36 Ford truck on Ranger

Hey MM I have a flathead pan that was in the cab of one of the trucks I dragged home. 48 or49 Merc I can post a pic of it you want.

Part of the problem is that I don't like throwing away something that is 95% good and only a measly 5% bad. I have to fix it, usually at great cost. And the other part of the problem is, I assumed that I couldn't buy a new oil pan.
Thank you Dozer, that sounds like an 8BA oil pan which is what I need. The older, 59A ones are quite a bit different with part of the belhousing on them. I will keep yours in mind if mine still leaks. Yours has probably never been sitting in the dirt with a whole motor weighting it down.

Mac: I fixed a cracked pan (on the car) with JB Weld. It lasted a few years until we pulled the motor... the repair was still good!

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Thanks for boosting my confidence Dr. C.. I didn't get much done on the pan today, Oh, I guess I let the JB Weld cure, that's something. I sanded the outside hardened putty down somewhat.
Mostly, today, I patched up the lawn where some aggressive turkey snowplowed heavy snow before the frost was in the ground, last early winter. I cursed that turkey out volumously, ----last winter and then again this spring. I am going to make little safety skis for my blade.

MercuryMac said:

Thanks for boosting my confidence Dr. C.. I didn't get much done on the pan today, Oh, I guess I let the JB Weld cure, that's something. I sanded the outside hardened putty down somewhat.
Mostly, today, I patched up the lawn where some aggressive turkey snowplowed heavy snow before the frost was in the ground, last early winter. I cursed that turkey out volumously, ----last winter and then again this spring. I am going to make little safety skis for my blade.

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That must be the same turkey that deposits buckets full of snow and gravel on my lawn when he's pushing snow with the tractor

I think he's one of those 'unlucky' guys that a good cursing out doesn't help. Maybe we'll have to talk to him 'by hand'.

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I think he's one of those 'unlucky' guys that a good cursing out doesn't help. Maybe we'll have to talk to him 'by hand'.

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Speaking of hands, two hours on a rake each spring doesn't even stop it.

I primed the pan after a lot of sanding and when it was dry I painted it blue. The shop phoned last night to say come and get your motor. I think I will.

An old friend phoned the other night and asked if I would help him clean up his yard because he is creepin' up on ninety years old. Was I still interested in '36 Ford trucks. Yes!!! I said. Well, come and get mine, it's in the barn. I didn't have a plan for this truck on that short of notice, but said yes anyhow. This is a true barnfind, guys. Pics.

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we wondered why you weren't at the meeting, now we know guess you'll have to do 2 next week


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nice of him to give the truck to some one who will do something with her, so many times they just sit and rot away.


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That 36 is a beauty! Lucky duck!

I see a flat deck and a tractor on said deck...
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I see a flatbed with ramps too. That truck is in too good of shape to cut it up, I'd leave it as a bigger ton job.

jeeze a lou that is a honey!

Yes guys, I'm pretty sure it'll stay a two ton. I wanted to end up with a thirty six to pull that trailer [in the picture] with old tractors on it or old cars or old trucks, but this was a surprize to me so I haven't dreamt up enough images yet of what I want.
Skull, I'm under the impression that you can't come to the meetings if you're a backslider, bad enough to be red in the face like me. I haven't even told you that I also brought home an old two cylinder John Deere and a pull-type swather. At the meeting there, would be a lot of gasping and some guys would even put their hand over their mouth, when I made my confession.

Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled program, the making of a half-ton '36 Ford.
I got my rebuilt motor [268 ci Mercury flathead] home but promptly went on holidays, so nothing happened for a while. Now I have got my flywheel lathed down smooth and tacked on the starter ring gear. Running a 6v starter on 12vs livens up the starting process a lot, but the downside is that the starter hits a little too hard and can work the ring gear off, so I tacked it on. I had bought new water pumps, but they were painted universal black so they got painted blue today. I also painted the thermostat housings and dipstick.

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