Just bought another 70 series truck, this one is alittle worse of than the other one i bought. Heres the problem all stickers under the hood point to a 429-4v but the manuals i have say that it was not an option, were there 429's put into this great line of trucks and if it's not a 429 how do i tell what engie it really is? The vin code suggests its a 360 but how can i identify it for sure?

 

The 360 was the norm for engines, not a 429 in a truck that I know of, am I right number dummy?? Let us know Bill, will ya?

 

NumberDummy (Bill) is on vacation for a couple weeks.

no a 429 would not have been in a truck. if the vin says 360 and that's the orignal vin tags that came with the truck then yes the 360 came with the truck. it is very likely that the engine was swapped in when the 360 was tired. to tell if it's a 429 for sure you can count the number of valve cover bolts. I'm not sure how many for each engine. search the forums and you'll come up with something.

70 series........this forum is only from 73-79, what year truck did you buy?

 

to my knowledge, NO 429 was EVER putt in a truck 2 or 4 wheel drive. but i could be wrong.

 

I think you're right

 

i'm not familiar with the 60's trucks, so maybe back then they had them, but i doubt it.

 

well I do know that's one of the engines that they put into like the 428 and 429 Cobra

 

A 429 would have been a swap because they did not come in trucks. To tell it apart from a 460, you'd have to measure the stroke.

 

It is a 1975 F250 Super cab 2wd

70 series........this forum is only from 73-79, what year truck did you buy?[/quote]

 

ok, so the easiest thing to do is to count the number of vavle cover bolts.

twisted_axel, do you have any pics of the truck?

 

I do not currently have any pics, but I will post them tommorrow after I take some( I bought it at an auction so i havent been able to bring it home yet ( it doesn't run yet) I should be able to bring it home tommorrow, but we'll see)

 

[/IMG] 1976 FORD F250 SUPER CAB (POSS 360 ENGINE)

 

Yes i have the VIN its listed as a 1975 F250 The vin decoder on this site says <TABLE style="BORDER-RIGHT: #990000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #990000 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #990000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #990000 1px solid" width=600 align=center itxtvisited="1"><TBODY itxtvisited="1"><TR itxtvisited="1"><TD style="PADDING-LEFT: 55px" colSpan=2 itxtvisited="1">Your Model Year is July 1974.</TD></TR><TR itxtvisited="1"><TD bgColor=#0099cc colSpan=2 height=1 itxtvisited="1"></TD></TR><TR itxtvisited="1"><TD style="PADDING-LEFT: 15px" width="40%" itxtvisited="1">Truck Series:</TD><TD itxtvisited="1">F250 2 Wheel Drive</TD></TR><TR itxtvisited="1"><TD bgColor=#0099cc colSpan=2 height=1 itxtvisited="1"></TD></TR><TR itxtvisited="1"><TD style="PADDING-LEFT: 15px" itxtvisited="1">Engine:</TD><TD itxtvisited="1">V8 - 360cid, 2BBL carb</TD></TR><TR itxtvisited="1"><TD bgColor=#0099cc colSpan=2 height=1 itxtvisited="1"></TD></TR><TR itxtvisited="1"><TD style="PADDING-LEFT: 15px" itxtvisited="1">Assembly on:</TD><TD itxtvisited="1">Kansas City, MO</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

The Valve cover bolt count is seven (three top four bottom) the other posts indicated that the 429/460 had seven valve cover bolts, but i have not been able to find any info on the difference between the two motors except the stroke. is there any more information i might be missing to identify the difference between the two?

 

you can get the stroke with a coat hanger . bend the hanger straight, take out a spark plug, insert hanger into spark plug hole, turn the engine over by hand.

 

What letters are stamped on the head above #2 or 3 or #6 or 7 exhaust ports? They might say something like D0VE or D3VE. Id bet someone swapped this motor out of an old 429 T-bird. Do the valve covers say "ThunderJet"?