Going to pull a motor. Decode?
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Going to pull a motor. Decode?
I'm about to pull what is obviously an FE motor out of a '67 F600 that used to be a U-HAUL truck. The intake manifold number is C7TE 9425-K, but all I can gather from that number is that it's a truck intake. I can't find anything on the VIN which is F60CCC70544. All I really want to know is exactly which motor this is. Someone went and told me that in some of these big commercial trucks they used funky sized motors like 361's and what-not which made them expensive to work on.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
p.s. Nice board you have here.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
p.s. Nice board you have here.
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I owned 66 & 67 F600 U-hauls. The engines they came with were supposedly designated "359". Some FE books list them but give few details. Back in the day I was told they were basically a 360 with sodium filled valves (for long periods of relatively high RPM) and maybe steel cranks. The engines lasted forever, given low compression etc. They were not powerhouses by any means, but with good heads, intake, exhaust and some better pistons to bring the compression up it could be a very sturdy engine. If any one else has more info or can correct me, I would love to hear it.
Gene
I owned 66 & 67 F600 U-hauls. The engines they came with were supposedly designated "359". Some FE books list them but give few details. Back in the day I was told they were basically a 360 with sodium filled valves (for long periods of relatively high RPM) and maybe steel cranks. The engines lasted forever, given low compression etc. They were not powerhouses by any means, but with good heads, intake, exhaust and some better pistons to bring the compression up it could be a very sturdy engine. If any one else has more info or can correct me, I would love to hear it.
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Thanks for the information, guys! I'll definitely do a compression test once I get the thing out; probably a leak-down test, too. Someone pulled the carb and there's no distributor cap, but I have plenty of other FE stuff around. This truck had been sitting for over 20 years and when I pulled the radiator out today the coolant was so clean it looked like someone had just dumped it in.
So will basically any other FE stuff bolt up to these motors? I understand it being a low-compression motor, but regardless of what the engine ends up in, I'd still like to throw a 4-barrel on it.
So will basically any other FE stuff bolt up to these motors? I understand it being a low-compression motor, but regardless of what the engine ends up in, I'd still like to throw a 4-barrel on it.
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