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Apr 11, 2009 | 01:59 PM

chrislyn

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WHEN A C2 WAS BEING ASSEMBLED ON THE LINE WHAT WOULD THE DATING OF THE DRIVE TRAIN BE. FOR EXAMPLE IF THE ENGINE CAST DATE WAS C95 WHAT WOULD THE TRANS AND REAR CAST DATES BE. THANKS,WES

Apr 11, 2009 | 03:34 PM

JohnZ

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WHEN A C2 WAS BEING ASSEMBLED ON THE LINE WHAT WOULD THE DATING OF THE DRIVE TRAIN BE. FOR EXAMPLE IF THE ENGINE CAST DATE WAS C95 WHAT WOULD THE TRANS AND REAR CAST DATES BE. THANKS,WES

Most likely they would be roughly in the same time frame, give or take a few weeks. Recognize that NO ONE in the factory paid ANY attention to the dates on ANYTHING; all they cared about was the correct part number for the application, whether it just came off a rail car or had been sitting in the last row in off-line storage for a month or two.

Apr 12, 2009 | 08:31 PM

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1966 C2 example

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WHEN A C2 WAS BEING ASSEMBLED ON THE LINE WHAT WOULD THE DATING OF THE DRIVE TRAIN BE. FOR EXAMPLE IF THE ENGINE CAST DATE WAS C95 WHAT WOULD THE TRANS AND REAR CAST DATES BE. THANKS,WES

My L79 66 was assembled aprox April 7, 1966 vin #(18645)

Block was cast March 28 C 286
Transmission March 21 P 0321

However my clock had 07 66 ???

Harmonic bal C 66

Most as JohnZ stated, a few months or weeks before, but not after

Jack

Last edited by Jackfit; Apr 12, 2009 at 08:32 PM. Reason: additional material

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