Thanks ND, I never really have never herd them called there correct name, but when I describe it to a normal guy on here (like most of us are) I will still say dvrs door cab striker sticker not "Safety Standard Certification Label".

Cause if you tell me to go ck the Safety Standard Certification Label and do not tell me where it is, I have no idea where or what to look for.

Oh and gotya on the BUCK tag description.....thanks.

My idea of a "buck tag" is what I get each year and put on a 8 or 10 point (thats the # of points on the antlers) on a deer that I just shot thru the heart and am making dinner.

 

In my neck of the woods...you only count ONE side...4 points on each side is a 4 point buck....not an 8 point buck...lol...and they ain't Whitetails...They are Muley's out here (Mule Deer)

 

I guess we feel better by counting both sides, lol and because you can get a odd count from a broke tine/non typical (he's a wack head). Something like 4 on one side and 3 on the other ='s 7 pt ect.....

HJ over, back to Ford truck vin stuff.

 

Check the heads D3VE-D0VE- D1VE I think are usually 460 heads.

 

These heads were used on both 429 & 460's.

Another example: Block casting number D1VE-6059-AB = 1971/73 429 / 1971/78 & some 1979 460's

 

Seems like, from the fuel pump, that it's an '86 or '87 460 engine -- it's got a little bend in the drive lever of the fuel pump, not a straight drive lever, which from what I can find, was only the last two years of the carbed 460.

Intake hose to the fuel pump had a massive leak -- no wonder it wouldn't start, if the pump was trying to suck air instead of fuel. Putting it back together with all new tubing and we'll see how it does this afternoon.

Z

 

I have a vin # E14HHBF3119 - it is from a 1978 Econoline van. I was hoping someone could tell me more about this vehicle by it's vin number. Thank you.

 

hope this help with the guessing game on engine.
here photo of my 400 in my 1978 f350
if you look under my coil. you will see the timing chain is in the cast iron part of the block ,then thin plate , then water pump unlike the 429/460 .it iron block. then the timing chain is in the alloy cover and then water pump. just like small black fords are.
if you look the intake. the 351 C/351 M/400 thermostat housing bolt to the block unlike the 429/460 bolt to the intake, just like small block fords do.

as for the truck ? it might started as 1977 4x4 F250 with a 400 engine with a Dana 60 rear, Dana 44 front. non divorced Transfer case . some one installed a 429/460 to have fun. then flip it on it side. so they used a 1975 F150 2 wheel drive body to repair it
or
they had a 1975 F150 2 wheel drive truck and wanted 4x4. so they found a 1977 4x4 F250 with a 429/460, Dana 60 rear, Dana 44 front. non divorced Transfer case running gear and swapped the 1975 body on to the 1977 chassis.
what do your title match to? the door or the cab?
here my 400


here you photo of 429/460.

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Originally Posted by yewdall

So... the two VIN's I've found so far decode to a 1975 2wd F150 with a 2barrel 360 engine... (on the cab), and a 1977 4wd F250 with a 4bbl 400 engine (on the drivers door).

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Originally Posted by critterf1

The upper radiator hose says it's a 351M or a 400

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Originally Posted by critterf1

NOT a "385" series engine. Look at the exhaust manifolds. 351M or 400

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Originally Posted by 2002fx4122

Looks like a "385 series" to me, look at the timing cover on the front of the block, its not part of the block like a 351/400 its a separate piece that bolts to the block

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Originally Posted by NumberDummy

The flat plate is not made as part of the engine block, since it was available by itself.

 

E14=E150 cargo van
H=351 cu in 2bbl V8 engine
H=Lorain assy. plant.
BF3119=1978 model year sequential serial number

 

Yewdall: Can't help you with the numbers, but your motor is definitely NOT an M block. The plugs on an M block angle toward the back (on the left side), toward the front on the right. Your plugs are straight in. M block valve covers are different, the top radiator hose goes into the block on an M, not on the intake, exhaust bolts are different, etc.... I would say it's a 429 - can't really tell from the picture if it's an "industrial" 429 - can't see all the extra gewgahs on the crank snout if it is. The valve covers tell me its a 429. The 429/460 use the same block, I believe. If it's 4w, what's the dipstick doing coming out of the front of the oil pan? I don't see an axle under the crossmember...?
Please excuse the length and whatnots if you've already figured it out...