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Old 01-11-2022, 03:04 PM   #1
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What would a consensus value be for a 36LB engine....Complete but otherwise unknown condition.... FAIR offer/price??

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Old 01-11-2022, 03:18 PM   #2
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Rarity would be the reason to chase it, pig in a poke but depends on how much you can gamble.
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Old 01-11-2022, 03:20 PM   #3
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Rarity would be the reason to chase it, pig in a poke but depends on how much you can gamble.
RIGHT??? Even being an LB I myself wouldn't want to gamble much!!! But a friend in "NEED"
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Old 01-11-2022, 03:53 PM   #4
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I would start by making sure it is an LB block ….. Mark
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Old 01-11-2022, 03:55 PM   #5
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I would not guess at value without seeing general condition. I would like an LB for myself also have a customer wanting one.
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Old 01-11-2022, 04:02 PM   #6
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I would not guess at value without seeing general condition. I would like an LB for myself also have a customer wanting one.
Tony, I think you and I are one in the same. Same person!!!! I "may" need to get a phone number so I can "maybe" text you pictures and info so you can give me a thumbs up.

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Old 01-11-2022, 04:18 PM   #7
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Really tough to put a price on one . . . unless you know the block is good (magged, sonic tested and pressure tested).

I won't pay more than about $200 for an unknown as I'm going to put another $250 into it and about a day of time screwing around with it - just to determine whether it is good or not. And if it is not, then I have a big turd to get rid of . . . of which I have too many already.

If the block has been cleaned, checked out and has machine shop paperwork with it, then I think the block is worth $1000 or so . . . if somebody understands what it takes to actually get one to that stage.
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Old 01-11-2022, 05:37 PM   #8
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Pm sent to the op , Rockfla. Have 2 running and on stands

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Old 01-11-2022, 05:40 PM   #9
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Tony, I think you and I are one in the same. Same person!!!! I "may" need to get a phone number so I can "maybe" text you pictures and info so you can give me a thumbs up.
You are correct. Cheers
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Old 01-11-2022, 08:20 PM   #10
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I don't understand all of the lust over an LB engine. Nobody can see it. Babbitt works just as well as loose bearings for all practical reasons. YOU, personally, are never going to wear out poured bearings in YOUR lifetime. Spend your bucks on more practical things like wine, women and whatever. My 2¢.
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Old 01-12-2022, 12:02 AM   #11
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Having a 36 I bought a few LB engines, every one was cracked, the cylinder walls are thin, break through and loose most of original cylinders when sleeving , 2 of them were running ok even though they had intake valve seat cracks---- most other engines I have had good luck in buying blocks without problem cracks.
At Hershey I was looking at a 36 engine that most likely was LB, it turned over but had no compression on 2 cylinders, logistics of moving it kept me from buying it for 200$--- I did buy a T engine for 10$ because it also came with a stand on wheels ( good block, standard bore, no cracks)

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Old 01-12-2022, 08:08 AM   #12
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Having a 36 I bought a few LB engines, every one was cracked, the cylinder walls are thin, break through and loose most of original cylinders when sleeving , 2 of them were running ok even though they had intake valve seat cracks---- most other engines I have had good luck in buying blocks without problem cracks.
At Hershey I was looking at a 36 engine that most likely was LB, it turned over but had no compression on 2 cylinders, logistics of moving it kept me from buying it for 200$--- I did buy a T engine for 10$ because it also came with a stand on wheels ( good block, standard bore, no cracks)
Kurt,

Was that you pushing that T motor at the end of the day in the Orange Field?

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Old 01-12-2022, 10:23 AM   #13
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Even though I own several '36, 21 stud LB engines, I'd personally rather have a '37 block over a '36 LB in my '35 drivers. A '37, early '38, 21 stud block is much more versatile, and can be built into a better performing engine compared to a '36 LB. It can also be built to look like a '32-'36 engine, with water pumps mounted on front of heads, and block off plates on front of block, or it can be built with 21 stud, water outlets in center of heads, and '37-'48 water pumps mounted on front of block.
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Old 01-12-2022, 10:32 AM   #14
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I sold an LB block several years ago for $800. Cleaned, magged and pressure tested. Don't remember what the bore was.
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Old 01-12-2022, 02:03 PM   #15
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Old 01-12-2022, 03:55 PM   #16
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Yes, as I was pushing the T engine other people kept adding to the pile, the guy I shared a booth with heard the squeaking of the wheels at the other end of the aisle and said he knew it must be me bringing more heavy stuff back, that harbor freight engine stand has plastic wheels that show no wear aft at least a 1/2 mile
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Old 01-13-2022, 12:39 PM   #17
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I seem to recall that there is actually no way to know if a '36 originally had an LB engine. I have read that Ford continued using the babbitt bearing engines for a couple years to use them up.
I have been told that you should not use detergent oil in an engine that has babbitt bearings.
Several years ago we had several stationary engines running various machine in my business, when we had the engines rebuilt the machine shop would install insert bearings in lieu of babbitt, then we could use normal 20-50 Castorol GTX in the engine.
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Old 01-13-2022, 03:28 PM   #18
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There is a way to tell if its a LB engine from the outside
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Old 01-13-2022, 03:38 PM   #19
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There is a way to tell if its a LB engine from the outside
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Well, yes, sort of, if it was a Canadian built engine. Would you trust that, for all 36 engines? And, if you are referring to the 'stamp', that's not reliable, either.
Obviously, my opinion.
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Not the stamp but the two hokes in the pan area used to set up the block for machine at the factory, there is one on the front of the engine ,look at an old post as there is a pic of it.
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