The Day A Ford 300 Died

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- Turn on subtitles or view the transcript at the bottom of the description if you'd like explanations on what I'm doing throughout the video - They say Ford 300s never die. Well, this one did. I was starting out for a 3 hour drive to procure some parts when about an hour in, I heard the fateful noise of engine knock. Knowing that the engine was more or less done for, I turned back towards home to see how far the engine would take me before giving it all up. I did this only to try and reduce the bill for having to tow the truck home, which I knew was inevitable. Mind you, I should've taken some more precautions because the end result of spilling oil and coolant over the pavement was not a smart thing to let happen. After taking the engine out, it looks like a nut backed off the connecting rod cap, causing it to eventually come apart, breaking the rod off of the piston and punching some holes in the block. I had a hunch that this engine was on its last legs, it always seemed to me that it had been ran dry of oil maybe a time or two before my ownership. If that was truly the case, it lived longer than it should have, as ford 300's do. I sourced another used 300 inline 6 to install and now the truck runs better than it ever has. Chapters: 00:00 - There's holes in my ford 300 inline 6 01:00 - Removing the engine 10:08 - Looking inside to see what happened 12:12 - Conclusion of the destruction 12:54 - Picking up a new used engine 15:42 - Degreasing 17:48 - Replacing rear main seal, oil pan gasket, timing cover seals. 28:18 - Removing parts from the old engine 31:22 - Further disassembly of the new engine 32:27 - Side cover and valve cover gaskets 35:46 - Manifold comparison 36:27 - Flanging the exhaust pipe 38:28 - Replacing exhaust manifold studs 41:35 - More pressure washing 43:40 - Cleaning the engine bay 47:37 - Painting the engine & parts 51:23 - Reassembling the engine 55:05 - installing a clutch kit 58:13 - installing the engine 1:02:52 - installing the distributor 01:04:20 - Hooking everything else back up 01:10:01- First start attempt 01:12:28 - First start actually 01:14:22 - Tuning the engine 01:15:36 - All done 01:18:57 - Cat 01:20:18 - Extra Footage