Fark, mate……
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Harv's FED thread
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getting my FB ute on the road
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Flexplate showed up (overnight courier - impressed)… but Murphy must have been involved in the warehouse… it’s to suit Holden V8’s with Traumatic or TH, not red 6 slushbox. On its way back, and the correct one on its way to me.
Seal removed, tinware clearanced, new seal bought and in and cover on. Needs tightening. Seal is a 402570N (1.75”IDx2.25”ODx0.375” thick). Stiffed if I can find my proper “drilled crank balancer installer” tool, so hammer then crank bolt it was.
Cheers,
Harv
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Seal removed, tinware clearanced, new seal bought and in and cover on. Needs tightening. Seal is a 402570N (1.75”IDx2.25”ODx0.375” thick). Stiffed if I can find my proper “drilled crank balancer installer” tool, so hammer then crank bolt it was.
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Cheers,
Harv
327 Chev EK wagon, original EK ute for Number 1 Daughter, an FB sedan meth monster project and a BB/MD grey motored FED.
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Speaking of stiffness, starting to look horny mate!
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Looks good Harv. Are you coming to the Nats at Temora? I might take the HAMBster to the show as I just found it has an EK engine in it. Does that make it acceptable?
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I think it would be appreciated spanners. Stewy Parisian Lilac is running the show.
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Been hoping to get Harv and one of his rides to the Nats for years - so far had no luckspanners wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 6:05 pm Looks good Harv. Are you coming to the Nats at Temora? I might take the HAMBster to the show as I just found it has an EK engine in it. Does that make it acceptable?
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Harv can’t make Temora… away for work 
Timing cover tight, balancer home and ring installed, lower huffer pulley, crank turner-er on and timing tab made up:
The pulley looks waaaaay too wide, but I can always cut it back and run a narrower belt. Will see what I can find come belt selection time.
Cheers,
Harv
Timing cover tight, balancer home and ring installed, lower huffer pulley, crank turner-er on and timing tab made up:
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The pulley looks waaaaay too wide, but I can always cut it back and run a narrower belt. Will see what I can find come belt selection time.
Cheers,
Harv
327 Chev EK wagon, original EK ute for Number 1 Daughter, an FB sedan meth monster project and a BB/MD grey motored FED.
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are they ANDRA approved cable ties holding those pipes and cables Harv ???
I started with nothing and still have most of it left.
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Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
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They were installed by a certified zip-tie technician 
327 Chev EK wagon, original EK ute for Number 1 Daughter, an FB sedan meth monster project and a BB/MD grey motored FED.
Re: Harv's FED thread
I started with nothing and still have most of it left.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
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Getting closer.
Got the copper head gasket out, and needed to drill the two dowel holes (the head is doweled to the block). Galloway provided the dowels in place, and some temporary dowels that are pointy. Intent was to put the pointy dowels in, use them to centre-pop the gasket, then drill to suit. Went to remove the permanent dowels using multigrips and some rag, and no bueno... they are in fast. Closed my eyes and tried sidecutters, but no luck there either. Plan B: use the permanent dowels, put the gasket in place, gently tappy tappy with a wooden drift, and use the little circle dented into the gasket to drill the holes. Pray I can get the centre right. Got a bit smarter, drilled the holes undersized by a poofeenth, then used the tapered ream to make them just fit. You can see the dowel holes bottom left/right in the photo below. All good.
The gasket needs a light coat of copper spray to fill any imperfections.
Remove washing from line, spray gasket and let it tack off before fitting. Replace washing on line. Note to self: do not stand close to any HV switchboards wearing the undies with copper overspray.
Go to fit head, and realise the thing is hefty and awkward. Also realise that the Repco heads are hand finished, not CNC machined. Must be a stud or two at 89.5 degree angle instead of 90 degrees, as it did not want to slide over the studs (it does slide over the studs on the non-EKMart engine). Get the head stuck part down the studs, and nearly blow a poofer valve trying to get it back off. Start removing studs and refitting head each time to see which one is not quite right. Head on, head off, head on, head off... this is what I imagine doing weights in the gym is like. Finally get the head gently down. Hoorah. Put in remaining studs, which all screw in fine. Find nuts and washers and fit. Remove oil crossover pipe to get at one nut.
