Engine reassembly

So, we did buy the wrong bearings.  But that's ok, we ordered the right ones according to what was in there and reassembled the engine.

I didn't take enough pictures apparently, but the cleaned up rods went back in with no real trouble. Fresh rings, new bearings... It'll probably work.  Eli sprayed some Ford blue high temperature paint on it to make it look pretty.

Also, we ordered some new brake lines at some point.  CJPonyParts.com put them on backorder for us so we had to wait a while, but they came in and we replaced the long line running from the front to the back.  This clears the way for us to put the engine and transmission back in once the engine assembly is wrapped up.  Upon further inspection, we may be able to reuse some of the other brake lines.  They don't look bad at all.  The long one had some rust/corrosion at the rear so, we decided it was best to yank it out.

This day (pre-bent brake lines) cost: $112.99

Total project cost: $3113.67