Engine code help please!
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From: Watkins Glen NY
Engine code help please!
I just bought a rough 69 coupe, and the motor doesn't seem original.
It was a 350/350HP based on the console ID plate, and as old and nasty it is, I believe its the original plate.
I checked nasty z28.com for codes, and this one didn't appear!
K0173TDS is stamped on the pad. Haven't got to the casting number; too much snow on the car!
Can anyone help?
Thanks, Joe
It was a 350/350HP based on the console ID plate, and as old and nasty it is, I believe its the original plate.
I checked nasty z28.com for codes, and this one didn't appear!
K0173TDS is stamped on the pad. Haven't got to the casting number; too much snow on the car!
Can anyone help?
Thanks, Joe
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6th digit is a "T" for a truck/van application, I can't find a TDS suffix code, only TDR and TDT. If it is TSD, it is from an '82 truck.
Last edited by Scott Marzahl; Dec 17, 2007 at 05:13 PM.
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From: Watkins Glen NY
I will check casting numbers hopefully tomorrow.
Yes I'm pretty sure its TDS. I thought it might have been TOS, when I couldn't find TDS anywhere, so I doublechecked.... TDS is very clear to read..
I will try to post a good pic if I can get a clear enough shot of it.
Yes I'm pretty sure its TDS. I thought it might have been TOS, when I couldn't find TDS anywhere, so I doublechecked.... TDS is very clear to read..
I will try to post a good pic if I can get a clear enough shot of it.
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Le Mans Master
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From: Watkins Glen NY
Got the casting code. Its 3970010; which really narrows things down!
Heres a couple pics of the front pad. I googled all sorts of phrases related to the TDS suffix; nothing.
Anyone have an idea whats going on with it?
http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o...t=000_0143.jpg
http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o...t=000_0144.jpg
Heres a couple pics of the front pad. I googled all sorts of phrases related to the TDS suffix; nothing.
Anyone have an idea whats going on with it?
http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o...t=000_0143.jpg
http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o...t=000_0144.jpg
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I just bought this car...it IS rough and dirty and off the road for a number of years. Judging by the overall looks of the engine bay and the car in general, I can't imagine anyone was trying to deceive anyone.
Obviously not the original motor...but it is orange everywhere with no blue to be found.
Was there ever a replacement motor stamped with anything other than CE, maybe early on?
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seems like short pads started about '76-'77 ... certainly no earlier. That motor did not come in that 69
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...yes, the "square pads" are of '77 and later.
...I found "TDS" to be 1980, 350ci, 170hp, 4bbl, manual transmission, truck application in the "Lime Book".
...near the bellhousing flange "peak", passenger side of peak, opposite your casting number, will be a date code. Will read like "B250" for February 25, 1980 or like D299, which would be April 29, 1979.
A=January
B=February
C=March
D=April
...and so on.
...I found "TDS" to be 1980, 350ci, 170hp, 4bbl, manual transmission, truck application in the "Lime Book".
...near the bellhousing flange "peak", passenger side of peak, opposite your casting number, will be a date code. Will read like "B250" for February 25, 1980 or like D299, which would be April 29, 1979.
A=January
B=February
C=March
D=April
...and so on.