Technical My 37 flathead

I bought this flathead 5-6 years ago , I believe it has been rebuilt and never run . I started it and put it up in my mezzanine, It is cleanly painted ,has ford rebuild tags .
No paint burned off , exhaust manifolds are clean pullies still have paint in them . I know I started it once before , but Been in heated storage since . Dump some oil in the cylinders and run it or ???

 

First of all, if it is a '37, it has earlier heads on it. It really looks like an earlier engine. (EDIT : Ooops; I see you're from Canada. I'm not sure of what they did up there in those days. I do see a "68" on the right head, which, in the US at least, means 1936. Is there an "LB" stamped on it anyplace, perchance?)

I had the same dilemma with a '51 Merc. When I bought it, it had been sitting in a mud puddle for a couple of days after a couple of local idiots pulled it out of the original body that they planned to put on a late model Lincoln frame (they never did). I cleaned it up, "storagrized" it (oil in the cylinders, etc.), and put it under the stairs in my shop. About 20 years later, I mounted on my test stand, and made sure I could turn it over by hand. When it turned easily, I drained and replaced the oil and did a compression test, and all cylinders tested over 100 psi. I then replaced the ignition components and it started right up and ran great, One thing; it took about 45 seconds for it to show oil pressure, but when it finally did, it was up to specs (57 psi). It ran so good that I painted it, added some heads and carbs plus a Mallory dual point and put it in my '51 Ford coupe. It has been happy there for the last 6 years.

 

Both heads say USA , also the rebuild tag says twin cities Y I suspect it is an American made engine

 

Here are the numbers off the heads ,back of block and transmission

 

It is a '37 - early '38 block with '36 heads.

 

My observation , Have you ever tripped over the yellow square pipes ? I would . Your real solid engine stand could be at least 8 inches narrower and needs wheels.

 

Really cool. Post this on the Ford Barn too !!!

 

The engine was on that stand when I bought the engine , 3 inch tube , was great for storing and transporting . But engine will go on my run in stand now .Dont know what I will do with the stand now though

 

Cool buy.
check compression and
manually pressurize the the oil system and fire her up.
That would be fun to hear. Wish I was there.

 

Mains or 30 thou , rods are 20 thou any guesses on what the bore is ??? Sure made a mess with the number stamp . With the wear on the crankshaft I would have to guess 60 thou . Cant see them sleeving the engine back to standard . Dont really want to pull a head !!