hello im not a flathead guy. Have a flathead eight the only number I can find are on the rear block by bell housing H493 and on the intake manifold 881 8RT 6520 thanks kirk
'49-'53 ('54 in Canada, eh?) Ford 239 cubes. Truck engine, going by the 8RT bit, the T means truck. Of course in over half a century some parts may have been swapped.
The water pump style is either '49 Ford car or '53 truck. What does the oil pan look like? The '49 car would have a smooth center sump, '53 truck would have a stepped rear sump.
Questions are answered but that is a clean looking core. Lot better than some of the rust piles I see on here that people are trying to make do with.
This is exactly the belt drive arrangement I am looking for. Will all trucks have this set up or only the '53? I thought '53 was more like cars with two narrow belts, one driving water pump and generator and the other driving water pump and fan. In fact, I thought all 49-53 8BA/8RT used this arrangement with only belt width being different. Or is this a '49 car set up? What do I need to look for? Thanks, Farmalldan
All '48-'53 trucks, and '49 Ford and Mercury cars used the same wide belt system, only with different style water pumps. Ford and Merc cars used narrow belts starting in '50. '48-'52 truck pumps have the lower mounting ear, and are the same. '49 Ford cars and '53 trucks use the same basic wide-belt pump with the angled lower casting, but the trucks used a new center front engine mount, so the pumps were not drilled for frame mounts like the cars used. '50-'53 Ford car and '52-'53 Mercury used the same narrow-belt pumps with the angled casting. '49 to '51 Mercurys used a pump similar to the '48-'52 trucks, but with a higher mounting ear, and were narrow-belt starting in '50. Wide belt pumps have the same pulley offset, as one belt runs both pumps, along with the generator. Narrow belt pumps have different pulley offsets so the belts can cross each other, as one belt runs one pump, along with either a fan or generator.
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