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02-19-2005, 01:17 AM
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hopefully this isnt a repeat,...i searched but didnt find anything in the archives....
when i bought my 63 bonneville, the owner said it had 389, but said she wasnt really sure. how can i check for sure? is there a code somewhere on the block?
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02-19-2005, 01:17 AM
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hopefully this isnt a repeat,...i searched but didnt find anything in the archives....
when i bought my 63 bonneville, the owner said it had 389, but said she wasnt really sure. how can i check for sure? is there a code somewhere on the block?
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boats before goats -mike diaz http://velociraptor666.proboards106....ex.cgi#general
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02-19-2005, 02:27 AM
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You can check the casting # on the block next to the distributor and there's a code on the right front side of the block under the passenger side head.
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02-19-2005, 07:02 AM
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also if you get McCarthys book,it will have a pic of the "transfer lug"kind of triangle projection on the pass side of the dist. that identified the block on the assm line as a NON 389 block.Tom
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02-19-2005, 08:56 AM
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thanks, ill check it out!
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boats before goats -mike diaz http://velociraptor666.proboards106....ex.cgi#general
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02-19-2005, 10:41 AM
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Going by the "lug" is always correct there have been exceptions. I know for sure because I had an exception.
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02-19-2005, 10:42 AM
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OOOPS sorry about that. IT IS NOT ALWAYS CORRECT.
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#8
02-19-2005, 01:59 PM
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found the code under a half inch of sludge....543680,...its a 389.
above it it had in larger digits..."N2". date code?
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