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Help.......428 ID Problem...
FE "Freakin Expensive"
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From: Smith Mountain Lake, VA
Did you happen to look at the flex plate as BB suggested? Well its good to know you have the pan off.... And I was hoping with that name.... your are a lady!! LOL! Russ
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From: Eureka, Ca.
Originally Posted by Mud_Hunter
Well guys, ... looks like you have succesfully got a girl to drop her pan :P . Couldnt you just have a mech stop by...look at the engine for you?
Second, Where is the fun in having someone else do all the work for you.
LadyRebbecca, Let us know what you find under that pan. You got me curious.
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From: Golden, CO
be nice
Originally Posted by Mud_Hunter
Well guys, ... looks like you have succesfully got a girl to drop her pan :P . Couldnt you just have a mech stop by...look at the engine for you?
Welcome to the forum ladyrebecca, there are a lot of straight shooters here. If you're not certain about what your "mechanics" are recommending, run it past us. I'll help keep them honest!
You go Girl!
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I seriously dought one of the 2 was a mechanic.....if she called a ford shop, a mechanic could stop by, maybe on his way home. She just wants to identify the engine ... not get a coarse on how to tear her engine down.
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FE "Freakin Expensive"
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From: Smith Mountain Lake, VA
Hey Mud-Head?
Originally Posted by Mud_Hunter
I seriously dought one of the 2 was a mechanic.....if she called a ford shop, a mechanic could stop by, maybe on his way home. She just wants to identify the engine ... not get a coarse on how to tear her engine down.
People who live in glass houses shouldnt cast stones!!!
I dont wont to start a FLAME here... But it seems to me..you should unplug
your keyboard for a bit and just read the boards...
Russ..
FE "Freakin Expensive"
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From: Smith Mountain Lake, VA
Well MUD-
If you really know your FEs...they had so many combo's with the same block...
that they all look the same from the outside..
If I put a 352,360,390,406,410,427,428, and the engine's are all together..
Can you ID them... And be 100% correct?
Russ
If you really know your FEs...they had so many combo's with the same block...
that they all look the same from the outside..
If I put a 352,360,390,406,410,427,428, and the engine's are all together..
Can you ID them... And be 100% correct?
Russ
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From: Texas
Everybody play nice now.
Mud-hunter,
We've had this discussion many times here. That's probably why Russ is a little excited. Basically with these FE motors, it's difficult to tell what you got with external ID numbers. It's easy to determine if you have an FE. But figuring out the actual engine displacement is a nother story. It really comes down to the crank ID. There are other ways to get an idea from the outside like BB mentioned. But these old trucks have typically seen rebuilds and replacements etc.
It's also hard to find a decent mechanic that knows anything about these FE motors. You'll find the guys here to be quite knowledgeable by comparison.
Mud-hunter,
We've had this discussion many times here. That's probably why Russ is a little excited. Basically with these FE motors, it's difficult to tell what you got with external ID numbers. It's easy to determine if you have an FE. But figuring out the actual engine displacement is a nother story. It really comes down to the crank ID. There are other ways to get an idea from the outside like BB mentioned. But these old trucks have typically seen rebuilds and replacements etc.
It's also hard to find a decent mechanic that knows anything about these FE motors. You'll find the guys here to be quite knowledgeable by comparison.
I know what it is.. I know what it is..
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Originally Posted by RapidRuss
Well MUD-
If I put a 352,360,390,406,410,427,428, and the engine's are all together..
Can you ID them... And be 100% correct?
Russ
If I put a 352,360,390,406,410,427,428, and the engine's are all together..
Can you ID them... And be 100% correct?
Russ