Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-15-2024, 06:06 AM
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Replies: 91
Views: 3,072
Re: My next flathead build?
That looks conclusively like "C59A". When I get some time I need to update the engine ID information.
Thanks for all the information and pictures.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-15-2024, 06:04 AM
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Replies: 301
Views: 18,933
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Things are looking good. Good news on the Mercury heads working for you. That is exactly the same method I used with foil balls. Clearanceing the heads looks like what my friend did on his Mercury...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-15-2024, 05:58 AM
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Replies: 2
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Re: 1950 Ford Panel truck project
Please note this isn't posted in the classified section, and is a hot rod instead of the flathead topics best suited for the Ford Barn. Recommend moving this advertisement to a different forum.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-15-2024, 05:57 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,211
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-13-2024, 07:09 PM
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Replies: 301
Views: 18,933
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
I did one bank (four cylinders) at one time. Had a piece of scratch paper (maybe cardboard?) to make notes on, and measured each ball after spinning the crank a couple times with a dial caliper. The...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-13-2024, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 91
Views: 3,072
Re: My next flathead build?
I'm really curious what the mark looks like on the crusty engine after more cleaning. I suspect you are right, it is "C59A", but have learned not to speculate too much about an engine block before...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-13-2024, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 91
Views: 3,072
Re: My next flathead build?
I suspect that is "C99A" on the block. We have a nice thread here on the Ford Barn on identifying engines, it is more informative and more accurate than any youtube video I have seen.
Link:...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-13-2024, 05:58 PM
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Replies: 301
Views: 18,933
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
I used four balls of tin foil stuck to each piston (center, far left, far right, bottom, didn't worry about the top with the clearance in the factory head) with a dab of grease, bolted the heads down...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-13-2024, 06:04 AM
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Replies: 95
Views: 5,989
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-13-2024, 05:51 AM
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Replies: 301
Views: 18,933
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
I'm suspicious that someone shimmed the relief valve spring in the pump you got 75 psi from. You don't need more pressure than the factory 57 +/- setting.
If you have a truly flat surface (in the...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-13-2024, 05:45 AM
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Replies: 91
Views: 3,072
Re: My next flathead build?
The marking on your block is confusing. It has all the features of a 1939-1940 "99" block. Can you wire brush the "59" marking to clean it up and post another picture of it?
Also, it may be worth...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-13-2024, 05:38 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,003
Re: Spring removal and Columbia installation
Did you get the keys out? One thought I have had in the past, but never had to resort to doing, was to carefully grind the top of the key down enough for the axle housing to slide off. I figured once...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-11-2024, 07:15 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 782
Re: '41 PU Rear Window
The Canadian 38 Ford Truck brochure shows a sliding rear window in the accessories section:...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-11-2024, 07:08 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 430
Re: 2 overdrives
Glenn, thank you for the picture and instructions.
Brian, apologies for taking your thread and wandering off on a different topic. Back to our regularly scheduled discussion.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-11-2024, 05:50 AM
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Replies: 301
Views: 18,933
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-11-2024, 05:39 AM
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Replies: 91
Views: 3,072
Re: My next flathead build?
So far the pictures look encouraging. That looks like a great candidate for the bake and shot blast method of cleaning.
The worst disassembly I have done involved torching valves out to salvage...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-11-2024, 05:35 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 430
Re: 2 overdrives
I'm curious about that seal kit, how do you get the splines to seal up so gear oil does not weep around the seal through the drive shaft coupling?
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-10-2024, 05:52 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 430
Re: 2 overdrives
Brian, it has been done before, and first done by Ford Motor Co. In 1941 you could order a Lincoln Zephyr with either a Borg-Warner overdrive (30% over), a Columbia (28% over), or both! The car that...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-10-2024, 05:38 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,211
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-09-2024, 06:05 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 459
Re: Help needed to identify Bell Housing
The Borg-Warner T9 transmission was used in lots more applications than just Ford trucks. I have seen reference to them in many other old trucks, in various tractors, and in industrial engine...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-09-2024, 05:59 AM
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Replies: 301
Views: 18,933
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
I omitted the lock washers on Dad's 8BA. I checked thread depth by running each bolt into its mating hole and comparing to cap height, all tapped holes in that block were more than deep enough. I...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-09-2024, 05:55 AM
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Replies: 91
Views: 3,072
Re: My next flathead build?
Your block is interesting. All the normal casting features indicate it is a 39-40 "99" block type (239 cubic inch engine):
Round center water hole
Upside down trapezoid lower water hole
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-08-2024, 05:47 AM
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Replies: 301
Views: 18,933
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
I have seen an 8BA cast iron distributor adapted for Model T use with every other lobe on the points cam ground off and a manual advance lever made up that attaches to the vacuum diaphragm opening....
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-08-2024, 05:40 AM
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Replies: 91
Views: 3,072
Re: My next flathead build?
That is a interesting combination of parts. In the USA the core plugs in the oil pan rail were phased out in late 1940 with the switch to the "raised deck" blocks for 41 model year. The combination...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-07-2024, 05:52 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 564
Re: How to disassemble a Columbia rearend
The 36 Zephyrs used 4.33 ratio with a Ford type banjo. That apparently wasn't a deep enough rear gear for the low torque V12 and heavier car, so 4.44 and 4.55 ratios were used. The hypoid type banjo...
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