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Rebuilding the Famous Ford Flathead [Paperback]

Ron Bishop (Author)

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Paperback: 140 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies (May 1, 1981)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0071563164
ISBN-13: 978-0071563161

Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,004,406 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good basic info, December 18, 2003

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Written a few years before the rebirth of the flathead in street rodding, this book has lots of good basic info to help you rebuild your flathead, or just have an idea of what will happen when you send it out. Not a lot of info on modifying the flathead, better to look for another book for that. Good info, and complete.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The bebuild manual for flathead, September 3, 2007

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This is a very, very useful reference book about the Ford Flathead. You do know is an older book, still in print and the pictures are good, but not todays standard. I find reviewing some of the old books, I find items offten overlooked by the newer kids on the block(punt) so a well rounded set of books is aways worth having..

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All around great book. Alot of older useful information and specs required for these engines when tuning up or rebuilding

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1.0 out of 5 stars DON'T DO IT!!!
THIS BOOK IS GOOD FOR TOILET READING, BUT NOT REBUILDING ENGINES. WORTHLESS BOOK FOR ANYONE WHO HAS EVERY BLUEPRINTED OR REBUILT AN ENGINE. SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!

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In 1932, the first flathead V8 featured a 90-degree block of cast iron alloy, with an L-head/valve design, solid lifters (sometimes referred to as push rods or cam followers) and a gear-driven camshaft (Fig.1-1). Read the first page

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beam control switch, brush generator, fuel pump pressure, telescoping gauge, press the shaft, forged crank, rod bore, hot tanks, vacuum brake, main caps, main bearing caps, micrometer calipers, seal assembly, pump body, cap screws, oiling system, cylinder block, piston pin, thrust washer, distributor cap, running fit, feeler gauge, spark plug wires, spark advance, charging rate

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