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#816386 01/15/2012 2:29 AM
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My 46 gmc one ton has an engine with a stamped number just left of the distributor of A 228347504. I couldn't find this engine anywhere in the parts catalog but maybe I wasn't looking in the right place. On the right top side of the of the cylinder head is the name Ferro 2, and further across is the number A51, and even further is the letters AY. Any ideas??

46andonehalf #816392 01/15/2012 2:57 AM
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It is a GMC 228, determined by the first three numbers in the engine number.


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Cletis #816407 01/15/2012 4:25 AM
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A 228347504
If that is an A prefix in front of the 228 engine's serial number, the A designated that the cylinder was over-bored by 0.005" from the factory; and, the rod and main bearing journals were ground -0.010"

The A51 might be a date casting code:
A = January
5 = 5th
1 = 1941 (or 1951)

46andonehalf #816430 01/15/2012 5:41 AM
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Ferro made marine engines could it be possible that they made some of the gmc engines?

46andonehalf #816433 01/15/2012 5:55 AM
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Originally Posted by 46andonehalf
Ferro made marine engines could it be possible that they made some of the gmc engines?

It is for sure they made some GMC heads but I don't know about blocks.


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