Sounds like carb or filter problem. I would also sugest sealing the tank after you clean it.

the tank is off now,it also has a couple of small weeping holes in it.

I'll see if they can be cleaned up and welded before i seal and refit it.

it's also pretty bashed about but no-one is going to see it under there, right?!

Cheers, Taff

1959 Ford Galaxie 2dr sedan, 292 (just woken up after a 38 year sleep!)

They sell new tank for a fair price.

true, but getting stuff shipped to the UK is currently very expensive.

for example, new rockers are availabe for $20. shipping is another $175.

Cheers, Taff

1959 Ford Galaxie 2dr sedan, 292 (just woken up after a 38 year sleep!)

Probably know this but it is always worth mentioning for safety--Just make sure to purge really well before welding and pressure test if repairing the tank. I learned the hard way on a motorcycle tank I thought was empty enough to weld it does not take a whole lot of vapor to flash on you. My eyebrows took a while to come back.

Mike Rizzo

1963 F100 "Rudy"

Daniel Island, SC

latest question guys.

I'm getting reday to register the Glaxie here in the UK and I need the engine number.

Whereabouts n a 1959 vitage 292 motor is the number likely to be? is it cast on, stamped into a small machined area or what/

Thanks in advance

Taff

Cheers, Taff

1959 Ford Galaxie 2dr sedan, 292 (just woken up after a 38 year sleep!)

The engineering number will be cast on the block. It will be above the oil filter or by the distributor, or on the front, distributor side of the block (your driver's side).

However, for registration, I imagine they're looking for a VIN and unless things were different in the UK, that will not exist.


Lawrenceville, GA

Careful with the cheater bar on the spark plugs!

But taking the spark plugs out would be the first thing on my list, followed by ATF or some other kind of cleaning oil.

I had an engine that seemed totally frozen, and I worked on it a little at a time, getting it to turn finally without the plugs in. Just messing around, I put in a couple of spark plugs on cylinders 1 and 6, and it fired and ran for a few seconds off the WD40 I had sprayed in the cylinders! Scared the daylights out of me, but made me very happy.

Charlie, is that number unique to my engine? Or is it a "general" number for that (capacity of) engine for 1959?

Cheers, Taff

1959 Ford Galaxie 2dr sedan, 292 (just woken up after a 38 year sleep!)

morning Taff

glad to see you are making progress. stick at it so many people give up.

you will need both VIN number and engine number for the DVLA. the VIN numb is usually on a plate on a door pillar. the engine number is usually stamped into the deck and may be under a cylinder head. if the block has been skimmed it may be missing. naughty but you could invent one mine is 9 digits long.i also found the VIN number on slips of paper in a wallet clipped to the sun visor.

keep up the good fight

stuey

UK