I,ve got a 1951 ford 133" w.b. f7 ford stake truck in good cond. with about 48,000 mi. on the odometer, that was used on a lapeer mich farm. with a stuck 337 cu in flathead v8, I tried soaking the cyls last fall before it got too cold to work on any longer, ill be attempting again to free it up this spring, I tried turning it from the front pully crankshaft nut with no luck, and am going to try and move it from the flywheel with a turning tool or make up a turning tool from an old starter front flange assy with a socket welded on the starter shaft to attach a breaker bar to. if this doesn't work ill be pulling the motor to disassemble to free up, what do I need to use to get the engine high enough to roll away from the truck? I have a standard cherry picker but I don't know if it will raise high enough to get enough clearance under the oil pan to roll away from the truck, has anyone here removed an engine from an f7 before?

 

Welcome to the forum!

What are your plans for the engine/truck? If you want to use the engine, don't try to break it free, pour gas in it, and run it. Take some time and figure out why it's locked up. Could be many things, and forcing it could break something.

If you have a stout tree or an A-frame, it will definitely make pulling the engine easier. Even getting a 239 V8 out of an F-1 is tough with the front end on. The whole front clip is usually removed intact, it makes things far easier, and I suspect on an F-7 is downright necessary. Not that much to it.

 

Welcome Barnboyz!

I agree with Ross, removing the front clip makes the engine much easier to extract. Got any pics to share?

 

Plus the fact > now paint the frame black. Save the 337 !!!!!!!!

 

-Thank you all for welcoming me to your forum, and the advice, I acquired this project last fall, after my 2 brothers and myself uncovered a barn find here in mich. I have pictures of this nice f7 to share and also of some of the other barn finds. Our intensions are to get this sleeping giant up and running I have already removed the radiator and other necessary components and agree with you that the easiest way to get the motor out is to pull the front clip, I have a 1948-1954 big job shop manual and have read the engine removal procedure, at some point some one replaced the original Holley Vacu-Matic carburetor and installed another brand. The fuel system was in extremely poor shape including a badly rusted fuel tank, and the mechanical fuel pump had been bypassed with an electric fuel pump installed in its place, along with cobbled rubber/steel fuel lines. I have since purchased a brand new replacement tank along with an n.o.s. fuel pump and an n.o.s. vacu-matic holley carburetor, I,ll update this project as things progress. Can the transmission be left in place and the engine unbolted from the bellhousing to slide forward for removal?

 

Big Job: you've got a beautiful big boy collection I,m hoping I can resurrect this 51' F-7 to compare to some of yours.

 

I'm currently parting out a 50 F8 with the 337, so if there's anything you need specific to the engine, let me know before I have to clean out the garage. Welcome to the forum, and good luck with your project.

 

The tranny can be unbolted - it might be easier just to remove it with the engine.

 

Congrats on your truck. Her is a couple of pics of when I removed the 337 from my 51F7. As the guys have already said, its so much easier with the front cap removed.

 

Still interesting to me that the two water pumps are the motor mounts!

If you have some time you can check out the thread on my 51.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...heetmetal.html

 

That 337 is a really nice engine. But right now I'm wondering about those adapters on the front wheels. Was your truck built with the 5 lug on 8" like standard 1 1/2 tons and you or somebody added those adapters?

 

I believe that is the standard Ford 8 lug used on the 2 1/2 ton F7 & 8's.

 

I've been wrong before, but thought the Big trucks were always 5 lug on 8" centers. I'm thinking they were converted at some point, but this thread is about the 337 flathead so I'll wait for another thread to discuss this matter. Sometimes a later rear axle is installed for better gearing etc and then efforts made to match the wheels to the front. OK, back to the 337!

 

F4-F6 are 5 lug, F7-8 are the more HD 8 lug from the factory.

 

Sorry to continue the hijack, but to be brief, from the big job parts catalog, the "adapter' in question is not an adapter at all but the actual hub. The 16" drum bolts to it with 5 bolts.