Indentifying Year of a Slant 6

[zippy]

Hello!
I am trying to identify the year of a slant 6 that was my husband’s.
I found these numbers (it took awhile)!
7k22594/108485/084

One site said 1967 while another said 1960’s to 1970’s

Would anyone be able to shed some light on this and if so I would be grateful if you could share where you found the information .

Thank you!

 

[Hyper_pak]

Not sure where you found your numbers on the block.
Here is my 1976 numbers, located right below the alternator on the edge of the block deck.

 

[Car Nut]

 

[zippy]

Hello! Thanks for answering! I’m not that knowledgeable re this kind of thing but a friend told me the numbers are below the cylinder head . They weren’t easily visible with location and dirt. Any of the charts that I’ve looked at don’t have these numbers 7k22594/108485/084

 

[jeff alder]

dig in there by the alternator and you will probably find the numbers you need like Hyper Pak posted!

 

[cudamark]

Some photos might help too.

 

[slantsixdan]

Hello!
I am trying to identify the year of a slant 6 that was my husband’s.
I found these numbers (it took awhile)!
7k22594/108485/084

None of these numbers will identify the engine.

As others have noted, the engine stamping is located below the frontmost spark plug, on a thin ledge facing the sky, just inboard of the bracket that holds the alternator and ignition coil.

If this engine is disassembled, so there is no alternator/coil bracket or spark plug to home in on, then the stamping is on the block's top surface, just outboard of the frontmost cylinder.

Another number that can help is the engine block casting number, which is on the side of the engine where the intake and exhaust manifolds are, that is the side that doesn't have the ignition distributor and oil pump (or, if the engine's taken apart, it's on the side of the engine which does not have holes in it). The casting number will be seven digits, perhaps with a dash and some more digits after that. Let us know what you find.

Cudamark is right; whether or not you find the numbers, some clear, sharp photos from multiple angles will also help.

If this engine is in (or out of) a vehicle, what year and model vehicle is it or was it?

 

[zippy]

Thank you for the information. There were no numbers when removing alternator and ignition coil. Then numbers located on the side of side the intake and exhaust manifold are :
29-3-87 and 4343730.
Does this help?

 

[volaredon]

Definitely a peanut plug head, and that "87" might be a casting date making it one of the very last

 

[jeff alder]

mopar slant 6 identification - Bing

 

[slantsixdan]

Yup, that is a final-design 225 out of an '81-'87 Dodge truck/van.

 

[zippy]

A couple more years photos

 

[zippy]

Thank you very much everyone for responding! Slant6Dan, can you tell me if you determined the year from any of the numbers and if so which ones? Or was it from the photos?
I appreciate the help!
It’s a complete clean engine and I am selling it for $300.00.

 

[cudamark]

Looks like an '87 model year.

 

[slantsixdan]

Before you posted the pic showing "7 K 225", I divined it from the construction details of the engine and its bolt-ons, and that "87" in the misc numbers you posted.

"7 K 225" = 1987-model 225 engine. "K", I don't have the relevant document to decode readily to hand at the moment; could refer to the Kokomo engine plant, but doesn't matter.

$300 (CAD, I assume) might or might not be a gettable price for this engine. It is a relatively unpopular kind of engine, in used/unknown condition, but on the other hand it will go into any '68-up Slant-6 application with minimal extra work (use the oil pan and oil pickup pipe appropriate to the vehicle; the truck/van ones on this engine will only work in trucks and vans). But on the other-other hand, even in those parts of Canada where the conditions don't attack vehicles (winter weather/road salt), vehicles this engine might fit and work in are not very common any more. But on the other-other-other hand, someone who has such a vehicle and needs an engine might be quite happy to discover yours. Place a parts-for-sale ad here and on slantsix.org , specifying your location.

You've also got an automatic transmission attached to it, looks like an A998 with electric lockup torque converter. There'll be numbers stamped on the side of the transmission housing just above its fluid pan. Post those and the transmission can be decoded.

 

[zippy]

Thank you for all your help. The engine has found a new home!