Help with engine ID desperatly needed !!
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From: Greensboro USA
Help with engine ID desperatly needed !!
New to the hobby and need some help identifying the motor in my truck. It is a 1969 F250. The VIN tells me it should be a 360. The person I bought it from told me it has had a motor swapped, so who knows what it is. I bought Steve Christ's book on how to rebuild FE motors and the ID codes on my motors block were not listed. So I have no clue what motor this is. I finally found the numbers on the block above where the started mounted. In the book it said it should bew stamped on the front of the block. It wasn't and there was no tag either. The numbers are as follow: D4DE-6015-BA and below, I assume the date code?, of : 5M11
Any help or a kick in the right direction would be appreciated. I am going to attempt a rebuild so I need to know what I have.
I had posted the above message in the FE forum and was told it is a 360 or 390. I went to the junkyard today, looking for a radiator support, and looked at motors also. My motor looks like a 302. Now I am really confused!! HELP......
Jeff
:-X11
Any help or a kick in the right direction would be appreciated. I am going to attempt a rebuild so I need to know what I have.
I had posted the above message in the FE forum and was told it is a 360 or 390. I went to the junkyard today, looking for a radiator support, and looked at motors also. My motor looks like a 302. Now I am really confused!! HELP......
Jeff
:-X11
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From: Gloucester USA
Help with engine ID desperatly needed !!
engine casting codes can be hard to decode. maybe if you looked at the heads, those are easier to tell. also, when you tear it down, measure the bore and that should help in identifying it.
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Help with engine ID desperatly needed !!
>New to the hobby and need some help identifying the motor in
>my truck. It is a 1969 F250. The VIN tells me it should be a
>360. The person I bought it from told me it has had a motor
>swapped, so who knows what it is. I bought Steve Christ's
>book on how to rebuild FE motors and the ID codes on my
>motors block were not listed. So I have no clue what motor
>this is. I finally found the numbers on the block above
>where the started mounted. In the book it said it should bew
>stamped on the front of the block. It wasn't and there was
>no tag either. The numbers are as follow: D4DE-6015-BA and
>below, I assume the date code?, of : 5M11
>Any help or a kick in the right direction would be
>appreciated. I am going to attempt a rebuild so I need to
>know what I have.
>
>I had posted the above message in the FE forum and was told
>it is a 360 or 390. I went to the junkyard today, looking
>for a radiator support, and looked at motors also. My motor
>looks like a 302. Now I am really confused!! HELP......
>
>Jeff
>
>:-X11
In my eyes, you have a '76 302. FE's have a round bellhousing mount, 302 will be straight along the top. All pulgs in 302 angle the same way in the head, FE's first 2 and last 2 angle different ways.
>my truck. It is a 1969 F250. The VIN tells me it should be a
>360. The person I bought it from told me it has had a motor
>swapped, so who knows what it is. I bought Steve Christ's
>book on how to rebuild FE motors and the ID codes on my
>motors block were not listed. So I have no clue what motor
>this is. I finally found the numbers on the block above
>where the started mounted. In the book it said it should bew
>stamped on the front of the block. It wasn't and there was
>no tag either. The numbers are as follow: D4DE-6015-BA and
>below, I assume the date code?, of : 5M11
>Any help or a kick in the right direction would be
>appreciated. I am going to attempt a rebuild so I need to
>know what I have.
>
>I had posted the above message in the FE forum and was told
>it is a 360 or 390. I went to the junkyard today, looking
>for a radiator support, and looked at motors also. My motor
>looks like a 302. Now I am really confused!! HELP......
>
>Jeff
>
>:-X11
In my eyes, you have a '76 302. FE's have a round bellhousing mount, 302 will be straight along the top. All pulgs in 302 angle the same way in the head, FE's first 2 and last 2 angle different ways.
