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demingboy · 07-08-2022, 06:19 PM

Finally decided to save my 8BA rebuild for another day and just swap out the engine. Got a hold of a 1951 mercury that had been rebuilt fairly recently. Will try the overdrive swap that came with it another day also.
Getting to the end of project. Been fun, Water pump bolts are kinda dumb idea right? All I had left was mount carburetor, change sending unit for water temp guages and fill with antifreeze.
Sure enough old factory sending unit twisted off, part fell down the hatch. Yikes gotta pull the head off. While these things are great projects they can be frustrating at times.
On a happy note Reds headers and tailpipe extensions bolted up just fine.

petehoovie · 07-08-2022, 06:57 PM

Red's Headers bolt up just fine to just about anything.
Ask 'Ming The Merciless'...

demingboy · 07-08-2022, 07:58 PM

So as I look more at the situation I dont think the part that fell in will hurt anything. It,s just in the water jacket. Whatta ya think?

leon bee · 07-08-2022, 08:24 PM

That was my first thought: try it.

Lawson Cox · 07-08-2022, 08:24 PM

Could create blockage and cause overheating.

cadillac512 · 07-08-2022, 08:42 PM

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My opinion? Not big enough to cause a problem.

Ken/Alabama · 07-08-2022, 08:47 PM

I’d try it first

demingboy · 07-08-2022, 10:58 PM

Thanks guys. I will try it. I had an extra head laying around and re created the incident. The sensor as it were is so big it will not pass out of the head. So yeah I am going to run it. Hate doing so but I could not get it out anyway. Thanks again

slowforty · 07-09-2022, 07:30 AM

Try a magnet or a strong vacuum cleaner.
I recently dropped a nut down the intake manifold. Stainless steel not magnetic and vacuum did not work. Nut ended up behind no.6 intake valve spring

T Scott · 07-09-2022, 09:04 AM

My Model A fan blew up and completely destroyed the water pump and even broke the impeller inside the head. part of it went down into the engine water jacket. Been there for a couple of years now with no apparent ill effects. I'd say run it.

07-08-2022, 06:19 PM	#1
demingboy Member Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Cozumel and Deming N.M. Posts: 87	oops Finally decided to save my 8BA rebuild for another day and just swap out the engine. Got a hold of a 1951 mercury that had been rebuilt fairly recently. Will try the overdrive swap that came with it another day also. Getting to the end of project. Been fun, Water pump bolts are kinda dumb idea right? All I had left was mount carburetor, change sending unit for water temp guages and fill with antifreeze. Sure enough old factory sending unit twisted off, part fell down the hatch. Yikes gotta pull the head off. While these things are great projects they can be frustrating at times. On a happy note Reds headers and tailpipe extensions bolted up just fine.

07-08-2022, 06:57 PM	#2
petehoovie Senior Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 8,154	Re: oops Red's Headers bolt up just fine to just about anything. Ask 'Ming The Merciless'... __________________ The only thing nice about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.... *"Silver rings, your butt! Them's washers!"* "We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes!" - from 'The Wild Bunch' - 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NReUd2_0u0

07-08-2022, 07:58 PM	#3
demingboy Member Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Cozumel and Deming N.M. Posts: 87	Re: oops So as I look more at the situation I dont think the part that fell in will hurt anything. It,s just in the water jacket. Whatta ya think?

07-08-2022, 08:24 PM	#4
leon bee Senior Member Join Date: May 2017 Location: Arkansas Posts: 611	Re: oops That was my first thought: try it.

07-08-2022, 08:24 PM	#5
Lawson Cox Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia Posts: 7,009	Re: oops Could create blockage and cause overheating. __________________ Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm".

07-08-2022, 08:42 PM	#6
cadillac512 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Kansas Posts: 922	Re: oops Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) My opinion? Not big enough to cause a problem. __________________ "It don't take but country smarts to solve the problem" (Smokey Yunick) '41 Merc Town Sedan / 260" 8CM engine '66 Fairlane four door / "warmed up" 302

07-08-2022, 08:47 PM	#7
Ken/Alabama Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Alabama Posts: 3,261	Re: oops I’d try it first

07-08-2022, 10:58 PM	#8
demingboy Member Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Cozumel and Deming N.M. Posts: 87	Re: oops Thanks guys. I will try it. I had an extra head laying around and re created the incident. The sensor as it were is so big it will not pass out of the head. So yeah I am going to run it. Hate doing so but I could not get it out anyway. Thanks again

07-09-2022, 07:30 AM	#9
slowforty Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tinley Park Ill Posts: 1,062	Re: oops Try a magnet or a strong vacuum cleaner. I recently dropped a nut down the intake manifold. Stainless steel not magnetic and vacuum did not work. Nut ended up behind no.6 intake valve spring

07-09-2022, 09:04 AM	#10
T Scott Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Boothbay, Maine Posts: 279	Re: oops My Model A fan blew up and completely destroyed the water pump and even broke the impeller inside the head. part of it went down into the engine water jacket. Been there for a couple of years now with no apparent ill effects. I'd say run it.