Track down my engine
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From: Camp Hill PA
Track down my engine
I haven't searched the site yet (always looking for the easy answer!). Is there a way to track down the origin of my engine. I assume, which is always dangerous, I can find a serial number on it which I can then plug into some web site to track it down?
The reason I ask - I finally had a number of items fixed on my vert a few weeks back. I was having start problems (hot start, no start, etc.). So my mechanic put in a mini starter. He went through 3 starters before he found the right one. He had assumed that is was a late 60s early 70s engine (again always danger in assumptions). But he now believes the engine is an earlier model. I'm just curious about trying to track it down. I have very limited history of my car so most of this is just curiousity on my part.
BTW - thanks to all you who diagnosed my wiper problem (not working), rear brake light (one working-one not). Ground problems which he fixed as well while I had it in. My clock works too! You guys know your stuff. Awesome.
The reason I ask - I finally had a number of items fixed on my vert a few weeks back. I was having start problems (hot start, no start, etc.). So my mechanic put in a mini starter. He went through 3 starters before he found the right one. He had assumed that is was a late 60s early 70s engine (again always danger in assumptions). But he now believes the engine is an earlier model. I'm just curious about trying to track it down. I have very limited history of my car so most of this is just curiousity on my part.
BTW - thanks to all you who diagnosed my wiper problem (not working), rear brake light (one working-one not). Ground problems which he fixed as well while I had it in. My clock works too! You guys know your stuff. Awesome.
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If your engine is original, it was machined and assembled at Flint, Michigan then shipped to St. Louis before your car was assembled.
You will find two numbers stamped on the pad on the block at the front of the right head. First number will start with V for the Flint plant, followed by 4 numbers for the month and day your engine was assembled at Flint, followed by the engine suffix code identifying the specific engine configuration.
Second number on the pad will be the VIN derivative of the car the engine was originally installed in. Hopefully, the VIN derivative matches your VIN.
No need to plug the VIN into a web site.
You will find two numbers stamped on the pad on the block at the front of the right head. First number will start with V for the Flint plant, followed by 4 numbers for the month and day your engine was assembled at Flint, followed by the engine suffix code identifying the specific engine configuration.
Second number on the pad will be the VIN derivative of the car the engine was originally installed in. Hopefully, the VIN derivative matches your VIN.
No need to plug the VIN into a web site.
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From: Camp Hill PA
If your engine is original, it was machined and assembled at Flint, Michigan then shipped to St. Louis before your car was assembled.
You will find two numbers stamped on the pad on the block at the front of the right head. First number will start with V for the Flint plant, followed by 4 numbers for the month and day your engine was assembled at Flint, followed by the engine suffix code identifying the specific engine configuration.
Second number on the pad will be the VIN derivative of the car the engine was originally installed in. Hopefully, the VIN derivative matches your VIN.
No need to plug the VIN into a web site.
You will find two numbers stamped on the pad on the block at the front of the right head. First number will start with V for the Flint plant, followed by 4 numbers for the month and day your engine was assembled at Flint, followed by the engine suffix code identifying the specific engine configuration.
Second number on the pad will be the VIN derivative of the car the engine was originally installed in. Hopefully, the VIN derivative matches your VIN.
No need to plug the VIN into a web site.
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