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Originally Posted by WestCoast
some thing wrong here, t bird never had a 239 engine, first engine in 1955 was a 292, same with the 1956, and idle speed is 475, if you need more rpm to keep it from dying when put in gear I would suspect the torque converter, something is wrong with it, its not free wheeling, I think its locking up,
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You are correct about the engine sizes. Here's a link to the 2nd half of his original post/thread.
https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showth...=172555&page=2
My '55 Bird, also found to have a '54 engine, had similar dying in gear problems. It had several vacuum leaks along with carb & dist problems and the trans shop replaced the free-wheel mechanism in the torque converter.
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