FordSix Performance Forum

Check for the ID number on the top of the clutch housing.

Look at the side of Economizer valve will have its markings on the edge of the hex flats, carb rebuild kits may come with a 6.5, 7.5, or 8.5 this denotes at what vacuum the valve starts to open. The 14 HG average reading isn't very helpful in determining the right Valve rating that you need to use. ...

With that bell housing and the 2.77 trans you would still need the 8 1/2 inch stepped flywheel for them to all fit togeather. Since you have the duel pattern block you also have the option to use the larger flat flywheel with 9 inch clutch if you wanted, use the 2.77 trans with the flat flywheel you...

Your are welcome MM_Falcon, yes the C9DE-6015-B decodes as a 1969 design number engine block but major parts such as blocks, heads, and many other parts were often used severial years. So when you also look at the block date code of 9J29 which tells you the exact day that engine block was cast at th...

Oh and welcome to the Ford Six forums! Here is also a post showing all the 250 Six timing gear and chain sets and their differences (see the below link) your 1970 250 six engine would have orginally used the early timing gear set this is also the best set to use for a performance build up. To ID a 2...

Yes for sure the number of teeth and outside diameter of the gear matters. Though I can't see much of the external features of your engine I am quite certain that the reason that the timing gears won't fit your crankshaft is that you have a 250 cu. in six instead of the smaller 200 six. Swap out the...

Why not just upgrade to the DuraSpark II Distribitor and ignition system this was the stock system used in the 1976 to 1982 Ford 300 Six'es? It's a far better system and easy to install and parts are available anywhere. Best of luck :thumbup: :nod: Here is an old post I did on wiring the DSII using ...

Hello, this is my first post here. I have just purchased a 1966 Ford Falcon 4 door with a 170 inline 6. The engine was rebuilt some time in a past and was sitting in a shed on a stand. I am finding it really hard to find an original 8 1/2" recessed flywheel. Can you use any 8 1/2 flywheel or d...

Ok 65_Stang_170 that will be helpful the 1966 models are a mix of the previous parts with some new tech mixed in there was also very little info about thise 170 blocks and if or when they changed to the bigger bell housing. Thank you

Well yes

but Today's Horse Power Wars and Tech have no relationship to what was going on in the mid to late 1950's or to "sdiesels" orginal question.

After all that period was over 60 years ago!

Hi Matthew68, Dry Float Level should be 3/8 inch. On accelerator pump shot the lever hole closest to the throttle shaft is the A and goes up to D. A gives the longest pump shot your at B right now which should be good to start. On the other end at the pump lever on fuel bowl you have an inter and ou...

Ran across this info Autolite / Motorcraft 2V and 4V carb size info awhile back and thought it might be helpful to some. Enjoy :thumbup: :nod: I found the flow rates for MC2100/2150 2 barrels. This information comes from CJOFFROAD.COM. That website has a ton of information on these carbs. 2V 2100/21...

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65_Stang_170, would please post some pictures of that "66" 170 blocks casting / design numbers and its date code and if possable the back of the block? There is a real lack of photos documenting the 170 blocks

going to be real

Mike, I have always liked those sequential tail lights that were used on the Thunderbird's and Cougars

How did you check the floats condistion? Did you check the wet fuel level? How did you check for vacuum leaks? With the vacuum gauge hooked up ideling in gear (D) what dose the gauge needle do? What power valve rating are you running? Do you have a good tach to use? I probally wouldn't be changing o...

I defer to your extraordinary accumulation of knowledge of these facts. I also lay claim to journalistic impudence. And the reference is to those very components you mention. Its easier ,and likely of lesser cost to install GM spec components. Even so the joke remains intact, to make my ford go zoo...

Hi all, Sorry for the delayed response. I brought the block and crank to a local machine shop this weekend for initial inspection and rework and decided to throw the rocker arm assembly in just to see if the machinist had any interesting ideas. He agreed that the "pedestals and rocker arms oug...

Below are all the basic tune up settings for a 1954 Ford 223 Six and the order of doing a tune up that I have used for decades for the quickest route to a great tune up. Base timing is 3 degrees BTDC and idel RPM is 450 to 475 depending on the trans you have. Good luck :thumbup: :nod: These are the ...

Thank you Darrell, yes it sure seems like things are happening fairly quickly now, had a chest XRay and Scan on Wednesday afternoon, a Lab & Cov-19 test yesterday afternoon. Another lab set for Tuesday morning, EKG will need to be sometime soon too, will be going in early on Friday morning for t...

I cleaned the connections on the solenoid and the battery. Still some roughness yet at idle, but the hesitation upon acceleration is gone. I didn't drive it a whole lot, maybe 3 miles at best. Will be taking a long road trip tomorrow, that should give things plenty of time to re set :beer: Congrats...

I've got just about everything taken apart on my 250, but the rocker arm assembly is giving me some trouble. I've had the entire thing submerged in parts cleaning solvent (basically kerosene) for several weeks and I periodically try to move the arms and pedestals to take it apart. So far, I've only...

:beer: Comgrats Mike great job getting the rocker arm lash set, that's really a good smooth idle now and it's sure hitting on all six cylinders and It's so much quieter now! Little by little it's coming right along, yes I can hear now how the exhaust is rubbing :bang: and one of the next things to f...

The stock Ford adjustable rockers are all 1.5 Ratio and the 1.6 Ratio are custom made by modding the 1.5 rockers. Without seeing what you have I can’t say with any certainty, but at least you have adjustable‘s with the min. of 1.5’s .

Welcome to the Ford Six forums Stan,

sounds like a really nice truck Congrats on being able to keep it all through the years. Glad you decided to join our group. Best of luck on your upgrades.

