SOLD For sale a 1957 or newer Y block engine and rebuilt jasper trans.
You can hear it run on a pallet .
needs carb cleaned, has new stater, 75 lbs oil pressure cold . Its a Cleveland block so its a 292 or 312 as close I can tell from the stroke is a 312 but I can not prove this. Look at pictures. $1100 OBO
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Its very hard to tell much about a Y block by pictures. This one looks to me like like maybe 55-56 Mercury. As I recall Mercury as having Yellow valve covers. And the teapot 4bbl was not used after 56 except on E and F code cars. 312s used the flat top exhaust manifolds at least in 57. Of course I could be all wrong.
Quote from: thomasso on 2024-04-20 11:29Its very hard to tell much about a Y block by pictures. This one looks to me like like maybe 55-56 Mercury. As I recall Mercury as having Yellow valve covers. And the teapot 4bbl was not used after 56 except on E and F code cars. 312s used the flat top exhaust manifolds at least in 57. Of course I could be all wrong.
I believe you're right. My thought was a 56 Mercury! IIRC the Teapot signifies a narrow bolt pattern "A" manifold.
As you can see the valve covers were painted ford blue then painted yellow .
The block has a screw on oil filter so I thought it would be a newer engine .
It came out of an estate he had 56=56 fords . the intakes and exhaust can be interchanged.
Its hard to tell what year and model it came from.
I see the blue valve covers now. However I cant remember any Y blocks with blue covers. Again I could be wrong. Is the filter a direct screw on or does it have an adapter?
Of course, who knows what may or may not have been changed on a over 65 year old engine over time, but in the photos, the intake and exhaust manifolds, and carb all indicate 1955 or 56, the distributor could also help narrow the year down, but again, only if parts haven`t been replaced over the many years. I don`t put too much faith in trying to ID parts by paint colors of such old parts, that have likely been repainted after all those years.
Quote from: thomasso on 2024-04-20 19:31I see the blue valve covers now. However I cant remember any Y blocks with blue covers. Again I could be wrong. Is the filter a direct screw on or does it have an adapter?
The filter is a direct screw I think that started in 57
Just my 2 cents, and that may be overpriced, but, I would guess 1956. Unless the earlier Mercury had a different choke arrangement in 1955, the Ford engines had a divorced choke in 1955 and the choke for the 1956 was moved up on the carburetor for 1956, The Ford vehicles with the 4 barrel carburetor for 1956 had a dual diaphragm vacuum advance and this has a single. Another clue to 56 is the ignition resistor, which was not used in the 6 volt 1955 system. I also note that the heads have freeze plugs and this was dropped in the 1957 year. So my guess is a 1956 Mercury 312.