Ford C6 casting number question
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Ford C6 casting number question
The C6 in my truck has a BIG 63 casted right on top of the bellhousing, and it's on the side of it as well. Does anyone know what it means if anything?
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Guessing it's some kind of mold or production number or something (from the foundry). Every c-6 I've seen, has had a different number.
When I worked in a foundry, we had numbers we changed out for production runs. That way, if there's a problem in the future, they can track it and recall the lot if necessary.
When I worked in a foundry, we had numbers we changed out for production runs. That way, if there's a problem in the future, they can track it and recall the lot if necessary.
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That makes sense, but I talked to someone on the internet and he said that there was a C6 out of a 60's Ford pickup in his auto shop and it had the same 63 casted right on top of the bellhousing, assuming that transmission was original of course.
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If this C6 is in your 86 with a 351W, that kind of rules out the case having been cast in the 60's. The Windsor pattern C6 didn't come along until around 77 or so, for the 351W in E series vans. Prior to this, all Windsor pattern engines used a C4 or FMX/MX type auto trans, regardless of car, van, or pickup.
The first F series to get a W pattern C6, were equipped with a 300 or 302, since the 351W didn't start finding it's way into F series until 82 (IIRC)
The first F series to get a W pattern C6, were equipped with a 300 or 302, since the 351W didn't start finding it's way into F series until 82 (IIRC)
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Guessing it's some kind of mold or production number or something (from the foundry). Every c-6 I've seen, has had a different number.
When I worked in a foundry, we had numbers we changed out for production runs. That way, if there's a problem in the future, they can track it and recall the lot if necessary.
When I worked in a foundry, we had numbers we changed out for production runs. That way, if there's a problem in the future, they can track it and recall the lot if necessary.
Just a casting number, mold #63.
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