat...  the rear cylinders never get proper cooling.. the back of that head does not get proper cooling..


which way is the electric fan turning..    it is possible that they wired it backwards....    

which way did they put the thermostat in.... spring goes into the manifold...  it is possible to do it wrong..


did the head gasket get damaged when it got installed...

does it build pressure really fast???   blown gasket, head bolts bottomed out in dirt, cracked head, cracked block,,,   freeze damage???    hard valve seat pockets cut too deep..