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#89154 05/26/2004 4:35 PM | Joined: May 2004 Posts: 43 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: May 2004 Posts: 43 | I have recently aquired a 1949 3100 with what I believe to be a 1954 235 engine in it. The block is marked casting 3835911 by the fuel pump with F54Z stamped next to the distributor, and the head is casting 3835913.
I am ready to spin the engine after an unknown time of it sitting unused. The engine spins by hand with the plugs out, and all the valves move when I turn it by hand.
It looks like it was converted to 12 volts at some point. Generator is marked 12V and there is an ignition ballast resistor?? mounted on the firewall (a white rectangular ceramic looking thing with a wire screwed to each end). There is no battery right now.
What size battery should I buy?
Can I just use jumper cables from my daily driver 1988 K1500 to see if it will spin before I buy a new battery? How can I know for sure if its negative ground?
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