Thanks again for the information. The numbers are very clear, there isn't
any corrosion build-up or anything else blocking my view. There isn't
anything after the D. I haven't pulled the valve covers off so I can't give
you those numbers.
Til Later'
Thanks
Robert T.
'53 3100
-----Original Message-----
From: jelerath@us.ibm.com <jelerath@us.ibm.com>
To: David Heath Trahan <heath@acadian.net>
Date: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Engine Identification
>
>
>I looked in a 1965-1968 small block numbers book. It appears that you are
>missing a letter after the "D".
>F=Flint Mich
>03=month
>02=day
>D?=engine suffix
>All engine suffix's beginning with a D are either 283 or 307 ci. If the
valve
>covers are off I can tell you what heads are on it and that will help also.
Can
>you try to see what the last letter is?
>
>Jon Elerath
>jelerath@us.ibm.com
>
>
>"David Heath Trahan" <heath@acadian.net> on 09/24/99 09:20:20 AM
>
>Please respond to "David Heath Trahan" <heath@acadian.net>
>
>To: "old trucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>cc:
>Subject: [oletrucks] Engine Identification
>
>
>
>
>Well today is the day I start trying to get "my old one" back on the road.
>My first problem that I have run into is the alternator bracket was home
>made by the PO and is very flimsy. I would like to try and find the
correct
>bracket for this engine but I don't even know what I have. I do know it is
>an older small block V-8. I can't see the engine casting numbers to try
and
>identify it that way. The only numbers I can see clearly are located on
the
>block directly at the base of the right cylinder head. The numbers
>stenciled there are F0302D.
>
>Is there someone I can contact to help me identify this engine. I bought a
>bracket off of a late 60's C-10 hoping it would work, but, I have an inch
of
>shims between the bracket and the left head now and it's still not aligned
>with the other pulleys.
>
>Thanks again,
>
>Robert T
>'53 3100 (not stock)
>
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
>
>
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