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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 31 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 31 | Have a chance to buy a decent 1951 Dodge 1/2 T. but engine has cracked block. What are my options for a replacement engine? Are there other choices for direct bolt-in? I have worked primarily on Chevys in the past, need help with a Dodge.
Thanks for info--TK261 | | | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | Any Dodge or ply. engine around that era will fit. I'm not sure of the exact coverage but it is very wide. The Desoto & Crys. engines are a litle longer but guys used to change them.
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,903 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,903 | Chrysler industrial engines will work too. I sold one out of a combine last year when scrap got so high. You can probably buy a whole car or just haul one for what the engine is worth. If its fluid drive, I think it had a different crankshaft flange.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,339 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,339 | Alot of tow motors and airline equipment used those motors too. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,002 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,002 | Wrenchbender Ret. got it right, I put a 59 plymouth in a 38 Dodge truck many years ago. Inliners.org has Mopar forum here's a post on industrial engines; http://www.inliners.org/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showthreaded&Number=48561If the cracks not bad drive it. LG
I don't own a vehicle that isn't old enough to drink.
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 42 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 42 | On that Dodge-- My Father in Law had a 3/4 ton, and wanted more power. Look for a 6cyl Chrysler, to make it fit it was necessary to reverse the pan (to clear the axle) and the Oil pump. I wasn't there when he did it but it worked.
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 707 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 707 | Where is the crack in your old engine? I have a 16" horizontal crack in my truck's original engine, probably caused by frost some winter long, long ago. It looks like it was welded around the time I was born, and the engine works well. Just a thought...
1951 3800 Be the change you want to see. -hotshoe
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