The Day A Ford 300 Died

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