Chevy Six-Cylinder Engine Identification. By Floyd Drake III. Grill chevy picup truck image by Charlie Rosenberg from Fotolia.com. Chevrolet's six-cylinder engines are easily identified due to Chevy's efficient engine numbering system. The code is seven to eight digits long, consisting of numbers and letters. The suffix gives the year vehicle, horsepower and transmission pairing, while the prefix gives.
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- Engine Casting Numbers Explained 1954-1962 Chevrolet The Casting Numbers to the right are found just below and to the right of the Distributor on the passenger side. They are notoriously very hard to read and often people make the mistake of thinking a '3' is an '8'.
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- Engine Casting Numbers Explained 1954-1962 Chevrolet The Casting Numbers to the right are found just below and to the right of the Distributor on the passenger side. They are notoriously very hard to read and often people make the mistake of thinking a '3' is an '8'.
- Oct 26, 2017 1. The 8th digit of the VIN 2. By visual inspection. The easiest way to tell the difference is to check the 8th digit of the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) on the original vehicle. (See below.) If you don’t have the VIN, you can still identify the engine by visual inspection if you know what to look for.
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1954-1963 Chevrolet 235/261 inline 6 cylinder
1954-1963 Chevrolet 235/261 inline 6 cylinder
Adobe xd for mac torrent. (NOTE: these photos are from a 1960 261 engine; however, 1954-63 235 & 261 codes should be in the locations shown below)
between and below the distributor hole (left-top) and road-draft-tube hole (right-top)
PHOTO 2: block date-casting code
I 29 9
letter = month; number = day; number = year
September, 29 1959
(CON 4 is to the left of the date code) Ghostbusters games free download.
I 29 9
letter = month; number = day; number = year
September, 29 1959
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lower left on the distributor side of the block
(note the 'captain's bars' - all USA 261 blocks and 1953 passenger car Powerglide-equipped 235 blocks have these bars )
(note the 'captain's bars' - all USA 261 blocks and 1953 passenger car Powerglide-equipped 235 blocks have these bars )
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PHOTO 3: engine serial number
F0930LB
F0930LB
on the ledge to the left of where the distributor enters the block
PHOTO 4: ??? - B 61 - 848 850 - ???
How are these decoded ??? All heads I have seen start with the 'B'
on the head, between spark plus 2 & 3
PHOTO 5: head codes on manifolds' side - see next two photos, below
head casting-code on left & head date-casting code in front of valve springs on the right
PHOTO 6: head casting code
3836850
(CON 12 is another casting under the valve cover and GM 5 is under the head casting coode)
3836850
(CON 12 is another casting under the valve cover and GM 5 is under the head casting coode)
top, middle of the manifolds' side of the head
PHOTO 7: head date-casting code
L 17 9
letter = month; number = day; number = year
December 17, 1959
L 17 9
letter = month; number = day; number = year
December 17, 1959
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