I have reached a decision point that I am not ready to make yet. It’s my rear end that I need to decide on. On the one hand, I have an OE rear that I can slide new gears into, replace all the seals and shims and put the 1950 rear back in my frame. That would be after cutting off all the factory brackets because I’m not going to be going back to leaf springs. Or, wait until I can afford to buy a Ford 9” without already installed brackets that need to be cut off, that is already set up for highway speeds, and that doesn’t have to be modified for disc brakes.
With all of that hanging in the balance, I’m going back to my engine. I have the head back from the machine shop with all new valves and hardened seats, new valve springs, and I have even shot some paint on it.
Since putting the lower end back together, I have second guessed myself on whether it was assembled properly so the first order of business is going to be going backwards before I can go forward. I’m going to dismantle everything I have re-mantled, and recheck assembly.
I know, but I have the time and I want to be completely sure of internals before I bolt everything else together again and start bolting on the externals.
