Engine seized 2 miles after rebuild

[Bluebell]

Barlea, I have a book which has a war time report in it. It stated the life of the Ford v8 motor was only 2 to 3 thousand miles.(in carriers) probably not much better in trucks. I suspect it was due to the crankcase breathing as much as the air filter. The germans liked our air filters better than their own.

[mfrk]

Richard Crow Had that happen to me on a 32 five window tried popping clutch & just fried the tires someone suggested to back it up & pop the clutch yup the starter was the culprit

[Lawson Cox]

Wow, what long, but very educational, thread this has been. Thanks to everone who contributed.

[Marv]

Originally Posted by Bluebell

Barlea, I have a book which has a war time report in it. It stated the life of the Ford v8 motor was only 2 to 3 thousand miles.(in carriers) probably not much better in trucks. I suspect it was due to the crankcase breathing as much as the air filter. The germans liked our air filters better than their own.

The 2000 to 3000 miles is correct. My father bought a brand new 46 Ford F-6 dump truck and hauled coal out of the pit and all dirt roads at that time and after Ford replaced the second engine they installed a oilbath air filter and that solved the problem. I think it already had the oil filter.