When I stated that the 351 w family motors were interchangeable I assumed
that we were talking basic short block (block and internals). I knew you
would have to change all the accessory drives and oil pump and pan as well
as the exhaust. The pan is from a truck, when I worked at fords in Windsor
in '75 one of the jobs I did for a while was install the dipstick hole plug
on truck engines (truck dipsticks are in the rear of the pan).
It is important to save ALL the little brackets and such when removing the
engine. don't leave them on the engine or you or someone else down the road
will have a tough time getting everything right again. Remember projects
take longer than you think and sometimes people loose interest so please be
careful with these pieces for the sake of the next guy to own your car if
not for your own.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Maycinc@cs.com>
To: <bricklin@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 12:57 AM
Subject: 1973 351W
> I had a rebuilt 351W available that was out of a '73 Mercury, so that's
what
> I put in old 1343. The main differences are:
>
> 1. The '73 oil pan had a front sump.
> 2. Power steering pump and brackets are way different.
> 3. Different exhaust manifolds.
> 4. The '73 doesn't have the holes in the back of the heads for the smog
tube.
> So, no smog plumbing.
> 5. '73 intake manifold doesn't have the hole for the choke tubing or the
> ported vacuum switch on the rear drivers side.
> 6. The choke on the '73 carb had a tube going to the exhaust manifold, the
> '75 Brick has the tube going into the intake manifold. So... I don't have
> the tube hooked up (see 5 above).
> 7. The '73 used points instead of electronic iginition. So, I used the
stuff
> from my '75.
> 8. The '73 oil dipstick went in the front of the block on the passenger
side,
> the '75 goes into the side of the pan. So, I plugged the hole where the
> original dipstick went in.
> 9. Had to get the correct temp sending unit for the VDO gauge as the one >
Other than that, the engines are pretty much identical. Fortunately, I have
> the original engine so I was able to get the parts I needed off of it (oil
> pan & pump, power steering pump/brackets, and distributor).
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