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Old 10-29-2016, 01:04 PM   #1
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Default 48 coupe- 59AB engine what are these holes for?
Two 3/8-16 threaded holes adjacent to left and right water pumps. What are they for?
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Old 10-29-2016, 01:26 PM   #2
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Default Re: 48 coupe- 59AB engine what are these holes for?
They're so you can use the 59 block as a "replacement block" in a '32. DD

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Ya think?
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What, you "don't think"? DD
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I think so !
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There is a photo in one of the reprints of Ford service bulletins showing a lift fixture bolted to those same holes to remove and install engines in the '38-'47 COE thru the front of the truck.
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8ba's have those holes also
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In '53 they were again used for a saddle mount for pickups and larger
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It appears those same holes are likely used in this pictured operation. Upon second look, these all appear to be POST-'48. Probably on their way to, or coming back from being "spun" by the big electric motors. DD

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It appears those same holes are likely used in this pictured operation. Early and late types. DD
That's what I had always assumed, that Ford had a production process reason for retaining them.
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Thats it..... hang 'em from the end.... so they dont sag from sitting horizontal... Mark
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