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| | | | Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 898 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 898 | O.K. guys what do I have here?
casting # 3836233
Number on the pad buy the distributor. #06859 IO55Y
TIA.
Brian
Brian
1955.2 3100 Truck
The older I get the more dangerous I am!!!!! | | | | | Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,747 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,747 | I get a 55-57 235, from the casting number
and from the serial number: 136 HP and a Powerglide...that makes it from a car and has hydraulic lifters.
Steve H
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 898 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 898 | Thank you Steve for the reply. I'm going to assume since the head doesn't have a 848 casting number which started in 1956, that I have a 55 engine. If the head hasn't been changed in the last 50 some years.
Brian
1955.2 3100 Truck
The older I get the more dangerous I am!!!!! | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | Here are locations of date casting codes. That will ID the date of the head - the "848" head had a long run and was often used as a replacement head on any 53 and new 235 engine (a replacement head from GM or from a donor engine). | | |
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