Engine Serial Number Help
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Engine Serial Number Help
I bought a 2000 f250 superduty with a 7.3L powerstroke that is allegedly out of a 1997. Can anyone tell me if it is a '97 and anything else you see in the serial number. The number stamped right above the oil filter is 181739C2.
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One possible clue - you could remove the freeze plug from the top of the engine block in the valley and peer inside with a light. On the engines that went into OBS trucks, there is a lobe there on the camshaft that drives the mechanical fuel pump. On engines that went into the SDs, there's no lobe there.
Was the TRUCK originally a Powerstroke?
Was the TRUCK originally a Powerstroke?
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That number looks to me to be the part number from IH, as most parts # from IH end with a C1, C2, ect.
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