i have bought many flatheads at farm auctions and swap meets over half of them at farm sales are broken i have seen them blow a hole in the pan i raced flatheads for 12 years and never broke a center main i did not lug it at 5500 i am lucky to be 90 and i am not lugen it thank you all...
take the rocker arm shaft off take the plugs in the end of the shaft out and run a 1/2 in ball hone in the shaft lots of surprises in there you can get new plugs at o'rielys i have also found the hole in the rocker arm that feeds the push rod the casting may not be drilled been playing with...
top of right frame 6 to 8 inches back from the end of the front frame sand it off and the numbers will stay with paint in them there will be a star in front and back of the numbers if they are not there they have been ground off have seen that trick too the 1957 fords the # are on the...