Engine/transmission weight

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2012: Engine/transmission weight
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - 08:54 pm:

The question came up in another thread: How much does the engine/transmission assembly weigh? I didn't know, so I started weighing parts. Here's what I came up with, rounded off to the nearest pound.


Four dip pan with hand crank................40
Bare block..............................................89
Crank shaft.............................................19
Trans guts (with flywheel & magnets)...99
Cam & timing gear...................................7
Low head................................................31
Manifolds.................................................8
Mag ring.................................................18
Carburetor.................................................3
Generator................................................23

So far that brings us up to 337 pounds. I didn't have a loose hogshead & pedals to weigh, or a starter, so I'll just guess 50 for the former and 23 for the latter. That makes 410.

I would guess that the rods & pistons, valves & springs, and other miscellaneous small parts and fasteners would put the whole thing between 450 and 500. For a pre-1919 car you can deduct the generator and starter, but I'd take them off before pulling a later engine anyway.

Anybody notice any major omissions? Maybe someone can fill in the hogshead and the starter.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - 09:35 pm:

"Anybody notice any major omissions?"

Waterpump............ 5 . . . :-)

Good work, Steve.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ted Dumas on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - 09:35 pm:

In 1963, I bought the remains of a 1924 touring car in Cranfills Gap, Texas. My friend, now deceasd, Gene Colwick and myself put the complete engine in the trunk of my 1960 Chevrolet convertible. Somehow I was able to get it out by myself. I overhauled it and put it in my 1927 coupe. I must have been a lot stronger in those days.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By john kuehn on Saturday, June 09, 2012 - 09:56 am:

Boy that brings back memories Ted. In 1973 I bought a 25 complete engine less starter and carb. from Marion Finley who rescued it from the local scrappers. He and I loaded in the trunk of my 68 Dodge Dart and I later unloaded it at home by myself. I remember using baling wire to hold down the trunk while I went down the interstate going home. And yes I was a bit stouter than I am now.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erich Bruckner, Vancouver, WA on Saturday, June 09, 2012 - 10:15 am:

Making my back hurt just thinking about it.......


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By john kuehn on Saturday, June 09, 2012 - 10:22 am:

Here is a way to remove an engine if you want to do it this way. If your strong and maybe dumb enough? I did it about 45 years ago this way . But now?engine removalengine removalengine removal


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mark Gregush Portland Oregon on Saturday, June 09, 2012 - 11:32 am:

I did that by myself "ONCE" both out and in after taking as much weight off as I could. That once was enough for me! :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Robert Poane on Saturday, June 09, 2012 - 11:55 am:

I remember those days! Half inch by half inch I pulled and tugged on the engine while my four year old placed 2x4's down as a ramp. I replaced the clutch and slid it back up and in. Once bolted on I noticed something was wrong and had to pull it half way out again! There are professionals for people like us. They are called surgeons and psychologist!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hal Davis-SE Georgia on Sunday, June 10, 2012 - 06:03 am:

I believe we are all born with a predetermined number of lifts in our backs. Most of us are too dumb to make them last our entire life, so we squander them in our youth.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By William L Vanderburg on Sunday, June 10, 2012 - 08:12 am:

I've done it by myself, too, and I'll never do it again....


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By George_Cherry Hill NJ on Sunday, June 10, 2012 - 08:40 am:

I have this '23 complete as a spare for the longest time...getting it in the pig-sty shed was easy enough backed up an Econoline pretty much just slide it out and it didn't try to run away...but I have this theory...

Mice dropping have a huge density and weight to them that we never realize and it eventually transfers this weight to the iron!

For a while I could move that one from corner to corner as other stuff got stashed...and then it had to waddle from corner to corner one end at a time (thank heavens for the crank)...and then eventually I gave up trying to move it and started to pack over it maybe a dozen years ago :-) Fortunately haven't needed it yet...it probably now weighs double what it did from the last time and the mice moved out oh, about 12 years ago too...so I think the iron just puts on weight all by itself after a while...


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