ford 292 harmonic balancer question

[du$ty]

my question is.i replaced my broken harmonic balancer..it had the wieght on the pully...i guess it was outta a 57 truck.the pully i got to replace it...doesnt have the wieght...its just a pully we pulled it of my buddies 55 272 parts car..but acording to the numbers its off a 54 merc.its this gonna work or tear up my motor and be rough?any help id thank ya...dusty

[du$ty]

oh yeah the replacement ..it has what looks to be factory drill holes..i guess to have it balanced.

[du$ty]

no one....hummm.

[Paul2748]

I can't answer your question, I thought yblocks were internally balanced - no outside weights. The weight and the drill holes may have been to balance it to a neutral balance. Put your question on some of the yblock sites if no one here can answer it.

[286merc]

1954 Cleveland blocks (used in cars only) 239/256 were internal, all 272/292/312 are external.
Im not positive about all 239/256 Dearborn built truck blocks but my old 54 239 and a friends 55 F600 256 were external.

[manyolcars]

check in at y-blocksforever.com

[du$ty]

thanks guys..already did.

[Deyomatic]

I noticed that you found Y blocks forever. Did you know that there is a Yahoo group for the Y blocks?

[du$ty]

deyo..yeah i saw you and sleeper were on there..ive looked on there before..finally signed up..not quite as much activity as on here. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif havent checked the yahoo group yet...ill look into it..

[du$ty]

oh yeah...so i might need to have a harmonic balancer with the wight..and the one i got is a earlier one?humm.thanks

[286merc]

Problem with the balancer is that they are 2 piece with rubber molded between them.
After 40+ years the adhesive or whatever they use lets go and the sections rotate at different rates; makes timing fun.
They can be rebuilt for around $80 if you cant find a good one.

[du$ty]

rebuild....well my problem was its pully is all cracked and chipped to hell.and the replacement one doesnt have the wieght...no one knows anything?is my guess that ones from the earlier model and i would need the external make sense.
come on guys...i did an intro... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[Deyomatic]

Kart...I noticed today that there is a balancer on Ebay right now, I think it was for a 1963. Not sure what you need or if it will work. Just do a search for "Ford Y block."

[du$ty]

deyo..i bid on that 1960..its in lawton that is right up the road from me so hope i get it..i figure better safe than sorry.