Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 11:41 PM
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Re: 1934 Ford Model BB Nomenclature
And actually, a BB is not a one ton truck. It is a 1 1/2 ton truck. Ford did not make a one ton truck until 1938 with the launch of the 122" wb tonner series. Even the big truck version of the model...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 09:02 PM
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Replies: 566
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Thanks Dale, I just found my green bible and it shows lockwashers and I was gonna do locktite no matter what the outcome on the washer thing. So a fresh start tomorrow morning with lockwashers AND...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 07:59 PM
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Replies: 566
Views: 41,302
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Yes, it was a big relief. Great guy too. I remember when his folks brought him home from the hospital. Little Jimmy. Now he's 6-5 and 200 lbs and comes and bails me out. My wife and I used to think...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 566
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
He left about a half hour ago. He turned I pilot that fit my pilot bearing, we did a bunch of measuring and decided to go from the ID of the heavy clamping plate so turned a disc about 6" and...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 566
Views: 41,302
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Just got off the phone with a 40 yr old friend who's a machinest. Having been born and raised here, he wanted to move back to the island, but hasn't gotten a shop established yet. He took a day job...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 12:13 PM
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Replies: 566
Views: 41,302
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
While I think this phrase has something to do with mothers nursing infants, I've just experienced the 'letdown reflex'..... My nicely surfaced flywheel with the new pilot just in, is drilled for a 9"...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 09:22 AM
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Replies: 566
Views: 41,302
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 06:56 AM
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Replies: 566
Views: 41,302
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Same cinematographer made this video. They needed a vehicle for the brothers to be 'driving home' in and who ya gonna call on the backside of Orcas Island for an old truck prop? It's a great video...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-17-2024, 11:37 PM
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Replies: 566
Views: 41,302
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
The morning shift shift got my carb back together. I'm real happy with it. It was set up for a choke cable but I put the normal ball end lever on for the rod. Tackled the distributor. I have a new...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-17-2024, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 566
Views: 41,302
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Thanks guys. The last one was made for me by a Hollywood cinemtographer. He and his wife, a director have had a summer place not too far from me since the '80s. I built most of the furniture in their...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-17-2024, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 5
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Re: leftover carb kit parts
Thanks, I might as well use it. Maybe a dab of JB weld to secure it. I live on a long dusty dirt road so seems beneficial.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-17-2024, 09:44 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 213
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-17-2024, 08:33 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 213
leftover carb kit parts
I get that the kits are universal so there are always left over parts in a 94 kit.Search function told me the valve on right is my PV, and I figured out the tiny spring,but what is the white felt...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-17-2024, 08:03 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 706
Re: Chrome bumper on a jailbar Ford
I think gravity works in reverse 'down under'. And look! Stainless trim on all four lights. Apparently things are a lot fancier down there too.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-17-2024, 06:24 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 706
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-17-2024, 06:04 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 309
Re: Red Faces anyone?
Took me a while, then I realized 'early block, cast in bellhousing, pan already on'.... Can't even get an 11"clutch on at that point, never mind the whole dang flywheel. Still better than finding a...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-17-2024, 12:08 AM
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Replies: 10
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Re: Difference between 47 & 48 F1 steering box
I was refering to post 4 above. I have owned perhaps as many as 23 ford trucks '28-'51 but have always refered to them as 1/2 ton, 3/4 ton, 1 ton and 1 1/2 tons. It is my understanding that ford...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-16-2024, 11:30 PM
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Replies: 566
Views: 41,302
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
I will do all the steps I have learned here and feel confident as I move on to the heads. With the .011 shims I still have no piston contact so the foil balls and foil strips appear to have told the...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-16-2024, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 420
Re: Difference between 47 & 48 F1 steering box
If 'commercial' means 1/2 ton pickup (in '42-'47 the F1 designation wasn't used) and we are comparing to a '48 F1, which is also a 1/2 ton pickup, I can attest to the fact that the '47 1/2 ton has a...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-16-2024, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 6
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Re: Lewy's Garage. `Your coil is shot`
Been sitting here and laughing to myself for ten minutes. I searched for an old favorite on there, but no results....
Mom and kids in a car alongside the road in the middle of the desert. Dad is...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-16-2024, 02:49 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 706
Re: Chrome bumper on a jailbar Ford
A new one on me....I have not seen chrome bumpers on a jailbar truck. Is it just my new glasses or is that truck missing it's trim rings around the headlights and parking lights? Maybe they were sent...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-16-2024, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 566
Views: 41,302
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-16-2024, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 566
Views: 41,302
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
OK! I now have a game plan. I love these comments about exhaust, and will run with them. This morning I went down to the shop and started prepping and planning on head installation. First thing I...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-15-2024, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 566
Views: 41,302
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Thanks guys, I have quite a bunch of exhaust manifolds and next winter when things are slower I should be able to work something up. I know I need to seal the headbolt threads. I just used up my tube...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
06-15-2024, 10:42 AM
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Replies: 566
Views: 41,302
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Thank you Fred, Terry and Pete! I picked both manifolds to match what is on the 221 I pulled, so as to make the Y head pipe reuseable. I really want to go to dual exhaust even though I don't really...
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