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#84070 10/11/2007 3:29 AM | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 4 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 4 | I have a motor with the casting number of 3788378, in my research every web site I visit shows this casting number to be a 292. The issue is that this motor looks like a 250 with the shorter deck height and right motor mount. Did GM build a short deck 292? There is no mistake on the casting number. Anyone have an idea? Thank you! | | |
#84071 10/11/2007 4:35 AM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,002 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,002 | I ran into the problem a few years back. The Inliner.org Casting number guide shows 3788378 as being a 292. I had found a long block dumped on the side of the road. I checked the casting number against the guide there it was supposedly a 292. Then went to the trouble of having the boss pick it up with the front end loader on the tractor. When I got it home an started comparing it with my 292, decided it couldn't be. I have since scrapped it and don't have the casting number written down any where to say it's the same number.
Larry
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#84072 10/11/2007 4:41 AM | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 4 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 4 | Thank you for your reply. I guess my question is how could every reference say this casting is a 292 and it not be? Thanks again. | | |
#84073 10/11/2007 12:46 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 275 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 275 | Will it turn over so you can measure the bore & stroke?
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#84074 10/11/2007 1:41 PM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | If it is not a raised block it cannot be a 292.
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | |
#84075 10/11/2007 2:12 PM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 | a simple look at the side push rod covers will show,
a 292 has 2 each 6'' covers.
it also has offset side motor mounts, intake/exh on the drivers side, dist between
first & second hole on pass side, spin on oil filter below hole 1 among others.
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''If it is not a raised block it cannot be a 292.''
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#84076 10/11/2007 2:57 PM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,002 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,002 | That's a good question. Evidently there are not that many (official, original) sources and everyone uses least expensive or free version. If you look on that auction site you will find quite a few versions. It would be interesting to learn the real story.
Larry
41kid quote
Thank you for your reply. I guess my question is how could every reference say this casting is a 292 and it not be? Thanks again.
I don't own a vehicle that isn't old enough to drink.
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#84077 10/11/2007 3:17 PM | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 4 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 4 | Thank you all for your replies. I already know that most 292s have a taller deck height and that really isn't my question. Does anyone know for a fact that the information regarding the casting number is wrong? Hard to believe a casting number would be off, a stamping I would find easier but a block casting? Never seen a casting number be wrong before. The motor is in good shape- a good runner not needing rebuilt. | | |
#84078 10/11/2007 3:21 PM | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 86 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 86 | I ran across an I-6 for sale with the same casting number and ran into the same problem. It was definitely not a 292.
JC in KC
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1965 Chevy C10 Long Fleetside
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#84079 10/11/2007 3:59 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 275 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 275 | Originally posted by 41kid:
Thank you all for your replies. I already know that most 292s have a taller deck height and that really isn't my question. Does anyone know for a fact that the information regarding the casting number is wrong? Hard to believe a casting number would be off, a stamping I would find easier but a block casting? Never seen a casting number be wrong before. The motor is in good shape- a good runner not needing rebuilt. Thats why motor builders start with the basics - measuring the bore & stroke. Most working mechanics have seen mistakes in factory shop manuals, Motor's manuals, whatever. Doug | | |
#84080 10/11/2007 5:31 PM | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | Bore is the same for 250 and 292, the stroke is the difference there, by almost 3/4".
Bill Burmeister
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#84081 10/11/2007 8:43 PM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | 63-72 used wide pulley belts. 63-66 had 7/16 flywheel bolts. 68 up had a outlet in the head for temp. sender. 73 up had 5/8 bypass hose. Earlier ones had 1".
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