Engine code help
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Racer
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From: Saskatoon Saskatchewan
Engine code help
Help with an engine code. I have tried to find it myself and had no luck.
On bell housing 3970010
by water pump K 07 79 800
I found the first number but it is the second one is the one with all the info on date and such.
Is there another place to look for a date code?
Thanks in advance
T
On bell housing 3970010
by water pump K 07 79 800
I found the first number but it is the second one is the one with all the info on date and such.
Is there another place to look for a date code?
Thanks in advance
T
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The only thing I can find is a Targetmaster over the counter engine built in 1980.
K 07 79 800
K=November
07= 7th
7980= part number
0= 1980
What's also unusual is the small pad and orange paint. Small pad engines were blue or black (??)
K 07 79 800
K=November
07= 7th
7980= part number
0= 1980
What's also unusual is the small pad and orange paint. Small pad engines were blue or black (??)
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Racer
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 290
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From: Saskatoon Saskatchewan
Thank you very much. This engine has been repainted (poorly at that). I just need to know things like the year for parts, etc. So is November 7th, 1980 the assembly date? Does the 2 in the second pic have any relation to 2 Bolt? And I am Assuming the 350 stands for 350 ci. Is there any way to find out what this engine came equiped with? I'm hoping to only need this engine for a couple of years till I can get a replacment, but I am looking for a house so it may have to last longer.
T
T
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K indicates this engine was assembled in St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada. GM built Camaros and Firebirds there. It is not a Corvette engine. 0779 should indicate the month and day the engine was assembled, but in this case it looks like month and year. 800 is the engine identification suffix, but these usually contain alpha characters.
I'm guessing you have an over the counter replacement engine.
I'm guessing you have an over the counter replacement engine.
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K indicates this engine was assembled in St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada. GM built Camaros and Firebirds there. It is not a Corvette engine. 0779 should indicate the month and day the engine was assembled, but in this case it looks like month and year. 800 is the engine identification suffix, but these usually contain alpha characters.
I'm guessing you have an over the counter replacement engine.
I'm guessing you have an over the counter replacement engine.
In this case, the K is the assembly month, not the engine plant. The second two digits represent the day of the month, followed by a four digit code for the part number of the engine (not decipherable by anything I can find). The last digit represents that year that the engine was built.
BTW- Camaros and Firebirds were built in the St. Therese, Quebec plant. The McKinnon Industries (K) plant built engines for a huge variety of US and Canadian built GM vehicles.
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Not a clue what's inside your engine, but most of them were low perf/low cost keep-'er-running replacements.
