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Posted By Discussion Topic: Wide fan size? -- page: 1 2     mrtexas 02-28-2013 @ 7:17 AM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 68 Joined: Dec 2011 I have the no line progressive bifocals. Work great and I haven't even noticed they are there since the first day. Stroker 02-27-2013 @ 3:48 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1460 Joined: Oct 2009 All: I have great distance vision, however my arms keep getting shorter! My "tight-wad" solution is a fist full of Wal Mart reading glasses of various diopters. I have one pair for the 'puter and reading, a pair for close work, and one for really-really small stuff. For me, the really-really small stuff pair works almost as well as a jeweler's loupe. As a questionably mature;(vintage 1939)machinist/welder/mechanic/racer/builder/commercial photographer & goof-off, our collective problem is simply a matter of focusing. Of course I'm not quite as ancient as Supereal, so maybe I will have to get quadrafocals some day! Question: If you have a car-lot with lots-O-Ford Focus examples therein, do you have Ford Foci? supereal 02-27-2013 @ 2:24 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 6819 Joined: Oct 2009 I dunno, Tom. I have trifocals, and wonder if there are "quadfocals". It may just be my fading comprehension. My grandkids come up with those gems, too. I didn't have any until I was past 60, so they have been extra great fun. The eldest is now 17, and I don't feel the weight of the years until I look at them. 39 Ken 02-27-2013 @ 11:31 AM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 380 Joined: Oct 2009 Tom, Go to Tools, zoom, and change the size of the font. Another way is to hold "control key" down as you roll the wheel on your mouse one way or the other. This will increase or decrease the size of your font. Ken TomO 02-27-2013 @ 6:34 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 7264 Joined: Oct 2009 Bob, I got a larger monitor for my computer because the type was too small for me to read it. It didn't do much good as the native resolution of the new monitor is much higher than the old one and windows insists on using the same number of dots that it used on the 1024x768 to form the characters on my 1920x1200 monitor. I have to go to the aids for the blind in order to get fonts big enough to read. My new glasses helped somewhat, but now I have to switch them to read any paper documents. Getting old is not for sissy's and a s my youngest granddaughter said "Your not getting old Grandpa, you've been old for a long time". Tom supereal 02-26-2013 @ 7:26 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 6819 Joined: Oct 2009 Tom, I missed the part about where the engine was going, and assumed it was headed for an earlier vehicle. The advice was for that, and as you note, doesn't apply to a '50. "My bad". Gotta get better glasses. TomO 02-26-2013 @ 7:08 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 7264 Joined: Oct 2009 If your replacement engine is an early 8BA truck engine, the front motor mounts and bell housing will not work in your 1950 car. You will have to remove the water pumps (with the front motor mounts), crank pulley, bell housing, flywheel and clutch from your original engine and put them on the replacement engine. When you remove the water pumps look out for the bolt that is inside of the water inlet. It must be removed in order to free the water pump from the block. If you can post a photo of the replacement engine, showing the front side and rear view, we can give you better information on your engine swap. Tom This message was edited by TomO on 2-26-13 @ 7:08 AM supereal 02-25-2013 @ 9:24 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 6819 Joined: Oct 2009 Required changes include 8RT water pumps, both for the wide belt, and for the motor mounts, a single sheave wide belt crank pulley, and the appropriate generator. If you do have a truck engine, these may already be in place. The 8BA engines appeared in the trucks in '48, and with wide belts in the '49 cars. With the adapter ring on the back, the old style transmission should bolt up. Check to be sure that the clutch disk will work. Both are ten spline, but the early shaft is 1.37" diameter, while the later, '49 on, is one inch diameter. If the disk is incorrect, you will notice it when you try to drop the motor in. Don't ask how I know this. Be sure the disk matches the pressure plate diameter, too. spqr67 02-25-2013 @ 7:30 AM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 43 Joined: Jul 2012 With the descriptions provided, it does seem likely that this motor was originally a truck motor but is an 8BA (based on the bell housing). I don't see any reason why it wouldn't fit right in my 50 Fordor. Does anyone else have a different opinion? If I change out the pulley on the generator to handle a wide belt, I should be good to go, no? Thanks all for the great advice, its invaluable to a novice like me. Michael trjford8 02-24-2013 @ 6:59 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 4233 Joined: Oct 2009 The 8BA has the detachable bell housing. The earlier motors(48 and earlier do not,the bell housing is part of the block). This is the easy way to tell if you have an 8BA.

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