How to Avoid the 7 Most Common Y Block Ford V8 Mistakes!

[@vanderpoolfarmsl.l.c.9983]

Thank you, Reverand. Although we are not saved by works.... ....our Y-Blocks are. Excellent instruction. Thank you!

[@HotRodReverend]

@@vanderpoolfarmsl.l.c.9983 now that’s gold right there!

[@andrewlevine8816]

Because it gets difficult to get a 57-64 distributor i used a windsor one i was given. Quite a simple modification and it worked great.

[@OlysGarage]

Great video, Reverend! Always learning new things from the info you share and your web page too. Great references!

[@tomnekuda3818]

I had (2) Y-blocks in my life....the first, a 292 in my 1957 Ford.....it was a hot little engine and I loved the car. When it finally clocked 340,000 miles I sold it and got a 312 in another 1957 Ford. The 2nd car never ran as well as the first. It had a 2-speed auto vs the first car with a 3-sp'd stick. I never did figure out why....I would like to hear some reasons...... Merry Christmas, Reverend! HE has come to dwell among us!

[@jamesbosworth4191]

If it had a 2 speed automatic, it wasn't stock, as the 2 speed Ford-0-Matic came out on the 59s.

[@paulmuntalbano7342]

Another great video covering areas not covered or lightly covered by other Y-Blockers. Merry Christmas Reverend!

[@HotRodReverend]

Same to you! Thanks for subscribing and watching the channel; hope it is a help to you!

[@2packs4sure]

I can vaguely remember reading years ago that in the Ford Y block shop manual the torque specs for the main caps (I think) were way too high,, leading to cracked blocks etc.....

[@HotRodReverend]

Yep, that was for the 312 engines, but still… good to know.

[@danontherun5685]

I always block the heat ports to the intake manifold, toss the exhaust manifold valves and toss all FE/MEL carb heaters. Keep it cool and carry a big spark.

[@ronmidura3417]

Thanks for the info. Merry Christmas

[@aroundlinemen]

Great video, trying the turkey / video ( in the roster oven now ) thank you🇺🇸💪

[@HotRodReverend]

Great! Let me know how it turns out - we love it!

[@chriskoch2465]

Great info, thanks!

[@ethanjessup9972]

Merry Christmas Reverend🎁🔥🎄

[@HotRodReverend]

@@ethanjessup9972 merry Christmas, Lug Nut!

[@backschuddle]

In the 70s when I worked in an Automotive Machine Shop, many of the Y-Blocks that I disassembled and inspected had cracked Main, Boltholes, running front to rear, located in the center of the threaded bolthole.

[@HotRodReverend]

@@backschuddle In this video I cover that over torque specs from Ford: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2q7XmaMrr6ljJIfeature=shared

[@backschuddle]

@@HotRodReverend Well these must have been torqued incorrectly from the factory because they came out of OEM restoration projects with engines that had not been apart since they were installed at Ford. The small journal crank, (pre-1967), small block Chevy V-8s had the same problem, (Cracked Mains at the Holes). This shop I worked at did engine and industrial dynamic balancing, and mostly performance work and restoration engine work. I had been doing this type of work for 27 years, from 1969 to 1996, then I started doing Aerospace machining, until I retired in 2022.

[@hernandomunoz3445]

Great videos! Merry Christmas from Costa Rica. I still have my dad's Ford Ranch Wagon with a 292...love it and do what needed to keep it running and passing emissions (tough job in an eco-country)!

[@HotRodReverend]

@@hernandomunoz3445 that has to be a chore to keep things going with the emissions and all - kudos!

[@pauljanssen7594]

It's amazing that little engine did as much as it did in drag racing. I worked on a couple of them it just makes me laugh. On the timing marks I always set the camshaft number 6 opposite of number one on overlap then I checked the timing gears. Many moons ago I put a set of time change sprockets on an engine but one sprocket was drilled one tooth off with a Mark was, no I won't mention the name of this company but it's very big company how many thousands of gears did they do the same thing to! I found two of the machinists that noticed the same problem. So how many engines were put together with this mistake.

[@GeoffMcIver]

Great video.