Like most of the stock 170, 200's and 250's six'es your 1970's part number rocker arms are the non ajustable type and 1.5 to 1 ratio as those made from 1966 to 1983. The early engines are the only ones that came stock with adjustable rocker arms in 1.5 to 1 ratio installed from 1960 to about 1965 on...

The original 144 and 170 cams were made from a different cam core blank I don't remember if the cam had the spacer built into the cam blank but I doubt it, eventually they were only using the newer second gen cam core blanks. With the introduction of the 200 six'es and their having a longer stroke t...

Yes It's much harder to adjust these six's while the engine is running since the adjuster is right over the push Rod like on the Y Block V8's so there's lots of adjuster movement but it's possible if the idle RPM is low enough. My preference is to always adjust valve lash while the engine is running...

Welcome to the Ford Six forums, your in the right place to find all the info and help over in the Big Ford Six forum. Best of luck on your 1965 F100.

HI Mike sounds like your droping a cylinder to me. I didn't notice that you had a vacuum gauge on your dash if you do what dose its readings look like? The engine seems to also have a very slight shaking at idle too. Another way you could test this is to loosen up the plug wires and use a spark plug...

The only flywheel that you can use on your 170 needs to be one of the Ford (8 1/2 inch clutch) stepped flywheels (also known by the nick name dog dish). Note that this same size 8 1/2 inch clutch flywheel were also used on all these Ford Six engines the 1960 to 1964 144 cu. in. six's, 1961 to 1966 1...

X3 yes this is a common problem when the cam spacer ring gets left off during a camshaft replacement. In the first link below you can see what it looks like if the spacer ring is missing. In the second post you can see how the ring needs installed, there are many other posts describing these engine ...

HI Darrell, I haven't been feeling very good for awhile now, 2 years ago started noticeing my energy level, strength, and health were changing. Told my Doctor at the V.A. about it but nothing was done at that time a year later I ended up in the ER. In December they sent me to a local cardiologist to...

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Welcome to the Ford Six forums Brent, :beer: congrats x2 yes it sounds like you found a realy nice orginal 1974 Bronco there sure aren't very many left that haven't been cut up, moded, severely abused or that don't need a full on restoration. X3 I am quite a big fan of the DuraSparkII ignistion syst...

X2 the Vin Tag or its sometimes labeled as a Warranty Tag it will be revetted to the drivers side door or on the door jamb and it will have the info you need. Look for the color number this can then be decoded to get you the original factory color let us know if you need help with decoding that numb...

Yes there you go this is what I was talking about in my above post! Everyone of those wire terminals ends in your picture are a little bit dark with corrosion some even more so and they will all need a good cleaning to deliver the proper voltage as well as being able to get a full charge going back ...

X2 yes you can learn a lot from the Design Numbers, those design numbers will decode as fallows C6AE-6015-D 6E4 C = The Decade part was made in this case 1960 A = This is the car line the part was designed for i.e. In this case it was for the big Ford Cars like the Custom, Galxie etc. because of thi...

Ok usally it won't take that many miles to re learn again, also from your description of how it's running in my OPIN it's likely electrical. So now you can start by checking out and cleaning the engine wiring connections, and that the grounds are clean and all snugly fitting starting at the battery ...

Welcome to the Ford Six forums wakjob, yes working on cars you need to be careful and use proper saftey equipment even then things can happen. Best of luck

Welcome to the Ford Six forums 66Frankenstaine, sounds like you have some good parts to work with on your Mustang except maybe the last two items and possibly the carb too. Which carb do you have now? Though those parts are ok for a stock restoration it will depend on the planed use for with the Mus...

On the EFI engines (computer controlled) when ever the battery is diconected the computer losses its stored optimized tuning memory. The computer reverts back to its factory stored base timing and fuel maps until it can relearn again, should only take a short time of driving your truck around for it...

You have a good plan, in my OPIN the bearing condistion isn't all that bad for the amount of miles on the engine. This is why I am thinking you maybe can get by with just Micro Polishing the crank throws, of coruse you can't know for sure until your engine shop measures everything. You can also stil...

Your engine block looks to still be in very good condition. You didn't say what your budget is for your rebuild but since the condistion of your engine is so good and you use the truck as a secondary vechical, I am going to recommend a lower cost build or freshening up. Don't see the pistons though ...

Ok Darrell, yes I can take some pictures of the Holley carb and post them up in the next couple days.

Ok Darrell, sure I will post some pictures as soon as I am able.

Due to mounting Heath issues have recently come to the realization that I probally won't be physically able to work on car projects much longer, so will be selling off all my remaining Auto Motive related Parts Tools and Equipment so my wife and daughters won't have to deal with all of it. If you ar...

Due to mounting Heath issues have recently come to the realization that I probally won't be physically able to work on car projects much longer, so will be selling off all my remaining Auto Motive related Parts Tools and Equipment so my wife and daughters won't have to deal with all of it. If you ar...

Due to mounting Heath issues have recently come to the realization that I probally won't be physically able to work on car projects much longer, so will be selling off all my remaining Auto Motive related Parts Tools and Equipment so my wife and daughters won't have to deal with all of it. If you ar...

Due to mounting Heath issues have recently come to the realization that I probally won't be physically able to work on car projects much longer, so will be selling off all my remaining Auto Motive related Parts, Tools, and Equipment so my wife and daughters won't have to deal with all of it. If you ...

Due to mounting Heath issues have recently come to the realization that I probally won't be physically able to work on car projects much longer, so will be selling off all my remaining Auto Motive related Parts, Tools, and Equipment so my wife and daughters won't have to deal with all of it. If you ...

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