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Help please. Can anyone tell me where to locate the engine id. numbers on my 69 f250 360 engine? Also need a link to somewhere that can tell me exactly what engine it is after I get the numbers. Thanks! Sue
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Hi Sue, Welcome to FTE 
and the 67-72 forum.
The 360 engine is a member of the FE (Ford Edsel) engine family and joins the 332, 352, 390, 406, 410, 427, & 428. The FE was introduced in 58 with the Edsel car, and the family grew from there. The 360 is a truck only engine and is considered a detuned 390. It has a 352 rotating assembly with the 390 bore. It came as a result of the emmissions battle. It is a very strong engine that loves gas, and be converted to a 390 by adding the crank and rotating ***.
What else does a gal need to know about her truck engine?
John
and the 67-72 forum.The 360 engine is a member of the FE (Ford Edsel) engine family and joins the 332, 352, 390, 406, 410, 427, & 428. The FE was introduced in 58 with the Edsel car, and the family grew from there. The 360 is a truck only engine and is considered a detuned 390. It has a 352 rotating assembly with the 390 bore. It came as a result of the emmissions battle. It is a very strong engine that loves gas, and be converted to a 390 by adding the crank and rotating ***.
What else does a gal need to know about her truck engine?
John
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Welcome, Sue to FTE. This is a great place to meet Ford truck lovers, to get answers and get help.
As to your question, there really are no engine ID numbers on Ford engines. Ford didn't work it that way. They often use the same block for multiple applications, especially in trucks.
There are casting numbers which can tell you some things, but aside from the casting date and the casting modification, that's about it. If a specialty block was used for a truck engine because they ran short that day, then that would be interesting, but those possibilities are really small.
You can find the casting numbers on a small angular boss underneath the oil filter stand. With the engine in the truck, they will probably be hard to find.
As long as your engine is running, I would leave it alone. If you want more power later on, I would start looking for a junk truck with a 390. (Be sure to confirm it is a 390, as 352 and 360 engines have a mysteriously nasty habit of transmogrifying into 390s on sale day, only to keep their secret hidden until you really need them to be a 390.)
Seriously, if you can find a junk truck '73 - '76 with a 390, and with any other options you desire, such as an disc brakes, automatic transmission, power steering etc, you can use the parts from the junk truck. All the parts wil bolt on, with minimal alteration.
(Note: All the parts will interchange '68 - 79, but they quit making the FE motors in '76.)
Again, WELCOME to FTE, and I hope you become a regular here.
As to your question, there really are no engine ID numbers on Ford engines. Ford didn't work it that way. They often use the same block for multiple applications, especially in trucks.
There are casting numbers which can tell you some things, but aside from the casting date and the casting modification, that's about it. If a specialty block was used for a truck engine because they ran short that day, then that would be interesting, but those possibilities are really small.
You can find the casting numbers on a small angular boss underneath the oil filter stand. With the engine in the truck, they will probably be hard to find.
As long as your engine is running, I would leave it alone. If you want more power later on, I would start looking for a junk truck with a 390. (Be sure to confirm it is a 390, as 352 and 360 engines have a mysteriously nasty habit of transmogrifying into 390s on sale day, only to keep their secret hidden until you really need them to be a 390.)
Seriously, if you can find a junk truck '73 - '76 with a 390, and with any other options you desire, such as an disc brakes, automatic transmission, power steering etc, you can use the parts from the junk truck. All the parts wil bolt on, with minimal alteration.
(Note: All the parts will interchange '68 - 79, but they quit making the FE motors in '76.)
Again, WELCOME to FTE, and I hope you become a regular here.
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If you are lucky....there will be a metal tag attached to a bolt near the distributor with info about your engine type......don't be disappointed if it isn't there....mine didn't have one either. You most likely have the 360....but you can check your VIN number, and if the engine is original, your answer will be right there. The 360/390 engine parts are prtty much the same.
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