Help with engine ID

KAILUAZ · 11-06-2007, 10:11 AM

So I searched and searched but I'm just confused.
I have a 302 roller transplant in my 86. I pulled the starter and found the following numbers:
A big 24, under that E7TE, and under that a small CA.
I think its a 87 truck engine am I close?
Thanks!

FoxChassis · 11-06-2007, 12:49 PM

It's an '87 and LATER truck block. To know the exact year you need the date casting, which is in the same area.

KAILUAZ · 11-06-2007, 04:37 PM

Ill have to look at the date casting once I pull it (thats the dial looking thing correct?).
There are people saying truck engines didnt come with a roller cam? Any truth to that?
The head casting numbers are E6SE. No idea if the pistons are flat, the heads are still on.

FoxChassis · 11-06-2007, 08:09 PM

The dial looking thing is the shift and time.

The date casting will be a number, then a letter, then one or two more numbers.

KAILUAZ · 11-06-2007, 11:22 PM

From another site:

Quote:

The block is a 1987 revision, and the heads are a 1986 revision. You'd need the date code to tell you when it was actually made. Probably 1987-1988, Ford was trying to use up all of their E6SE heads at that time, since they had just introduced the E7TE head.
If its an original longblock, its probably a standard output engine from a fullsize F/L/M car, since for 87+ all the trucks got E7TE heads.

ashley roachclip · 11-07-2007, 10:20 AM

The date casting looks like a metal tag attached with 2 screws .
It is not of course , but looks like it .

KAILUAZ · 11-07-2007, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ashley roachclip

The date casting looks like a metal tag attached with 2 screws .
It is not of course , but looks like it .

Cool I was wondering what that was,, let me check it out,, its pretty dirty.

KAILUAZ · 11-16-2007, 10:46 AM

Here are the numbers:

And the sludge:

FoxChassis · 11-16-2007, 07:21 PM

7A5 = January 5, 1987

fred414141 · 11-16-2007, 08:21 PM

that ain't much sludge.
i still see rod cap bolt heads!!!!

KAILUAZ · 11-16-2007, 11:49 PM

I just found the partial VIN, HX214448, so its a 87 out of the St Thomas plant, sequence number is between 100001 and 600000 which makes it a Crown Vic engine.

11-06-2007, 10:11 AM	#1
KAILUAZ FEP Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: St Pete, FL via Kailua, HI Posts: 677	Help with engine ID UPDATED So I searched and searched but I'm just confused. I have a 302 roller transplant in my 86. I pulled the starter and found the following numbers: A big 24, under that E7TE, and under that a small CA. I think its a 87 truck engine am I close? Thanks! __________________ 911 NEVER FORGET!! MILStang Last edited by KAILUAZ; 11-16-2007 at 10:47 AM. Reason: Added all engine numbers

11-06-2007, 12:49 PM	#2
FoxChassis The Decoder Guy Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 13,208	It's an '87 and LATER truck block. To know the exact year you need the date casting, which is in the same area. __________________ '83 GT, '84 LTD LX, '85 LTD LX (parts car), '96 B2300 SE, '99 CVPI

11-06-2007, 04:37 PM	#3
KAILUAZ FEP Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: St Pete, FL via Kailua, HI Posts: 677	Ill have to look at the date casting once I pull it (thats the dial looking thing correct?). There are people saying truck engines didnt come with a roller cam? Any truth to that? The head casting numbers are E6SE. No idea if the pistons are flat, the heads are still on. __________________ 911 NEVER FORGET!! MILStang Last edited by KAILUAZ; 11-06-2007 at 05:01 PM.

11-07-2007, 10:20 AM	#6
ashley roachclip FEP Super Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Roseburg Oregon Posts: 2,559	The date casting looks like a metal tag attached with 2 screws . It is not of course , but looks like it . __________________ clowns to the left of me , Jokers to the right

11-16-2007, 10:46 AM	#8
KAILUAZ FEP Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: St Pete, FL via Kailua, HI Posts: 677	Here are the numbers: And the sludge: __________________ 911 NEVER FORGET!! MILStang Last edited by KAILUAZ; 11-16-2007 at 11:37 PM.

11-06-2007, 08:09 PM	#4
FoxChassis The Decoder Guy Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 13,208	The dial looking thing is the shift and time. The date casting will be a number, then a letter, then one or two more numbers.

11-16-2007, 07:21 PM	#9
FoxChassis The Decoder Guy Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 13,208	7A5 = January 5, 1987

11-16-2007, 08:21 PM	#10
fred414141 FEP Power Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: marshall,missouri Posts: 1,357	that ain't much sludge. i still see rod cap bolt heads!!!! __________________ '83 glx vert with '82 gt frontend if you aren't trying to blow the horn with the signal lever and reaching for the key release button on your other vehicles,you're not driving the fox enough !

11-16-2007, 11:49 PM	#11
KAILUAZ FEP Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: St Pete, FL via Kailua, HI Posts: 677	I just found the partial VIN, HX214448, so its a 87 out of the St Thomas plant, sequence number is between 100001 and 600000 which makes it a Crown Vic engine. __________________ 911 NEVER FORGET!! MILStang Last edited by KAILUAZ; 11-17-2007 at 12:55 AM.

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