Mercury flywheel to Ford crankshaft question

[19Fordy]

Will the 1949-51 Mercury standard shift flywheel, pressure plate and 10 inch clutch plate bolt to the back of the 1949-53 Ford 8BA crankshaft without any modification to either? Thanks, JIM

[V8 Bob]

Yes. The flywheels are the same except for the pressure plate bolt patterns.

[Karl Wolf]

I think that an 8BA crank that came with the auto trans may need to be machined to accept other transmission, otherwise yes...
Karl

[rotorwrench]

I think it's the other way around on the auto trans cranks. They standard ones have to be modified to work with the Ford-O-Matic or Merc-O-Matic. The pilot bearings fit in the flywheels on the 8BA family of engines.

This is a good set up to bolt up a Merc or pickup half bell when using the engine with an older Ford 3-speed transmission with the 1 3/8" 10-spline input shaft.

[Walt Dupont--Me.]

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Make sure you use the right throw out to go with the pressure plate you use. The earlier 8BA style Merc engine, I think 49-50, used the big early T-O bearing, the later Merc used the a smaller bearing. Walt