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Hello, I set up a crab distrubtor on the Wasco coming fixture and set the initial advance like the instructions say but when its on the car it seems to like that sliding scale set to max and then I think slotting the slot more would help, I cant get the engine to ping even under max load, I am...

Hello on my 41 Mercury engine I got rebuilt at a shop, heads and block mechined, weeped coolent through the head gaskets fiber "best gasket copper sandwich gaskets" and I tried to fix it by fitting falpro gaskets witch fixed it but then I had a blowing head gasket probably from excessive use of...

Dose anyone have the specs for the clearance for the long body pumps? Clearance between gears and end plate Clearance between pump body and gears I am having a problem when I have 30 psi but it drops off sometimes and comes back up, I have replaced the releaf valve plunger and spring, cam...

For some reson my new distributor cap turned green only in the coil HT lead terminal and engine developed a misfire and wouldn't take any throttle, fixed that and went on my way but then it went bang in the exhaust and spat out the carb and totally stopped dead and I found the new rotor has...

Hello I have a rebult 1942 Mercury with a rebult long body oil pump, has about 40 psI but it dropped to 0 the other day when I went up the driveway, i shut it off and opend the oil line and oil came out so i fitted another gauge and that showed 40 psi again, just went on a 200 mile drice and it...

When buying head gaskets especially side valve gaskets check how the fire rings are formed, this is a kohler gasket but when I was choosing Ford gaskets I saw the same problem with some Indian made gaskets, the creased fire ring caused an un stoppable gas leak.

I had my 1942 Mercury rebult by a well-known shop but it leaked water from the head studs, wile re torquing the head i removed each stud one by one and applied a cylinder head stud sealer to the threads, I ran the engine on water for a couple of months but now I have Castrol antifreeze it weeps...

I have got a few reproduction caps for the crab distributor and a couple bob drake rotors, the rotors collide with the terminals on the cap, made the mistake of trying to run one and busted the rotor and cap, non of them turn freely, tried 3 different distributors. I understand they use to run...

I have got a few reproduction caps for the crab distributor and a couple bob drake rotors, the rotors collide with the terminals on the cap, made the mistake of trying to run one and busted the rotor and cap, non of them turn freely, tried 3 different distributors. I understand they use to run...

Hello, I have the 1942 -47 12v pertronix ignition module in my crab distributor and the 1.5 ohm internal resistor coil. It has way too much spark for ignition components to cope with. I tried fitting another 1.5 ohm ballast to the positive lead to the coil but this caused no spark. I have...

I have a 42 Mercury with a pertronic points replacement and new leads and NGK plugs, runs really well but after a long drive the other day it developed a misfire at idol like someone is switching the ignition off and back on, if i am in gear and let the the clutch out till the engine get some...

A wile ago I found an article on a guy who had converted a 351 Windsor to a flathead with all custom made parts, it had bolt on decks and then the whole lot was sleeved and it had custom made heads and rods, the link I have had stopped working and I cannot find the photos, dose anyone have any...

I splashed out a little wile ago and got some dennis carpenter water pumps from a shop near me, they did about 200 miles before becoming loose in the bearings, the guy who ran the shop suddenly died, Are they notoriously bad? I will be putting my old pumps back on witch are made in good old...

I have this 94 Holly carb on my engine, I used it as it was in good condition, put a kit in it and used it for a few years but not sure if it has the right jets? It has 51 stamped on the jets but most of the 239” motors I have had 49 stamped on the jets, is that a big jump in size? I have...

I am having a bit of trouble, I have run a FoMoCo 4 speed for a few years but I got a new clutch plate and the Springs hit the flywheel bolts by about 0.5, Is there any other low profile bolts that would work with a flathead?

With the early 40s Mercury engines with the raised intake surface around the ports, do they require a longer pushrod?

Had this old motor for a long time, it’s worn out and has 0 compression on some cylinders and had a couple broken spark plus, started after a lot of cranking and engine start, I will attempt to fire up another one witch is even worse https://youtu.be/UZbhY7KMjRo

Hello, I have all ways wondered in the movie Sorcerer from 1977 they have a cople of GMC M211 army trucks, the one called Sorcerer has what looks like a Ford truck grill?

hello, I am doing the mod of installing a plug inbtween the oil galleries but I want to drill out both the side and top threaded holes for bigger fittings, what’s a good size to go to? Might be hard to go much bigger on the raised boss one.

On the old flathead forum there was a article about the part numbers for the center water outlet and it was possible to know witch was left and right, dose anyone know how to decode the numbers? I cannot remember.