Been looking for a 262 for the 60 F100 I am working on. Today in a junkyard I found a delivery truck, may have been a Divco but did not look like the ones I remember my cousins Dairy had. No other badges to be found and serial number plate too rusty to be any help but was right inside the drivers door near the dash. Anyway as luck would have it there was a 61 F100 that still had the 223 in it so I could compare. According to castings both engines were from sixties, the 223 61 and the possible 262 63. The blocks were significantly different although the fuel pump locations were the same. The block that may be a 262 had at least one extra vertical rib just below and to the left of the dip stick hole and there were three vertical ribs at the core (freeze) plug holes rather than the single vertical on the 223. The casting number was C3AE 6015 A then either an C or G, I could not tell so C3AE 6015 AC or C3AE 6015 AG, big difference I suppose. The second A in the code suggests it is a original or first design so I would have to assume since the 223 ended with a K , C1AE 6015 K, it is an 11th version 223 and the other an original 262. Am I on the right track? Thanks.

 

The Y-Block V8 is a 292, not a 262. The earlier mid fifty's version was a 272.

 

The 262 was a 6 cylinder similar to the 223..

 

Ahhhh..... Well learn something new every day.

 

Picture of a 262 out of a 63 parts book.

 

Thanks for the pics, engine must be a 223, it does not have that second long horizontal rib above the dip stick tube,

 

I heard my uncle say that a 262 had timing gears instead of a chain,.

 

Yes 262's are completely different internally than a 223......heavier crank, flat top pistons, timing gears, bigger valves, etc, etc. A true truck engine and a real powerhouse.

Some parts are getting very hard to find.

 

262 1V I-6 introduced in 1961. Optional in 1961/64 B/F600 & C500/600; 1963/64 F100/250.

1961/64: 4th digit of the VIN is the engine code. B = 262 1V I-6 / J = 223 1V I-6.

 

The 262 is totally different animal. First look at the Date code on the block, drivers side just above oil pan between two ribs. C3A6 or C4A6. Count the horizontal ribs on the block. If you count the ribs and the third crossing the top of an inverted V shape on the block. If its a C3A-1963 C4A-1964 chances are its a 262. if no third rib then its a 223. The timing chain cover has a large cover that is cast metal and protrudes about 1.25"

 

Because the 262 was never a regular production option in '61-'63 pickups, it is hard to find. '64 was the first and only year it became regular production option in pickups, and still hard to find. The best odds of finding a 262 is in a '61-'64 F 600 medium duty. There are quite a few low mileage 262 grain trucks still out there that sell for cheap.

 

I think distributor in different position as well. Sits above where fuel us on 223.