Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
12-03-2020, 06:26 PM
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Replies: 17
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Re: Fuel tank
Here's one way to fix it. After getting an actual '55/56 Ford car gas tank, get an original '55 car sending unit (maybe from epay, Hemmings Motor news or other popular parts sales sources).
Remove...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
12-03-2020, 05:58 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 840
Re: Frame rot 1956
Actually, the "guard" kinda wraps around the top and a portion of the back and is spot welded to the main structure in a few places. The main purpose of that "guard" is that it incorporates the...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-30-2020, 09:31 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 829
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-30-2020, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 842
Re: Front engine mount for 292 Y-block
The 312 Y-block originally started out as a T-Bird engine, first offered in 1956 and T-birds had a different engine mounting arrangement than the full-size cars. In 1957 and later, Ford did away with...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-30-2020, 09:04 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 842
Re: Front engine mount for 292 Y-block
If you are talking about the support collar around the front frame crossmember which includes the steady-rest support (it's all one piece from the factory), all I can say is that later repro front...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-29-2020, 05:34 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 829
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-29-2020, 05:23 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 842
Re: Front engine mount for 292 Y-block
Mercury used a 254 cu in Y-block beginning in '54, and had the same front engine mounts as the Ford car had. I assume the 254 was made at the Cleveland plant, but don't know. If they were made at...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-29-2020, 05:10 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 437
Re: Voltmeter wiring
True, but if you connect the voltmeter at a terminal downstream of circuits feeding loads, the voltmeter will not measure the volt-loss of the sum total of those circuits.
That's why I tried to...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-29-2020, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 829
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-29-2020, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 829
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-28-2020, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 437
Re: Voltmeter wiring
If you want the voltmeter inside the car (under the dashboard or somethin like that), I would trace down the big wire that connects from the starter solenoid and goes to the dashboard. Find out if it...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-28-2020, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 903
Re: Fuel tank
It's not the right tank. If need be, reproduction tanks are offered by many of the repro parts suppliers. Now you need to verify if someone has adapted the original sending unit to that tank...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-27-2020, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,769
Re: Miss on newly rebuilt 292
Be careful not to loosen the nut closest to the points flat spring. If that spring tension is too loose, the points will flutter at higher RPMs and cause misfiring. If that spring tension is too...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-27-2020, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 701
Re: Connecting wire to oil pressure sending unit
If they sent you the right wire and associated terminal, you should be able to attach it by placing the back (half-rounded) portion of the terminal at a slant upon the sending unit and pull it into...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-27-2020, 04:50 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 903
Re: Fuel tank
The hole in the gas tank for the sending unit is aligned with the trunk floor round access cover. If there is nothing there when you remove that cover, someone has swapped to a different gas tank,...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-27-2020, 04:33 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 842
Re: Front engine mount for 292 Y-block
TRUE. The '54 239 CAR engine (Detroit) had slightly smaller front engine mount, timing cover, water pump and intake manifold as well as funky heads with intake ports closer together than later...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-27-2020, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 315
Re: 55/56 Ford Fairlane Radiator dimensions?
My spare original '55 Ford full-sized car radiator measures 24-3/4" high from top of top tank to bottom of bottom tank.
The radiator core itself (NOT including the side mounting brackets) is 18-3/4"...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-24-2020, 09:00 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 842
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-24-2020, 08:51 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 910
Re: Still wont start
A number of my friends and I here at fordbarn could tell ya right off the bat if the starter is weak just by hearing the engine crank, but we can't hear it, so I can offer is this;
The old 6-volt...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-24-2020, 08:27 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 938
Re: Replacement radiator fan for 292
ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT???
A previous owner may have swapped the original fan bolts for "shoulder-bolts" which have a portion of the stud NOT THREADED down near the bolt head, thus, that shoulder...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-24-2020, 08:11 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 701
Re: Connecting wire to oil pressure sending unit
The original wiring for control & instrument circuits on cars with 12-volt system is 16 ga. Wiring for main power supply, induction motors, sealed beam lamps and resistance circuits may require...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-24-2020, 07:59 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 701
Re: Connecting wire to oil pressure sending unit
Actually, the factory made a "special" type of push-on terminal for the oil sending unit. It looks like an ordinary push-on terminal, except that the oil sender terminal has a rounded out end close...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-22-2020, 06:53 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,769
Re: Miss on newly rebuilt 292
For erratic misfires, check the following:
Carburator choke operation, choke butterfly should open as engine warms up.
Carburator idle/fuel mixture setting. With engine running and a vacuum guage...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-22-2020, 06:21 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 315
Re: 55/56 Ford Fairlane Radiator dimensions?
I've got a used one in the garage but it doesn't have the side mounting brackets on it. It may take some time to access since it is in a box buried amongst other boxes of parts for sale. I'll go take...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-21-2020, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,769
Re: Miss on newly rebuilt 292
BTW, if you do have the dew and condensation problem in the area you are living in, you also need to keep an eye on the ignition rotor TIP (the portion that makes contact with the underside of the...
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