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10-26-2006, 08:12 PM   #1 (permalink)
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What year did Ford switch from 3 bolt to 4 bolt crank balancers?

I want to find a single groove crank pulley if at all possible for my 302, but its a later model with the 4 bolt balancer. What year did Ford start using the 4 bolt instead of the 3? Anyone know a particular Ford that would have had such a pulley? Obviously a non-power, non-ac, pre-smog.

Will a pulley from other Ford engines fit the small block?

So many forums here it was hard to decide which ones to post the question.
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10-26-2006, 11:52 PM   #2 (permalink)
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What year did Ford switch from 3 bolt to 4 bolt crank balancers?

'69 and up. Or maybe mid '69 and up 302 and 351w. Try trucks and vans for no A/C and no P/S.
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10-27-2006, 05:08 AM   #3 (permalink)
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What year did Ford switch from 3 bolt to 4 bolt crank balancers?

Try and get all the pulleys from the same engine or they will be a big chance of them not aligning
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10-28-2006, 01:47 AM   #4 (permalink)
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What year did Ford switch from 3 bolt to 4 bolt crank balancers?

Good luck, for some reason junk yards love to pull the accesories off the engine and throw them in a pile. I still haven't found pulleys that line up all the way. I am using a 4 bolt balancer from an 84 302 and a pulley from an unknown engine.
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10-28-2006, 06:38 AM   #5 (permalink)
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What year did Ford switch from 3 bolt to 4 bolt crank balancers?



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10-28-2006, 10:32 AM   #6 (permalink)
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What year did Ford switch from 3 bolt to 4 bolt crank balancers?

My '69 351W has a 3-bolt pulley. Maybe it was a mid-year change or something.
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10-31-2006, 07:00 PM   #7 (permalink)
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What year did Ford switch from 3 bolt to 4 bolt crank balancers?

69-70 is when it happened. Yeah, get all the brackets/accessories you can from a complete motor and use them. Ford had so many different offset and diameter pulleys back then. You will burn up lots of time searching for individual parts/pulley/brackets/etc.
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