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hello can anyone help me with these numbers that came next to dist. fo6i4j? on my 235 motor thanks and also the dist number is 1112396 4g27 D.R. and my question here is the vacum advance has a number of 076 on it and im having all types of problems trying to find a replacement for it. it is the type that has treads on the inside so you put the spring into and tighten it up on the hose fitting. the man at the parts store say when he looks up this dist. number it tells him that a vacum advance is not called for. can anyone tell me who might carry this type of V.A. and anything about this for my 235 thanks ted

For the engine serial number F0614J:

F=built at Flint.
0614=engine build date=June 14.

The J suffix was used for the regular Thriftmaster 235 from '57-'62 in the light trucks. I'm going to say that, based on the build month being given as two digits instead of one (06 vs. 6), which was a format change made in '60, yours is a '60-'62, and would have been originally installed in the C-10-20-30 trucks.

The distributor with part number 1112396, according my parts manuals, was specific to the 1954 powerglide-equipped 235 car engine. The 076 advance unit was used on '53-'54 & '58 car 235's, and the '53-'55 'Vette 235 (6 volt). The original GM part number for that advance unit was 1116076 as of '58, and it changed to 1925518 as of '68, if that is any help for cross referencing at your FLAPS. It may also be found under part number V-435, such as at Vapinc.


Edit: In a previous post you listed the block casting date code as F101, or June 10, 1961. That fits with my assessment above, and the build date of June 14.

xram53-man curt your a life saver i really appreciate the information you got for me. it also fits what little i know about my motor. i just bought it. thanks again curt you sure got the knowledge. and thanks to stovebolt for keeping this site up and running. tedjames