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Your best bet for information is to fork over the cash for a Lincoln shop manual. An engine only substitute that is easier to find is the 49-51...
The 337 Lincoln pumps do not have a bolt in the water inlet. That special bad idea is 221 / 239 / 255 Ford / Mercury V8 only. I'd pull the pump...
First you need to know what engine is in the 33. Is it a bone stock motor with the Detroit Lubricator one barrel? Is is a babbitt 21 stud, an...
The normal rear axle ratio for 39-48 Mercury car is 3.54. Before getting excited about changing things, verify what you already have. In my...
Here are my thoughts: I'm thinking that you really only have two types of buyers for a new 8BA type block. 1 - buyer is scared of any old block...
I run a stock 215 with factory overdrive transmission and 410 rear gears on Texas highways at 75+ mph. I do not have or recommend a distributor or...
Nice work. Thanks for the pictures.
Actually that rod journal diameter came out with Mercury in 1939. Ford got in in 1946. Both the 39 Merc and 46 Ford were 239 cube motors.
As RMR&C stated there are few bolt in options for your truck. The only true bolt in using your existing drive shaft is the heavy duty three speed...
True, unless the inspector has no familiarity with Model A motors. Still, it must be nice to get an intake port for each cylinder and five mains....
If you really want 5 mains, have you considered this?: http://www.donovanengines.com/donovan-model-d-block/
It sounds like you have an 8BA style motor with the offset belts. You can swap the pulley on the passenger side water pump out with a driver side...
Looks like a rock chip in the windshield to me.
Both the Lincolns and the trucks used pumps with that passage. The external water bypass was a running change. The early 337s don't have them, the...
The heads on the motor are 39 to 42 truck. The block looks like a 39-40 unit but I can't be sure from the pictures you posted. The number 20 on...
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