In the junk yard I go to there is a Y-block engine in the s**** engine pile with a set of valve covers that are perfect ...no dents ( don't know how they have survived ). Anyway they don't have any script . The engine is yellow and I suppose could have been an industrial engine . Question is , is it worth saving the covers? I don't have a use for them but thought someone might . John
Check it out carefully. It might be worth saving. We see lots of 292"s, a few 272"s, one or two 239" and 256", but 312"s just never come along. Also, once or twice a year, someone brings in the Lincoln/truck/industrial Y-block, mistaking it for a Ford. jack vines
I don't think the valve covers themselves are particularly hard to come by. But the whole engines are getting harder to find.
No... yellow as is the entire block. If I had a use for it I'd grab the engine. I'm trying to get rid of stuff and it seems that for every 5 pounds I get rid of I drag home 10 .
The yellow/ivory ones were 239s. Edsels were a tealish colour, mercury were green. Its probably a 272/292 that someone spray bomb'd yellow. If you get the casting numbers, its super easy to tell. The steel valve covers aren't worth very much at all
I ask because the first year 239's were an ivory yellowish color. The tins are red with no embossing on the valve covers. This is the one in my '54. Sent from my Droid using TJJ ****a!
239 's were yellow... that was '54. I'd grab the whole thing,...As said, getting hard to find. 4TTRUK
A 1956 Ford F750 Truck engine is yellow with silver valve covers It may be a 302 Y block, a lincoln drivitive engine. And yes, I said a 302. They made them in 56. The covers are about 2" longer than a 312 and will not fit a 312 or 292.
I coulda sworn that the "256" that came with the merc my brother had was green, and I guess my memory of edsels being a tealish colour was wrong. Whoops! Colour Chart
The 302 Y-Block was a member of the Lincoln Y-Block family used in Lincolns and Heavy Duty Trucks. The 302 was used in 1955 - 1963 Heavy Duty trucks only. Lincoln Y-Blocks came in 279, 302, 317, 332, 341, and 368 ci. displacements. The neat thing about the Lincoln Y is that it had a bore spacing of 4.63" (the same as an FE) but a huge deck height of 10.94". Because of these dimensions, the Lincoln Y has a ton of unrealized displacement potential, possibly up to 500 ci if someone has the ambition and money. I agree with the other guys that the OP should save the entire motor, but I understand all too well about running out of space and needing to clear some stuff out. Good Luck
No, I think that they used a lincoln block and heads. Not sure though. The only place that I found any reference to it is in the 1956 Ford Heavy Truck Manual, Big Job Trucks. No parts stores list it in their catologs.
In addition to what Frozen said...The Lincoln was a stand-alone design, totally different engine. The only parts that will interchange between them and the Ford Y-block is the distributor and the oil pump. Maybe the OP could get some casting #'s from the block/heads next time he is at the yard. That would help some
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