Carrier block numbers

[Gerard Auckram]

Quick update. I've learned a lot about flathead V8's over the last couple of weeks. Andrew is correct it is not a carrier engine but a model 81B engine. Which is 1938 221 cu.in.

I have a second engine I am working on for my carrier. It is not seized like the 81B. It is a model 99A, 1939 239cu.in. Out of a 1948 Fordson Thames truck.

I'm planning on getting this one going and I did get one bang out of it today on a engine stand. Get the carrier inside a workshop which has an overhead gantry crane. Take out carrier engine for a check and possible rebuild. Get the truck engine in so I can move the carrier around.

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Gerard Auckram

Take out carrier engine for a check and possible rebuild. Get the truck engine in so I can move the carrier around.

I did that about 11 years ago. I removed the original engine for rebuild, and in the meantime modified an 1948 8BA Ford engine to fit into the carrier (as opposed to modifying the carrier to fit the engine) to get ready foe an event. I loved the extra horsepower along with the great oil pressure. That engine is still in the carrier and the carrier engine (aolong with another working carrier engine I since picked up) remain on the sidelines.

[Gerard Auckram]

Sorry about late reply.
I think I understand what you mean by modify. The truck sump is too deep?
Is the fix to swap the carrier engine sump and oil pump over to the truck flathead?