Recent content by chukardogs

No, we're up above Edmonds in Shoreline. Flooding isn't our concern. Falling trees and not getting to travel are the issue. I'm really hoping that the numbers (in inches of rain) that they're calling for in the North Cascades on Thursday doesn't materialize. The Snohomish river from Monroe to...

I can see the casting number on the drivers side but it'll be a couple days before I can get it clean enough to read it. My drivers side exhaust manifold to cross pipe hook up is dead center of the block so being able to see the number is pretty tough. We're dealing with an atmospheric river out...

I looked yesterday and there is a machined surface right below the block drain but no number is stamped in the space.

The 2536030 318-6 is cast into the block on the passenger side below the exhaust manifold. The PM 318R 2502 0444 is stamped into the block on the front, drivers side below the head. Is there another pertinent number?

Over the years, a couple different people have brought up the industrial engine concept in relation to my truck. Supposedly there's a couple definable differences between the normal 318 and an industrial 318. Anyone know for sure what they are?

I went back and looked at the number stamped on the block below the head on the drivers side, P M 318R 2502 0444. Other than the P at the beginning, which could be a mistake, that number means that this engine is the 444th engine built (finished) on or around 8th of December. So it's possible...

I haven't been able to find a pre-70 dampener anywhere. Every post-70 dampener I have found has the timing marks pretty much lined up with the keyway slot. Mine needs to have the timing mark's approx 43° CCW of the keyway slot.

I can't see a number code on the passenger side right above the oil pan. There's a machined space but no number. I'd have to do a lot of cleaning to check for a number behind the distributor. If that's where the number is, than maybe this is the original block that's just miss-marked. I'm going...

I keep going back to the numbers stamped on the block below the head. It's possible that someone swapped engines and installed a 318 from 1979 and then found they needed to use the engines existing components that were on or in the truck at that time. I'll check for the VIN # on the block today...

2536030 318-6 From what I have found, all that tells me is that it's a LA318 that was built between 67 and 75.

I know nothing about alternative facts, only that the engine has been run with the existing balancer for 20+ years and it looks like it was planned this way. At some point, a bracket with the timing marks was installed to make up for the smaller outside diameter of the existing balancer.

The stamped # on this engine is on the front of the engine, drivers side, right below the head.

That # is even suspect. Based on the chart, the motor that was in the truck at inception was built in 1969. My title says the truck is a 1968. Who knows?

Supposedly the last 8 of the VIN # are supposed to match the 8 digit number stamped on the block below the head on the drivers side. The last 8 on the VIN # are 28144362

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