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11-02-2011, 01:34 PM | #1 |
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In the interest of "Preserving History", and not wanting to misrepresent anything, I took some more pictures today to show and get some opinions on. There is NO paint on the block, so that the green/gray debate is still on! There appears to be blue sealant on the rear main bolts and brown primer under the nicely painted black oil pan, so I would summarize that the pan was off and the mains/rods were checked for clearance. Is there anything someone wants to add or need more pictures of? Jim
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Interesting; 3X plug cores are Not made in Canada, & are 30-31 style with later bases...Complete 2nd type dist assy. & so much for the condenser plug.. Early head with stop boss..The intake looks ODD with a weld line around lower half ??.
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Is it my imagination or did they cast the block in three places? The pic. of the front part of the block shoes the seam off to the right then the curved portion over the timing gear and third line that is angled between the two.
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I will have a closer look at my car over the weekend, its about a 1100 earlier than that one also a CA.
I have Firestone plugs as well as some Champions. What was fitted from the factory. |
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Thank you so much Jim for the photos. How long is the pad for the engine number?
It is remarkable how good of shape that engine is in. |
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I thought I could see " blue sealant " on the rear main bolts, the new photos show it clearly. I think the crank has been out, VERY clean, cotter pin missing from the fly wheel housing. Still a super find with great parts. |
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Very interesting way the lock wire is routed in pix #6
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Fred, I checked a couple "humpy" intake manifolds. They all have a line from the forging.
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Dean,
My " humpy " doesn't have the line, BUT, has the taper at the block side. Are yours straight at the block? * I think the parts all work for an April of 1928 engine * Last edited by d.j. moordigian; 11-02-2011 at 03:26 PM. Reason: more info |
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the plugs (at least the bases) are repop
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11-02-2011, 05:21 PM | #11 |
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Also, notice that the intake manifold, although an early '28 style, does not have the threadded and plugged hole, nor the early oil return tube, as indicated by the JS&RG, revision 3.
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Gary, I did notice the return tube, along as stated, the oil pan ?? Wonder Why ?.. Also notice the carb does have the later lower leg.. Wonder if its a double V.. I guess I blew it on the head !!
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Can maybe we get a third opinion here about the Head? FRED says it is, and d. j. moordigian says that it is not. I think it is...........
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1 Fred
2 DJ 3 Jim Looks like you have your 3rd opinion |
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Hopefully this photo isn't too big. In a matter of weeks I have forgotten how to insert photos.
This is a head on Plind's A2820. As you can see it has the pronounced boss for the distributor set screw. |
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D.J. I looked at the two humpy manifolds here at the house. One is tapered at the block side and the other isn't. I had never noticed that before. Now I must go down to the garage by the barn and check a couple others.
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YUP, as I said, I blew it !! New It When I did it !!..
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John, in regards to the spark plugs the knurling doesn't go down to the base. When I first saw this I had my doubts but am waiting for someone with definitive knowledge to speak up.
Gary, I think that this engine wouldn't have the earliest oil return tube. I've only seen them associated with 3 digit cars. As far as the threaded hole on the intake manifold, Steve Ciccalone had talked about this very thing the day before he died. We talked about a possible correlation between early gas tanks that had the hole in the firewall for a vacuum line and that hole. Other early gas tanks don't have the hole in the firewall. Some of these early A's belong with Alice in Wonderland because they make me curioser and curioser. Overall, this engine is quite a time capsule. Yes, it does have a few parts that we would not expect on it. Now did it come like that or where they changed through the 80 years since its "birth"? Only the shadow knows... |
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My understanding is that the early heads are missing the peanut shaped hole in the middle.
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I think Jim is right-on about the plug base's.
Dean, I would think your car should have the straight manifold. With a HOLE. * Good question,....you and Steve Ciccalone talked about, do you have a hole in the tank? Last edited by d.j. moordigian; 11-02-2011 at 07:35 PM. Reason: I love to type |
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One thing that concerns me, (when talking production dates) is the fact production in USA started in October 1927, whereas in Canada, it was February 1928. This means to me that something "Early" in the States that had engineering changes, if it was done in the first 4-5 months of production, the "Early" part may have never made it to Canada, as in the head shown above. Then again, as the case with the studs and nuts, if there was an over abundance of these parts, they might have shipped to Canada to make them disappear from the stock that was on hand in the production warehouse. Makes sense to me, any comments? Jim
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Mike V., yes the early heads we minus the water hole between the 2nd and 3rd cylinders.
