Recent content by Brian

job well done Ryan, thank you!

very soon at the rate you're working at....

easier method; pull sparkplugs, get the wife to hit the starter whilst you look down spark plug holes and see if the valves are moving

I dunno, I've always considered my car to be worth more as parts if I was to sell, than as a fully complied, road legal auto. Such a shame.....

Actually RobWi, with respect, the rear mains are different 8BA to 59A

The bolts aren't bottoming out are they?

I believe main bearing studs are torqued to 80 ft lb, with bolts they're torqued to 100 ft lb

There is a member on here Krylon32, who gives a 10% discount on the retail price of Boling Bros repo Lincoln Bendix brakes to fordbarn members. These are the finest bolt on brakes you can fit to an early Ford V8, they duplicate the Bendix brakes as fitted to Lincolns of that era. They are self...

How do they perform? In my application, they are all right. However, my application is a 255 cu in 21 stud...when I had Eddie Meyer heads on it, it had too much compression; detonated to hell! I fitted these to overcome that on account of their lower compression. I am unable to advise how they...

the reason I'm running them is because when I was looking for cast iron heads, every left hand factory head I located was cracked!! RH heads were all crack free...dunno why. I located set of NORS heads in Australia, so am running them.

They are aftermarket, the name of the manufacturer eludes me for now. They also used the same configuration for dome top pistons; simply domed tthe heads. That is why the combustion chamber is shaped like that; to lead into the dome...same castings. I run these same [flattop] heads on my current...

8BA style pump

The guy that got my 39 coupe off of me simply drilled a hole through both arms whilst in the up position and installs a pin!

See? Straight away you've found better, much better candidates to rebuild than the 59A boat anchor!!! and they'll still cost a packet to rebuild, but considerably cheaper and more reliable than your other lump of iron...

Sorry, but you won't like my response...When it comes to resurrecting anything old, find the best example you can, it'll cost a bundle, more than the ultimate restored contraption is worth. Sure, anything can be saved if you put enough time and $$$, particularly the $$$$$, but in this case, find...