It boggles the mind as to how many 1954 Ford and Mercury cars and pickups are still out there running with their original 239 and 256 engines. But with it now being over seventy years since those engines were introduced, the need for parts and/or the rebuilding of those engines does become necessary even for those that are not driven much each year. While some of those 1954 Ford vehicles have been upgraded to a later model Y engine, there’s still a significant number of them out there still running the original engines. I normally shy away from rebuilding the 1954 Y engines due to the scarcity of some of the 1954 only parts that are on those engines. Some of those parts includes the camshaft, camshaft bearings, oil pumps, water pumps, and fuel pumps.
But my arm is twisted and I take on this particular 239 build. In this instance, the customer would like to rebuild the original engine just for purposes of retaining the original block and heads. And I do like the idea of recycling parts that are rebuildable. This 239 comes from a 1954 Ford F100 pickup and arrives into the shop with complaints of being lack luster in performance and in need of a rebuild. While this engine has been previously rebuilt at least once before and possibly twice, it is again well worn and in need of another rebuild. The customer would also like the original rated power levels increased and provides a 1954 Mercury 256 four-barrel intake to be installed on the engine during the freshening up process.
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Precision Engine Balancing