Some guys see $s and then never sell, so the item just rots. Shame

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Sorry to hear that, should have waited till you got it home. Maybe he looked at this site.

At least the heads, manifolds, and rocker assemblies are in hand.  I have been looking for a set of "C" heads to mess with for a while, and these will fill the bill nicely, candidates for porting and reduction of cc to 66-68.

  If the guy would get back in contact maybe a deal could be worked out on the rest.  He probably thinks an arugument will take place since the agreement was $30 for the whole motor, but the thinking would be wrong.  Sad thing is the motor is now very exposed, and possibly will just decay until someone takes it to metal salvage. 

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

The lucky streak ended today.  Called the son of the man who has the farm and asked about coming over to finish dissassembly, and he said his dad would want more money for the block.  He was supposed to call back but hasnt, and probably wont.  He must have been curious why I was so interested in the hunk of junk, and did some investigating on the internet.

Mike [/quote]

Sorry to hear that, should have waited till you got it home. Maybe he looked at this site.

We just got back from El Mirage this evening, met a guy out there that says he has a yard full of "Y" stuff, I wont say any more till I see what he has.

Glenn, I'll be watching for the rods, I just got through doing a set for Charlies "New" engine we will be building this winter. I wont say much about it till we see what it does, but there was a Dodge at Bonneville that needs to be put in its place.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Very correct.  I got into the heads today and the exhausts are sodium filled with big 7/16 in. stems.  Arent special precautions supposed to be taken when getting rid of Na filled valves?  New bronze guides were there for intakes with positive seal inserts at their tops.  Combustion chambers cc'd at 73.  Hardened seats have been installed on the exhausts.

The lucky streak ended today.  Called the son of the man who has the farm and asked about coming over to finish dissassembly, and he said his dad would want more money for the block.  He was supposed to call back but hasnt, and probably wont.  He must have been curious why I was so interested in the hunk of junk, and did some investigating on the internet.

Mike 

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

Aren't those caps used on the Sodium filled valves? If so you will need to replace the guides with smaller ones and use the regular type valves. The Sodium's are prone to breakage when old and are not good for performance engines. Chuck in NH

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Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Steel crank, C1TE rods?  You may be right!  I am going back over there today.

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

I have few heads with those caps on exhaust valves. One pair is from 57 F-600 with HD Y-Block 272 (no steel crank and about 22000 miles on speedometer when engine was lifted out of the truck about 15 years ago), these caps are what truck parts books says about dimensions. Then I have a pair of heads from industrial engine and the caps are much smaller than those in truck heads. I found from ebay a parts book for industrial engines also, but it didn´t know those small caps either, what I remember, just couldn´t find the book right now, it must be in that special easily find place where all my lost stuff are. The industrial engine has plate on the block which says it is from year 1956 but it is 292. I think that there are caps also in my 1961 F-600 HD engine, but that is still in the truck or what is left of it. Does somebody know something about the different size exhaust valve caps?


Tero from Nurmijarvi, Finland

56 Country Sedan, 61 F-100, 61 F-600, 55 F-620, 52 Mercury

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This block could very well have a steel crank and C1TE rods, good find. They are still out there, you just have to get out and look for them. By the way Tim I finally got the ARP studs from Summit last week, I'll get them boxed this weekend and get them too you next week.

Glen Henderson



Freedom is not Free

Letohatchee, AL

That is along the lines of my thinking too.  It is a substantial "bracket".  Seems too much for something like power steering, and on the wrong side.  Perhaps it was for auxilliary trailer brakes?

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

The bracket could be for a compressor if the truck had air brakes