Then get paranoid... if I put it down over the studs, how do I know the dowels are home? Have mental picture of it sitting slightly canted on the dowels. Head studs all out, gently lift head and "feel" it set onto the dowels. All head studs back in. Studs are ARP, 7/16 UNC/UNF, 5" on the inlet side and 4.5" on the exhaust (exhausts are shorter so that they look neat - you can see those ones, but the rocker cover covers the inlet ones). Everything gets anti-seized, so by this time I am looking like the tinman from the Wizard of Oz.
Studs tightened up until they snapped then backed off half a turn.
Zoomies back on, rocker cover in place. New candles. Repco recommended KLG plugs as per the table below, which I have converted to NGK:
I'm going to start with the B6ES plugs are go from there (the FED does not run for long, and will run cold running on alky). Trip to Repco then gapped them (they came at 32 though, brought them back to 18 thou). Number one has a soft electrode (I can move it with the feeler gauge) so will replace it.
Replacement flexplate arrived, and fits. Drilled out holes to suit the larger ARP fasteners. Waiting patiently for the spigot bush.
Cheers,
Harv
Got the copper head gasket out, and needed to drill the two dowel holes (the head is doweled to the block). Galloway provided the dowels in place, and some temporary dowels that are pointy. Intent was to put the pointy dowels in, use them to centre-pop the gasket, then drill to suit. Went to remove the permanent dowels using multigrips and some rag, and no bueno... they are in fast. Closed my eyes and tried sidecutters, but no luck there either. Plan B: use the permanent dowels, put the gasket in place, gently tappy tappy with a wooden drift, and use the little circle dented into the gasket to drill the holes. Pray I can get the centre right. Got a bit smarter, drilled the holes undersized by a poofeenth, then used the tapered ream to make them just fit. You can see the dowel holes bottom left/right in the photo below. All good.
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The gasket needs a light coat of copper spray to fill any imperfections.
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Remove washing from line, spray gasket and let it tack off before fitting. Replace washing on line. Note to self: do not stand close to any HV switchboards wearing the undies with copper overspray.
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Go to fit head, and realise the thing is hefty and awkward. Also realise that the Repco heads are hand finished, not CNC machined. Must be a stud or two at 89.5 degree angle instead of 90 degrees, as it did not want to slide over the studs (it does slide over the studs on the non-EKMart engine). Get the head stuck part down the studs, and nearly blow a poofer valve trying to get it back off. Start removing studs and refitting head each time to see which one is not quite right. Head on, head off, head on, head off... this is what I imagine doing weights in the gym is like. Finally get the head gently down. Hoorah. Put in remaining studs, which all screw in fine. Find nuts and washers and fit. Remove oil crossover pipe to get at one nut.
Then get paranoid... if I put it down over the studs, how do I know the dowels are home? Have mental picture of it sitting slightly canted on the dowels. Head studs all out, gently lift head and "feel" it set onto the dowels. All head studs back in. Studs are ARP, 7/16 UNC/UNF, 5" on the inlet side and 4.5" on the exhaust (exhausts are shorter so that they look neat - you can see those ones, but the rocker cover covers the inlet ones). Everything gets anti-seized, so by this time I am looking like the tinman from the Wizard of Oz.
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Studs tightened up until they snapped then backed off half a turn.
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Zoomies back on, rocker cover in place. New candles. Repco recommended KLG plugs as per the table below, which I have converted to NGK:
- plugs.jpg (36.05 KiB) Viewed 1695 times
I'm going to start with the B6ES plugs are go from there (the FED does not run for long, and will run cold running on alky). Trip to Repco then gapped them (they came at 32 though, brought them back to 18 thou). Number one has a soft electrode (I can move it with the feeler gauge) so will replace it.
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Replacement flexplate arrived, and fits. Drilled out holes to suit the larger ARP fasteners. Waiting patiently for the spigot bush.
Cheers,
Harv
327 Chev EK wagon, original EK ute for Number 1 Daughter, an FB sedan meth monster project and a BB/MD grey motored FED.
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That pic makes my pants tighten ................. 
I started with nothing and still have most of it left.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
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I was about to say the same Blacky.
Amazing what you are achieving here Harv
Amazing what you are achieving here Harv
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Frankenstein EK V6 Ute
The Reverend FB Station Wagon Project
1950's Commer Light Truck (2.5 Ton)
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I'm imagining a bathplug-spitting contest on startup . . . or . . . maybe you could have more fun under the garage roof with a bag of Kipfler potatoes.
But my goodness that cylinder head is a work of art.
Rob
But my goodness that cylinder head is a work of art.
Rob
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Coolskool!!
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EK van on rotisserie
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