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Top loader is T-86. T-85 is a side loader. Shift cover plate is curved on bottom rather than straight.
This would probably be your easiest solution. However, there were two overdrive transmissions in Fords of the fifties and sixties; the light duty...
Before you get into the hard work, I want to relate a story from my younger days. Friend had a '64 Galaxie with 289. It developed a rough running...
I guess I am puzzled why you would ask people you don't know rather use what the manufacturer (Isky) said to use (0.014 int; 0.014 ex). Farmalldan
Isn't this the old Fram by-pass filter offered on most of the eary fifties vehicles? If so, you can pour all the oil you want into the canister...
Napa lists a reman for the '59 352. There probably aren't any NAPA stores in Germany, but they offer online ordering and shipping.
Napa lists a reman pump for the 352. Not sure if there are any NAPA stores in Germany, but they have a purchase online and ship option.
Not sure what was different about the water pumps, but I think the shaft length changed. I'm pretty sure later pumps fit the block, but I'm not...
Is your engine out and torn down or still in the car? Ford changed the manner in which cam thrust was handled in 1963. They changed from a...
Can you bend the oil fill tube? Or maybe the Ford tractor oil fill tube would work. I know they will fit v8-60 blocks, but don't know about the...
Way back in the early '60's, the overdrive in my '54 Ford also unexpectedly dropped into direct while driving on the highway, never again to...
Rare. I have been told, but never seen one in the flesh, that the Thunderbird T5 is a little bit forward of the Mustang - I think between Mustang...
Won't he also need to change to the 49-53 pick-up water pumps? Or can he get by with the Mercury motor mount spacers? Assuming he still has them....
Dang! Coopman and 24riverview beat me to it. Got to be quick on this site.
If one side works, it isn't a flasher problem. It may be the switch, but remember that flashers work like circuit breakers. Current draw heats the...
These bypass style filters require a restrictor to prevent too much oil flowing to the filter and subsequent loss of oil pressure to the bearings....
They work like this: when the orange pointy needle gets up to the "2", you shift into second; when the orange pointy needle gets up to the "3",...
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Not true. The "N" series tractor motor was mostly 1/2 of the new Mercury V-8. It shared a number of internal components with the v-8 and...
My recollection was that v-8 autos got 3.31 standard, but I suppose 3.54 was also a possibility. I found one website listing specifications that...
"Those rears are Dana rears and pretty strong ." Not true. The station wagons, Thunderbirds, and pickups, along with most Mercury's, used the...
1957 Ford had paper element. 1959 Plymouth had paper element. I'm sure others did also.
Your solenoid has two small terminals on it with small wires plugged onto them. One is the terminal to energize the solenoid to start the car....
Absolutely NOT true. See attached quotes from "The Engineering Toolbox": "Note! The specific heat capacity of ethylene glycol based water...
Gunner, what are you looking for: single exhaust with crossover? or dual exhaust manifolds? I may have the single with crossover on a spare...
As I recall, either manifold will fit on either block, but the number of bolt holes is different. I can't recall which has the more, but you just...
Not quite accurate. These are the shorty headers used on 360 hp 352, 390 hipo, early 406, and Police Interceptors. The long headers appeared in...
WWII did not begin in the U.S. until Dec 8, 1941. Industry was probably not fully converted to a war footing until March or so,1942. California...
I am under the impression that 1927 T sedan fenders do not fir the 1927 T coupe. At least without modification. Thus it seems unlikely that the A...
<P>With a "torquey" motor like the Cad and a fairly light car, you don't need a lot of 1st gear reduction to get the car moving. I'd choose...
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