[@Corvacar]

There’s a procedure for running a braided Oil feed line up the rear of the Engine to feed the rocker shafts. This replaces Ford’s poor design of going up from the Main Camshaft journal. You’re very likely up on that. Could You expound on it in a future Video ? Fergieman

[@HotRodReverend]

@@Corvacar I am up on that - will consider the mention in a future vid. However, none of the three main builders of Y Blocks use that modification. Ted Eaton, Tim McMaster, and John Mummert all maintain it is unnecessary. I “think” this was a modification that some of the Holman Moody team made back in the day but I have no verifiable info on that. ;)

[@EarlGuyton425]

@@HotRodReverend WRONG. The source of no oil getting into the rocker tubes is because you have to line up the rocker shaft tube hole to the hole in the engine head. Heres a copy of my intial comment..You left out what is the most over looked thing that causes the worse disaster. On all Y blocks you have to line up the rocker tube hole with the oil hole on the engine head or the rockers run dry. On the engine head you showed at the videos end the oil hole in the head is on the second rocker shaft bolt down and the tube for the rockers has to face down and line up so when oil comes out of the hole in the head it goes inside the rocker tube. Many Yblocks get scored rocker tubes and ruined rocker bushings and dry valve guides because hardly no one knows this. Then of course oil never gets to drain down on the top of the cam or solid lifters as well, plus the oil tube that runs off the end of the rocker tube never drops oil on the timing gear or chain. So a horrible domino effect of destruction occurs in the engines. So when the upper end runs dry people want to run over head oilers when instead they need to line up the shaft tube with the oil hole in the head

[@HotRodReverend]

@ already covered… this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5KwZouPiqiBf8Ufeature=shared

[@PCMenten]

There are two versions of lifters and the metallurgy is different. Thin foot vs thick foot. The cam metallurgy matches the lifter metallurgy. The 1957 312 rear main cap bolts are shorter than the rest of the main cap bolts. If you mix up the bolts, you can break your block with a long bolt in the rear main cap. Make sure you get the correct pistons. Some later 292 truck blocks use shorter 312 rods and special taller pistons. When installing the front timing chain cover, use an alignment tool to center the front oil seal on the crank. There is a bolt hole on the intake side of the heads at the back that gets overlooked and will leak coolant. There are two types of rockers; 1.43 and 1.54:1. The high lift rockers are 1956 and 1957. I have seen them mixed up on a rocker shaft. There are two different heights of rocker stands. There is a splash shield that is used with the shorter stands. Core shift can be seen on the passenger side rear cylinder in some mid-50’s blocks. Use drill bits to measure the gaps between cylinders.

[@HotRodReverend]

@@PCMenten great information here… from the steel vs cast iron lifters to the whole list - solid!

[@davidtreichelpppj5304]

Watching DRAGNET on ME TV ....A 57 ford just went by 😅

[@HotRodReverend]

@@davidtreichelpppj5304 love the old shows - have seen quite a few 50s Fords on the Andy Griffiths show and Perry Mason.

[@roughseas3455]

Here's a deadly sin for you. Don't let your battery cables rest on your exhaust manifold with the engine running. XD

[@HotRodReverend]

@@roughseas3455 wow! Now that’s one I should have added - or, how about don’t let your fender cover blow off onto your hot exhaust manifold and melt on your header! (Seems I have a video about that one too lol)

[@roughseas3455]

Ppfftt, lol. Yeah after that, I zip tied the new cables to the fire wall. When i was installing my electric choke, one of the wires fell limb and rested on the manifold and I went "I've seen this movie. Know how it ends." It immediately got tied to one of the distributor wires. I'm not having to play fire fighter again. LOL

[@EarlGuyton425]

You left out what is the most over looked thing that causes the worse disaster. On all Y blocks you have to line up the rocker tube hole with the oil hole on the engine head or the rockers run dry. On the engine head you showed at the videos end the oil hole in the head is on the second rocker shaft bolt down and the tube for the rockers has to face down and line up so when oil comes out of the hole in the head it goes inside the rocker tube. Many Yblocks get scored rocker tubes and ruined rocker bushings and dry valve guides because hardly no one knows this. Then of course oil never gets to drain down on the top of the cam or solid lifters as well, plus the oil tube that runs off the end of the rocker tube never drops oil on the timing gear or chain. So a horrible domino effect of destruction occurs in the engines

[@HotRodReverend]

@@EarlGuyton425 You must be new… no problem, please watch this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5KwZouPiqiBf8Ufeature=shared

[@EarlGuyton425]

@@HotRodReverend Hello brother, yes this was the first video of yours I watched. What raised my brow, was because I couldnt understand why it wasnt mentioned in the 7 things list about those rocker tubes. Back in the 50s and 60s the Yblock fords tapped bad once some mechanic got their hands on one because these mechanics did not know about this, and it is a very high priority important thing to know and also for several decades people were installing these over head rockers kits with metal line to the oil sender unit, which was a horrible ignorance. I see now that youre aware of this.

[@Onlytruth4u2]

If I get cut you'll see a blue color. Always fix or repair daily.

[@kimbo3068]

BOO HOO SOOKY BOY!! LOL!!