Mercury Flathead on Craigs list MN

[kketchmark]

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/a...175239752.html

What you think? Is it worth anything? Let me know.

[19Fordy]

At most, that incomplete engine is worth scrap value. Maybe more if you need parts.
Way over priced. If it was any good it wouldn't have been left outside to seize and rust away.
I would pass.

[flatjack9]

The crank is worth at least at least 2- 3 hundred.

[19Fordy]

It all depends on condition of the crank. It better be very good for that kind of money.
There's one on Ebay right now.

[tubman]

"No oil pan" and the top side looks like that? There has too be a reason why the pan was removed and then the engine dumped outside. The crank would be a gamble at best.

[rustythumb]

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has ford intake & carb.

[Los_Control]

I recently seen a running merc for $500 with transmission.
I just bought a 1951 8BA for $100, guy advertised it for $300. I shot him a offer for $100 ... I told him to go ahead and sell it, but if not sold and before throwing it in the iron pile, I would give $100. He said come get it. .... The pics of it was in the shop, when I picked it up, he already had it back in the iron pile

It was stuck and I figured would be good parts. Still a crap shoot, but might end up being a good block to rebuild.


IMHO, a stuck flathead, is way to iffy for $400

[bobH]

Originally Posted by rustythumb

has ford intake & carb.

Makes me wonder... I also note that the flywheel and clutch are NOT the Merc version that I am familiar with.

[cas3]

you would want the rods too, so you cant get too violent tearing down a stuck motor. whats up with those things around the spark plugs? never seen that before. new london is the home of windy hill auto parts. used to be one of the biggest antique junk yards in the country, but same old story, owner retired, kids scrapped most of it when steel was high

[Tim Ayers]

Agreed. A hunge, no more. If asking more, would need money back guarantee that the crank is good.

[Krylon32]

Crap Shoot

[scicala]

Originally Posted by rustythumb

has ford intake & carb.

I agree. If it's a '51 Merc engine (255) like the add says, then it has the wrong intake and carb.

Sal

[Lanny]

4 or 5 weeks ago, about 20 miles east of New London, a fellow that was moveing
wanted $75 for an engine described about what that one looks like. He called me
a week later and said he would give me the engine if I would come pick it up.
It was about 75 miles from me and I was really busy that week, so I never took
the time to go after it... For Free I'm sure someone closer went after it. Oh well.
Maybe this is the same engine, maybe not...





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[V8COOPMAN]

Doesn't this say "1CM" on the counterweight? Does that not indicate '51 Merc? DD









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[flatjack9]

Yes it does. Doesn't make any difference what else is on the engine.

[flatford8]

What are those little cup things around the spark plugs?......Mark

[19Fordy]

Originally Posted by flatford8

What are those little cup things around the spark plugs?......Mark

Years ago weren't there inserts you could insert to raise the height of your spark plugs if the engine burned oil?

I recall something like that was available. Look here.
https://www.google.com/search?q=spar...hrome&ie=UTF-8

[flatford8]

I’ve used those “no-foul” ends on an OT motor that used to foul plugs. I haven’t seen little cups like that before.......Mark

[GB SISSON]

Doesn't look horribly stuck to me. The bottom end being so oily makes me think the pan was recently pulled to verify and photograph the bottom end and the fact it has a merc crank. I have had 4 merc cranks and read many books/articles describing how to tell a merc crank from a ford. I have never seen or heard of one stamped as such. That's too easy. I continue to learn.

[cas3]

i agree with GB, never heard of the stamp. i always thought it was the size of the clean out plug, which is not a for sure, and then measure the stroke

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by cas3

i agree with GB, never heard of the stamp. i always thought it was the size of the clean out plug, which is not a for sure, and then measure the stroke

That's not 'stamped'-in. That is 'cast'-in at time of manufacture. Bill Boomer noted that if the crank was "marked with EAC, 1CM or 0CM, it should be a Merc crank". Click the link below! DD


http://myflatheadford.com/identify-4...ry-crankshaft/









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[sunshine]

On the Barn I hear guys saying These flathead V8s are getting so hard to find anymore . Then when someone has one to sell it is not worth anything . So there goes another one to the scrap heap . Are we trying to save the V8 flathead or not. Make an offer and take a chance. By the way this is not my engine.Please excuse my rant. Just food for thought .SUNSHINE.

[Charlie ny]

Looks like a Merc that ended up in a big truck...11"clutch.....If I needed a 4" crank and
that motor was nearby, 50 mi or less, I'd offer less then meet in the middle. That guy
knows scrap price is $15 if he delivers it to the yard.....been there. I just passed on an

8BA pass motor out of a big truck with useless truck trans w/ pto he wanted $800, I
offered $200.....at K&r Salvage Jennings Rd. , Lawtons , N.Y.
Charlie ny

[kketchmark]

Thanks for the info guys. Not that I need it just thought I would list it and see.

[flatjack9]

Originally Posted by sunshine

On the Barn I hear guys saying These flathead V8s are getting so hard to find anymore . Then when someone has one to sell it is not worth anything . So there goes another one to the scrap heap . Are we trying to save the V8 flathead or not. Make an offer and take a chance. By the way this is not my engine.Please excuse my rant. Just food for thought .SUNSHINE.

You hit the nail on the head. Life is a gamble.

[blucar]

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I bought a 8BA engine a couple years ago that had been laying in the back yard of a neighbor for many years. The engine was stuck so I and the neighbor figured it was junk, I took a gamble on the engine because it was complete and had a truck bellhousing on it, gave the guy a $100.
Turned out everything inside of the engine was good except for the pistons and valves. I sold the engine to a guy that wanted a good re-buildible engine. The man called me back in a few weeks, the crank cleaned up at 10/10, the bore cleaned up at .030...
Ya never know till you look more closely at parts.

[itslow]

Originally Posted by 19Fordy

At most, that incomplete engine is worth scrap value.

LOL. Please tell us where you find all your $20 Flathead cores.

[philipswanson]

Before buying, pull a main and rod cap to verify if its been ground too many times too. If he won't let you, walk.