Another update. I've got some new parts
First up is a new alternator. I got this off a very nice Mercury Mystique at a junkyard. It is the 3G and pumps out 130 amps as opposed to 60ish from the old, stock one. Looks even nicer than the old one!
Another angle. I won't be using the serpentine setup despite the pulley. I'm pulling my old v-belt pulley off the old alt.
I'll need the 130 amps to power my new electric fan. I pulled this off a 90s Ford Taurus on Friday.
Also got a new fuel pump from summit, which arrived earlier this week.
This is the motor as it sat earlier this afternoon.
I ran into some problems with my pulley alignments. The 302/5.0L is a 50 oz imbalance while my 289 is a 28 oz imbalance. The 50 oz harmonic balancer has a 4 bolt pattern while the 28 only has three. I was led to believe that if I used a 70s+ model crank pulley and water pump pulley I would be ok. Unfortunately the 50oz balancer has a larger offset than the 28 so I had interference between the w/p pulley and the crank pulley.
Thus, I've had to order a new balancer that is 50 oz and has the stock 3" offset as well as the 3 bolt pattern so I can use my original crank pulley. This dilemma has been holding me up for weeks so I haven't made much progress. Hopefully I can pick up the pace, the engine is almost done.
Other work I did today: With two of my pulleys useless I decided to strip them, paint them and then sell them. I also did the same to my original pulleys so they'll look nice.
Prime
Coat of black
I ran out of paint before I could do a final coat so I just took them down and let them dry. Looks a bit like abstract art huh? Haha.
Also, I did a few simple things like attach the oil pump sending unit and fuel pump. Some pics below.
Comments welcome of course, let's see if I can get this thread alive again!