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This Ford motor is one of the most
well used and recognized
amongst Fords of today and yesterday.
This motor was in some of Fords
most well known cars like
the Thunderbird, Mustang, Cougar,
and made its way through
to the AeroStar.
The Disassembly of The Ford 3.8L
When I started to take a part the 3.8L, I figured
I
would start small. So where do I start,
the throttle
body.
The throttle body was easy to remove since
there was
only four bolts holding it in place. This
picture shows
the location of the idle air bypass passage
ways.
This picture was taken just before I removed
manifold.
If you compare this picture to the one that
follows you
may notice a difference in the way that the
ports line up.
On my engine the ports lines up in a straight
line while.....
Nate's engine ports had more of a wave pattern.
This picture by Nate the Great.
This was probably the most intresting thing
on the 3.8L,
it's a balance shaft to help against vibration.
Out of all
the engines that were taken apart, the 3.8L
was the only
one with this sort of balance shaft.
Here you can see how everthing is driven.
This is
usually covered by the water pump on the front
of
the engine. To remove these gears and
chain is
extrmely simple, all you do is slide them
off as a unit.
Now that I had removed most of the top
end, it was
time for me to move to the bottom. And
what better
place to start than the oil pan.
Here you can see
the oil pump and the bottom half of
the crankshaft.
This was the fnal step in the disassembly in
the
3.8L Ford motor. To get the piston out,
all you
do is remove the lower part of the connecting
rod and with the butt end of a hammer gently
pound it out. You can also see the hole
in the
bearing where connecting rods and main
bearings are lubricated.
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