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Oct 22, 2014 | 10:55 AM

Ed Winegarner

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? 1973 F600 Vin decoding

Would anyone be able to help me with this Vin# F60DV060041 I am trying to determine what size the engine is? Thanks Ed

Oct 22, 2014 | 02:14 PM

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You'd have better luck in the "large truck" forum. In the super duty group farther up the page.

Oct 22, 2014 | 05:44 PM

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You'd have better luck in the "large truck" forum. In the super duty group farther up the page.

oki doke thank you

Oct 23, 2014 | 06:20 AM

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Would anyone be able to help me with this Vin#

F60DV0?60041

Welcome to FTE

This is the 1967/72 forum, please post further questions in the Large Truck forum.

6th digit of the VIN is either the letter O or Q .. it's not a zero.

F60 = F600 (gas).

D = 330 2V Heavy Duty FT engine.

V = Kentucky Truck Assembly Plant.

Q60,041 = 1973.

O60,041 = 1977.

Oct 23, 2014 | 07:39 AM

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Thank you that was what I was trying to figure out because the guy that sold it said it was a 391 & it's a 1973 Thanks again

Oct 23, 2014 | 06:46 PM

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Thank you that was what I was trying to figure out because the guy that sole it said it was a 391 & it's a 1973 Thanks again

It could be a 391 now. It was Originally built with a 330 HD. Check the stroke of the engine through a spark plug whole. BTW, 330 was 2V as noted above. 391's were 4V governed. But intakes can be swapped.

Oct 23, 2014 | 07:16 PM

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Okay I'm seeing the 2 V & 4 V what is the v for venturi?? This one has a 4 brl carb on it "Edlebrock" also I have never measured stroke through the spark plug hole. How would I go about that one? Screw driver and measure the distance up & down or ? I did find something that said put # 1 on tdc stroke and a piece of wire to mark both the # 1 & 4 cyls with. Is that correct & if so what would be the 391 something around 3.8" or ?
Thanks again Ed

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Oct 23, 2014 | 07:50 PM

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391 around 3.8" or ?

Oct 23, 2014 | 07:51 PM

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Think I was editing my reply at the same time you was replying

Oct 24, 2014 | 05:15 PM

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We got # 1 on TDC made sure mark was on 0 and pulled # 4 spark plug. Marked both 1 & 4 and the dif we got was right at 4" does that make it a 391 or bigger?? I'm not sure but after cleaning it up would say it's Jasper rebuild.

Oct 24, 2014 | 05:56 PM

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391 has a stroke of 3.97".

Oct 24, 2014 | 08:21 PM

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391 has a stroke of 3.97".

THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOU HAVE BEEN A GREAT HELP!!! #91 is what we have here

Thank you again for the help

Apr 15, 2015 | 01:37 AM

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Thank you guys!! I've been searching for hours trying to figure out what my engine is :F60DCE... Couldn't find anything that referenced the "D" until now!! Thank you!