D.J. Of the four humpy manifolds I have 3 are of the straight variety. I got an original humpy with the hole for A495 from Doug in Baker, OR. Though I see the holed one in some early literature I do not see it in all early literature. Steve has (had) an early NOS tank with no vertical ribs that doesn't have the hole. My early tank has the hole. Jim Parker, you bring up some real good points. Was "early" the same everywhere? On this point I find it interesting that there are many 3 digit cars found on the West coast. Was Ford dumping them out there because regulations were more relaxed? When parts were stockpiled at the new plants, did they send the older parts or ones that were reengineered or did they give a rat's ...? I highly doubt that there was any rhyme or reason when using parts off of the "piles". When you see the photos of piles of parts at a Ford plant I don't think that they consciously decided to use the older parts first, particularly if they were under tons of parts. I don't think that they could. However, I can easily see how that might be wrong when considering the early brake systems. To sell cars out East they needed to make sure that the new brake system was installed. That may be why there are so many early brake systems in trucks and cars out west. I have a Tudor body and frame A18417 and body number CHI212. The frame had a different type of rear engine mount on both sides. The body had two different front fenders and two different hood shelves. The later variety was on opposite sides. Yup, I believe that there was a lot of mix and match. |
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Has the later choke arm on the the carb.
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early 'humpy' with threaded hole/square flat mounting feet ... thinking the hole had been drilled/tapped for a later vac wiper, yours truly mustered his welding skills and filled it in ... just in time for the JS revisions to state otherwise... now trying to decide if i should redrill/tap/plug for originality? comments are welcomed
suspect the 'welding' lines may be casting joints. |
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Our late friend found he had a combination of both as well. We did include the change in R3 based roughly on Ford's engineering releases.
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Quote from Dean "Jim Parker, you bring up some real good points. Was "early" the same everywhere? On this point I find it interesting that there are many 3 digit cars found on the West coast. Was Ford dumping them out there because regulations were more relaxed?"
I have personally 3 motors that are 3-digit and know of at least 4 more in the Greater Toronto Area. (GTA) Strangely enough, they all start with "CA 5XX) |
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I don't recall adding anything about the oil return tube except the relationship of the early/late valve chamber cover which was there before. What am I missing?
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Marco, that is from the '97 revisions in the Early 1928 Vehicles section. "The oil return pipe has a heavy welded seam around the tube approximately 1-1/2" from the attachment bolts." I have seen one original.
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If vaccum wipers came out in mid 29 why would any 1928 intake manifolds have a tapped hole?
The center cooling hole was added to the heads in October 1929, so about half the Model A's made came without the center hole. On the 3X plugs, also notice the knurling has the pyramids going in, rather than rising above the surface as original. Female vs. the original male style knurling. |
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Would not the early open cars have a hand operated wiper & later have the vacuum wiper motor?. Ford Canada was using electric wipers on Tudors & other closed types through 1929. These were not drilled on the intake for a vacuum line. My late [ Oct.] '29 Canadian Tudor is equiped so.
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'If vaccum wipers came out in mid 29 why would any 1928 intake manifolds have a tapped hole?'
Tom, this is an understandable statement and my response at first. However, it seems that there was a lot of experimenting going on with the early ones. It may have been that they were going to use vacuum wipers but didn't get around to it until '29. Gary, here's a thousand words....I mean a picture of the early oil return pipe. This is a genuine one. Both ends have the same type of weld. |
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the info on page 1-10 (2011 rev) is rather emphatic (specific dates) about the changes so, despite the vacuum date conundrum, I assume my Jan '28 should be tapped/plugged (am waiting for dust to settle before i redrill/tap though). i doubt they would have bothered to try to discriminate between manifolds destined for trucks (hand wiper/no hole) vs. other styles |
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In the early 80,s I found a very early USA block #A254.There was nothing on the block other than the cam,lifters & front timing cover.The timing cover was unusual in that it appeared to be forged as it was very smooth & the gen mount was drilled for only a 3/8"bolt.The boss around the hole was only about 1/4"thick.I took brg caps,C shaft etc from other engines,rebored it and ended up with a nice running engine,then put it in a 28 phaeton.I had saved the early TG cover,but in the process of moving several times,it disapeared.
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I've been told that the early heads did not have the "peanut" shaped hole in it.
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It also has the very early water pump with the small hole on the bottom of the casting.
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Here are some pictures of the head I sold to Charles Reese. Early 28 with the original distributor screw which, is different from later screws because it is longer to compensate for the deeper boss.
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Sounds like some of you gents may be collecting early 3 or 4 digit engines. Do they bring a premium price? A hobbiest that I know said he would sell me a 4-digit engine that he recently got. He hasn't mentioned a price, but now I'm curious about their general worth.
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A lot of good info in this tread i wondered about a head i put on my 31 it was all i had at the time without the center peanut hole i knew it was early but not sure of the year and the oil return tube same thing you guys are the best
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