Did early ford engines have cylinder sleeves?

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Originally Posted by FrankWest

Looking thru the Green Book I noticed early engines include part numbers for cylinder sleeves? Is this true? Were cylinder sleeves integral parts of these early engines? I feel like I entered the Twilight zone.

I don't know for sure what year they started but 40 and 41 Ford and Mercury had them. They were thin wall steel. The block was bored about .0825 over and the sleeves were pushed in. this brought the bore back to standard. Wall thickness was about .041.
Ford tractors used them also.

My Dads shop stocked a box of 8 sleeves,enough to do 1 V8 or 2 tractors.
Also had a large slug with a handle to drive them in.

When it came time for overhaul you put in new sleeves or leave them out and get .0825 over pistons and rings.

Bill