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This is about the simplest V-8 engine ever to disasemble and reassemble. I had one in my first car, a '53 Ford, and rebuilt the engine myself. You have to take the entire block to the machine shop to get the valve seats ground. That was the hard part. Compare the ease of working on a flathead Ford to an overhead cam 4.6 liter Ford V-8 that requires a lot of complicated valve timing work when replacing the camshafts and timing chains.
imjustpassinthru 1 month ago
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imjustpassinthru 1 month ago
@1939PlymouthRatRod2
Rats nest. lol
mctim64 7 months ago
how is the exhuast port set up on this block...like how does it get the exhuast gasses out of the port if the valve is on the intake side...not a ford guy but am very cerous of how the port desine is set up
mudpuppy4life 1 year ago
@mudpuppy4life
The exhaust port runs through the block to the outside, you can see the three ports on the side of the block.
mctim64 1 year ago
@mctim64 unique...thanks for the info
mudpuppy4life 1 year ago
@mudpuppy4life
Also you can see the exhaust manifold attached to the side in this video.
mctim64 1 year ago
He's done that before! LOL
mrfarmerjimbob 1 year ago
hey i have a 54 ford with a flathead and i have two spare flatheads sitting around by the car AND i have a 48 grain truck about 4 feet away form the 54 thats got a flat head in it so i may have a couple of parties for my 54 project
54fordledsled 1 year ago
@54fordledsled ... Are you sure it's a '54 and not a '53? In '54 Ford came out with an overhead valve V-8, if I'm not mistaken.
imjustpassinthru 1 month ago
wish i could pull a engine apart that fast.
flatheadman1 1 year ago
is it a kind of hemi?
2605830 2 years ago
Yeah 239 cubic inch Side valve Ford Hemi.
retnirps 1 year ago
Great video & tune!
drphibes72 2 years ago
Neat video. What was that gadget you were using prior to pulling the valve assemblies out?
charlie8575 2 years ago
I'm not sure what "gadget" you want to know about but there is one tool for pulling the guide clips and one tool, a slide hammer, for poping the guides out.
mctim64 2 years ago
The tool used for pulling the guide keepers is an "All-Power" Ford valve keeper extractor. The other tool is an "All-Power" Ford valve guide knocker, that has been modified with a slide hammer. The "All-Power" tools were made in L.A., Ca. I have and use both of these tools along with a KD-918 valve guide puller.
1950F8 2 years ago
Wow! Nice one mate!
'52 Ford Flathead greetings from Holland!
quadrophenia73 2 years ago
Complete awesome- you make that look easy
Amethysting 2 years ago
Wha a rats nest was under the intake that beats all the weird things I've found inside an engine while taring it down.
Membrane556 2 years ago
Awesome
odzadze123 2 years ago
This isn't your first rodeo is it big boy?
Mr572u 2 years ago