I'm looking to pull the old and tired 239 out within a few weeks. I picked up a 61 292 from a f1oo over the winter. I know the bell housings are different so im going to have to change those swap them. Its a 3 speed car and the newer motor is a 3 speed too. Im just wondering if there is any troubles or problems I can look forward to when swapping them. I also need some exhaust advice. I want to get rid of my cross over and put some headers in. Does anyone know who I should go to for that. I was thinking of checking out reds headers but I dont know if having a 54 with a newer motor will cause problems. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks gang.

6-12 V? Throttle linkage? What is the 239 coming out of?

Don W

Its been converted to 12v already. The 239 its coming out of a 1954 crestline 4 door. Everything under the hood is still stock. The 239 is just starting to loose power.

You can use a set from Red's, or John Mummert, or even the 57 up exhaust manifolds you have. Pretty much a bolt in from there.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

when i swapped mine, the clutch pivot was different setup where it bolts to motor, i had to use a 56 truck pivot,54 pivot, and cut weld them together to make my own...and i did duel exhaust with stock exhaust manifolds from a later 56 which makes everything super close on drivers side hence the reason they used crossover....if you could the rare drivers side with indentation it would be ideal, and i have heard good things about red head's

Thanks guys. Im going to do it at my friends shop. He's got everything I need there to do it. So welding anything up will be easy.

I did the same thing, only with an automatic car (54). You can run stock 55-60's exhausts manifolds but you will need the 55/56 Z bar (clutch crossover) in order to run the exhaust pipe that is attached to the exhaust manifold. Otherwise, use all the 54 parts.



You will notice that the 54 Z Bar is straight whereas the 55/56 has a bend in it to allow you to run the pipe.



If you use the steady rest, you will need a 55/56 one as the later balancer will not clear the 54 steady rest.

54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

You will need to use the passenger car pan with the front sump.  It's a bolt-on.  Also the passenger dipstick and tube will be required.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

You may also need to change the pilot bearing in the crank, which while you have it apart would be cheap insurance anyway.

55 Vicky & customline

58 Rack Dump, 55 F350 yard truck, 57 F100

59 & 61 P 400's, 58 F100 custom cab, 69 F100, 79 F150, 82 F600 ramp truck, 90 mustang conv 7 up, 94 Mustang, Should I continue?

Will the oil pan and dip stick from my 239 work on the 292?