Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
09-01-2025, 02:03 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,951
Re: 8ba Rebuild - worth the cost?
Take the broken engine out of the car and take it appart enough to know what you have to work with. This costs almost nothing. I like the idea of doing rings and valves at home. One trick not...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
09-01-2025, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 557
Re: Leaky Holley 885
If you look closely you will notice the threaded portion of the bore is just the bottom. A friend of mine with a 53 Mercury tapped the hole much further into the carburetor, and turned a new brass...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
09-01-2025, 01:13 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 490
Re: PROPER Filling of '51 Car 3 sp/od
My experience is that some of the R10 overdrives have the fill plug located right where the large diameter drum for the overrunning unit lives. The space between the overdrive case and the guts are...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
09-01-2025, 01:06 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,034
Re: T-5 behind an H-six?
I'm pretty sure the H series six cylinder engines in cars and trucks used identical transmissions to the same year V8s. Use of the H series bell housing and flywheel parts should end up with the same...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-25-2025, 06:04 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 980
Re: 50-53 Mercury Flahead ID
From the pictures it looks like you have a mostly Mercury engine. The cylinder heads and water pumps do not match, the water pumps are 50-51 Mercury and the cylinder heads are 52-53 Mercury....
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-25-2025, 05:53 AM
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Replies: 577
Views: 232,476
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-25-2025, 05:50 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 536
Re: Holley 94 Correct Fuel Level In Bowl
I have taken to lowering the float level between 1/8 and 1/4 from factory directions. The alcohol gas and hot temperatures in Texas will cause the gas to boil over down the carburetor when the engine...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-25-2025, 05:43 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 505
Re: Mitchell overdrive
Measure your floor carefully. Some cars need floor modifications to clear a Mitchell and some don't. Trucks always clear so that isn't a guide for cars.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-25-2025, 05:42 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 5,308
Re: Lincoln V8? We discuss them here?
I can't take credit for the idea, someone here on the Barn posted a picture of that kind of setup and I happened to remember it. Isn't the Ford Barn great?
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-25-2025, 05:40 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,784
Re: 47 Flathead Water Pump Swap Tricks?
I finally had a chance to take pictures of Dad's 46 with the silicone hoses. We swapped an 8BA into the car and I used silicone hoses to adapt the upper hose diameter. One reproduction F-1 metal...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-24-2025, 05:08 AM
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Replies: 128
Views: 26,903
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-24-2025, 05:00 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 5,308
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-23-2025, 05:08 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 980
Re: 50-53 Mercury Flahead ID
The only time there were "Mercury" flathead blocks was before WW2, and they were still shared with trucks. After WW2 the Ford and Mercury blocks were identical.
Your engine is a great example of...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-23-2025, 05:00 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 612
Re: Transmission issues.
The early four speed "granny gear" transmissions have no synchronizers in them. Double clutching (or floating the gears if you are really good) is required to avoid grinding when shifting up or down....
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-22-2025, 06:02 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 2,313
Re: Piston hitting heads!
For different reasons I asked the group here about head thickness and doming to fit. The findings from some very helpful members was there should be enough thickness above the piston. The thread is...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-22-2025, 05:51 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,251
Re: 1939 Ford 1 ton questions
The front shocks may be aftermarket replacements for the originals, I remember seeing a brochure somewhere showing shocks like that.
Excellent work on saving the tonner trucks, I really like those....
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-22-2025, 05:46 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,024
Re: Running hot with extended idle time.
One thing to remember about fan shrouds, while they help your fan pull air at low speeds, they are a restriction to air flow at higher speeds. What speeds do you normally drive your car? Set the car...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-22-2025, 05:40 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 5,308
Re: Lincoln V8? We discuss them here?
There was a 49 Lincoln a member had in the San Antonio Early Ford V8 Club back in the 90s when I first joined. That car still had the hop up equipment that had been installed when it was new: an...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-14-2025, 04:50 AM
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Replies: 67
Views: 8,006
Re: Ignition Issues, Crab distributor
I would use a coil marked for use with an external resistor when running an external resistor. Otherwise the combination will have too much resistance when everything gets hot.
Also, are you running...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-14-2025, 04:43 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 950
Re: 1940 Ford truck tire/wheel options
I use the stock wheels and hubcaps, they look good. If you want your truck to look like a truck then run 6.50-16 bias ply or 215/85-16 radials black wall tires.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-12-2025, 05:52 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,771
Re: 53 Mercury unequal steering
Adjusting the tie rods to center the steering wheel is the method. If your alignment is good with no unusual tire wear then: get the car pointed straight and drive up a pair of those ramps used for...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-12-2025, 05:47 AM
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Replies: 110
Views: 17,252
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-12-2025, 05:46 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,074
Re: NOS hub caps
You can sometimes see the difference in pictures between the reproduction 36-39 hubcaps and the original hubcaps.
Look at the picture posted in the beginning of this thread, the shiny center section...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-12-2025, 05:37 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,178
Re: Any Ford Barn New Zealanders out there?
FYI, the once every three years New Zealand Early Ford V8 Club National Meet will be January 5th through 9th headquartered just outside of Kaikoura. If you can fit it into your travels you can...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
08-12-2025, 05:25 AM
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Replies: 114
Views: 14,476
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