F-Head in a flatfender many questions

Im new to this so bare with me.

I have a 48 cj-2a that im fixing up and a bought a f head 134 out of a m38a1 for $150 and i would like to put this in the place of the tired l head.

will the motor mounts and how it mates with the transmission be the same.

What is the easiest carborator to swap in without a large hole in my hood. i ve heard many things like holleys out of falcons, but what about a solex?

Any help will be appreciated

thanks Matthew

 

Here is a link to some info over on the CJ3B Page: http://www.film.queensu.ca/CJ3B/Tech/LowHoodFHead.html

Good luck,

Doug

 

Is there some way to tilt the engine a little so the carb would fit. It seems when I was reading about the novak pinto engine swap, they mentioned that the motor would be tilted a little with thier conversion kit. I could be wrong, but I thought thats what it said. I wouldn't know how to go about it, but a slight tilt should let the carb fit under the hood.

 

could someone post some pics of the ears being different

I have a T-90 transmission out of a early cj-5 would that work instead of modifying to much, i have the bellhousing and all from the m38a1 would i still have to do what your saying?

what is the height of the 1904 holly, I looked up one from napa and its going to be at least 200 bucks.

also my engine has the stock mechanical fuel pump i would like to retain my electric fuel pump i was wondering about the vaccum agangment if i eliminate this.

sorry its so many questions

thanks
Matthew

 

For the 1904, try some of the Ford car forums.

You may be able to find a 1904 cheaper at a regular carb rebuilder. Napa is always high.

If you remove the mechanical fuel pump, you will not have any vacuum for your wipers. You'll have to chose which you want more. You can keep the electric fuel pump in place as a back-up if you want to, and run the mechanical pump. Then if you need to, you can switch to the electrical pump. The electric pump can stay in the fuel line - won't hurt anything for it to be there.

You're going to have to make some effort if you want to do this. Any engine swap involves some work and figuring-out of various things. It seems this swap is easy in comparison to most, but it won't be free or a drop-in.

 

Matt
Since you already bought the Fhead, put it in and try to find a beater jeep to take the hood off of to chop for carb clearance. Keep your hood to reinstall when the cash flow lets you buy the falcon carb. I bet someone here or on the CJ3A page or craigslist, or ebay has a hood for cheap. Bad as I hate to see you chop a hood, at least then you could be wheelin it in a short time as opposed to saving up cash- we all know hard that can be in todays economy.

 

hood scoup aint so bad. Just save the piece you cut out incase you ever want to weld it back in. I got mine from a 2a at the junk yard. Its just a sheetmetal box with a grille in front. It would be pretty easy to bend one up.

 

This page http://www.cj-3a.com/interesting_parts.htm from the CJ3A Page discusses the engine plate and a factory braket, that you could duplicate,for swapping the F head in place of the L head. A cuple of electric wiper motors would take care of the vacuum problem.

 

i planned on electric wipers anyway by the way that scoop looks good on that jeep

what about simplifiing the crankcase venting

well this swap is just in the planning stage right now i have a good 3a frame standing by to put the f head in and later put my body over from the 2a on that
so it would be f head with t-90 spicer 18 t case and dana 30 front and amc20 or 44 rear

any thoughts on the f head if i used a transmission and bellhousing set up for the f head

 

Try advertising on the Willystech parts board before you cut the hood. There are hoods out there that have already been cut.

 

so if i have the fhead bellhousing im good then

like i said im a long way away from that

what about the flywheel f head with f head flywheel, or f head with l head flywheel?

 

Or get a BFH and beat the carb into submission ha ha.

 

Matt,
I have a spare hood with the scoop for the F-head already on. Blasted and primed.
Where are you located? I'm in Northeast Louisiana.
Tommy

 

im in eastern virginia i hour from roanoke. thanks anyway but the shipping would be killer i have about three hoods anyway if i want to go that route.

by the way heres some pics of my motor enjoy.

 

Oh by the way, a mid seventies Toyota land cruiser starter will bolt right up onto your fhead, make sure you use an Fhead flywheel it's $59 from Oreillys. Starter thread-

http://www.earlycj5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56891&highlight=toyota+starter

 

wow im definatly going to have to check that out, $49-79 starter for my jeep is mighty appealing

btw im going to start a build thread for my jeep creation probibly about thanksgiving. check it out, im gonna need all the help/ encouragment i can get

 

Mmm? Do your vacuum wipers even work? I replaced mine with electric, mainly because they had been disconnected for a while and wouldn't sweep back and forth.

Somewhere there is a quide for rebuilding them, on the 3B page I think. I have them packed away somewhere in one of the boxes from my move last year. Just haven't run accross them yet. They are worth hanging onto (I'm a packrat anyway).