casting# block 2202857-7 & intake 4104595 yr??
2202857 is a 1962 block. It is not included on that very incomplete and error-riddled chart reposted by Bill G,
The smaller crank counterbore in Slant-6 engines was from 1960-1967. The small-nose torque converters were used on all pre-'68 Slant-6 automatic transmissions, not just the pushbutton-controlled ones of '60-'64.
That's the prescribed coding, but not all build plants adhered to it. Uniformity of engine stamping was better prior to 1966,
All you'll know from the engine stamping is when that block was originally built up into an engine assembly.
As nice as it is to have a chart of any kind to help,it is unfortunately lacking yes.
My point was the era of eng. would not match his trans,and the team wasn't just
"swapped in" as the trans of the era would've been a pushbutton unit.Obviously a '66
-'67 unit could've been put behind the '62 eng. & used as a team. Leaving the only
other two options I stated above,different crank,or change aforementioned trans parts
I would have high confidence in the years w/the alpha year coding '64 & down.
I believe the year of the eng, orig production was the OP's ?,but if the crank was
changed,who knows what else.......
By the way Dan,...I'm still in search of a known OE 170 in a '68-'69 base V100-
170 series car,the newest casting I know of is the"246" series that was around in '64
and I don't have a definitive yes or no on a parallel update in '68 w/ the 225. Looks
to be a no so far,CharrlieS has the closest thing, a service block w/a '68 crank.Insight?
