need help with main bearings
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need help with main bearings
ok i need some help with main bearings for a 351m engine. it has .010 now but all the bearings i bought don't fit they are to big. my question is is there 2 different style bearings for these engines. none of the later ones after 75 would fit and i could not loacte any other ones pre 75 to check. so i ordered some but i'm still not sure they will fit. the block has D0AE on it.
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The 335 series (and I'll include the 351W) of engines had 2 main bearings. The early block, up to '77 and later. The locating "tang" is in 2 different locations on the different blocks.
This should be the only difference, the housing bore sizes are the same.
Let me know if you can't find the correct bearings. I think I have both on hand.
What part# did you get?
This should be the only difference, the housing bore sizes are the same.
Let me know if you can't find the correct bearings. I think I have both on hand.
What part# did you get?
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From: iowa
No the 351c is a smaller main bearing size.
No one seems to notice even though he posted it twice he is listing a 1970 casting number for a 351M. They didn't make a 351m in 1970 so what exactly the engine is needs to be determined and since you mentioned that the bearings are too big of a diameter my guess would be it's a 351c if it's a 335 series engine.
No one seems to notice even though he posted it twice he is listing a 1970 casting number for a 351M. They didn't make a 351m in 1970 so what exactly the engine is needs to be determined and since you mentioned that the bearings are too big of a diameter my guess would be it's a 351c if it's a 335 series engine.
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hold it...doae is 351c. I have a 400 that says doae. i am 99.9% sure its a 400, its a '78 model out of a car.
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From: iowa
look at it this way the 400 came out in 1971 why would it have a 1970 casting number? and if it is stock a 1978 car shouldn't have a 351C because they quit building them in 1974 (atleast in the US), and a 78 model 400 wouldn't have the earliest casting number on either of those engines.
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From: iowa
Well you need to clean that casting number off, or figure out for sure what you have for an engine. In this case I would almost say take a picture of it, and post it into a gallery (make sure you click that gallery for hidden) and then post the link so we can look at it. Cause it either has a different casting number on it, or it isn't a 400. Now it could be a D1AE casting which would be the first year for the 400, and that I would go along with.
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