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Help decoding engine pad #2684678 08/05/19 01:32 PM 08/05/19 01:32 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 531 Charlotte, NC Kowal OP mopar
Kowal OP mopar Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 531 Charlotte, NC	So, see pics. Any help in decoding what I am looking at would be great. A 440, has a VIN stamp on the passenger oil pan rail. Though the VIN stamp looks to be different than factory...the pad has the usual machining marks but the VIN font seems more subtle than normal. It is now in my GTX, but not sure that means anything, the VIN stamp is the VIN of the GTX. The engine was in the car prior to it being restored. Warranty replacement? On the second pic I highlighted what might be hard to see in the picture '69 Hemi Charger 500, ‘70 U code Challenger R/T (These and a bunch others at www.dkowal426.com) P.J. O'Rouke: "The old car ran perfectly, right up until it didn't."

Re: Help decoding engine pad [Re: Kowal] #2684696 08/05/19 02:55 PM 08/05/19 02:55 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 30,983 Oregon A AndyF I Win
AndyF I Win A Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 30,983 Oregon	Some sort of non-factory stamp. Could be a dealer stamped a warranty block or a previous owner stamped it after machine work. What is the casting info on the side?

Re: Help decoding engine pad [Re: AndyF] #2684699 08/05/19 02:59 PM 08/05/19 02:59 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard
ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington	It looks like a factory stamping to me but not a typical production stamp you'd see in a car, probably a replacement block of some kind. The WT means it was a water tested block (typically seen on Hemi blocks). the 440 is the CID and the other two numbers relate to the month and day it was assembled.

Re: Help decoding engine pad [Re: Kowal] #2684713 08/05/19 03:30 PM 08/05/19 03:30 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,714 Rio Linda, CA John_Kunkel Too Many Posts
John_Kunkel Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,714 Rio Linda, CA	Compare the stamped 7 8 (July 8) to the casting date on the side of the block. I agree it's a replacement bare block never assembled. The INTERNET, the MISinformation superhighway

Re: Help decoding engine pad [Re: John_Kunkel] #2684718 08/05/19 03:54 PM 08/05/19 03:54 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 531 Charlotte, NC Kowal OP mopar
Kowal OP mopar Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 531 Charlotte, NC	The block is 2536430-7 '69 Hemi Charger 500, ‘70 U code Challenger R/T (These and a bunch others at www.dkowal426.com) P.J. O'Rouke: "The old car ran perfectly, right up until it didn't."

Re: Help decoding engine pad [Re: Kowal] #2684723 08/05/19 04:02 PM 08/05/19 04:02 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard
ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington	That's the casting number, the casting date is also cast on the side.

Re: Help decoding engine pad [Re: ScottSmith_Harms] #2684733 08/05/19 04:28 PM 08/05/19 04:28 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 531 Charlotte, NC Kowal OP mopar
Kowal OP mopar Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 531 Charlotte, NC	Right, took me a minute to be sure of what I was seeing. The casting date is 8/4/69. I thought the casting date was on the driver’s side, took me a while to get a good pic of this one behind the passenger exhaust manifold under plugs 6 and 8. The car is a late November, 1968 build car. Last edited by Kowal; 08/05/19 04:56 PM. '69 Hemi Charger 500, ‘70 U code Challenger R/T (These and a bunch others at www.dkowal426.com) P.J. O'Rouke: "The old car ran perfectly, right up until it didn't."

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