Deciphering engine number

[Paul F 3]

Thanks for the help guys. My xe wagon is a 1984 model so apparently I need a engineer's report as they stopped v8 Cleveland's in 1982 or 83. The only bonus is it's a matching numbers 6cyl, 4spd s pack wagon with books.

[deankxf 20,263]

15 minutes ago, Paul F said:

Thanks for the help guys. My xe wagon is a 1984 model so apparently I need a engineer's report as they stopped v8 Cleveland's in 1982 or 83. The only bonus is it's a matching numbers 6cyl, 4spd s pack wagon with books.

i still reckon the 6cyl is a better engine in XD XE XF 

handling alone , let alone better on fuel.. they can be made to go MUCH better if needed, but if i had one again i'd keep it stock. *(unless it was a 3.3.. then it would need a 4.1 conversion)

[Paul F 3]

6 minutes ago, deankdx said:

i still reckon the 6cyl is a better engine in XD XE XF 

handling alone , let alone better on fuel.. they can be made to go MUCH better if needed, but if i had one again i'd keep it stock. *(unless it was a 3.3.. then it would need a 4.1 conversion)

Thanks mate, it does run great & very reliable. I should probably keep it original anyway.

[gerg 10,871]

Yeah I agree. A stout 250 is no slouch, especially in a light body like the XD-XF. A V8 sounds good but dulls the handling a bit.

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[bear351c 10,269]

Meh... who needs to go round corners, and stop, and handle.

 

Pussies.  

[deankxf 20,263]

1 hour ago, bear351c said:

Meh... who needs to go round corners, and stop, and handle.

 

Pussies.  

i'm wondering if i'm even allowed to go buy fuel at the moment.. and the nearest fuel station is less than 1km away.

[CHESTNUTXE 7,299]

dean have you been tested for covid

[deankxf 20,263]

3 hours ago, CHESTNUTXE said:

dean have you been tested for covid

No, haven't been anywhere to get infected. same for the Mrs, barely been out once a month for food. 

[CHESTNUTXE 7,299]

Your in vic arnt you

[deankxf 20,263]

10 minutes ago, CHESTNUTXE said:

Your in vic arnt you

yep, hard lockdown now, only allowed to go 5km radius from home if it's for medical, food,  or essential work .. something else maybe but we've had a woolworths delivery to avoid the shops, click and collect on chemist, postie stops by every second day practically..

[CHESTNUTXE 7,299]

i live not far from the border where the brandenberg gate is patrolled by the hawaii 5/0 ,when i take my ute for its daily run on the freeway signs are everywhere LAST EXIT before NSW,woooops better do a u turn and head back north son,so i click the shifter back into 2nd and floor it back to saftey zone,no zombies here

[deankxf 20,263]

4 hours ago, CHESTNUTXE said:

gate is patrolled by the hawaii 5/0

a mate of mine got lit up by the cops just yesterday parked in a small shopping center for the chemist, they treated him like a criminal parking across the back of his car  and boxed him in.. gave him the 3rd degree (was literally just going to the post office(doens't have a mail box at home) chemist and get some bread/milk etc. 

asked to open the bonnet, picked on his car for RWC issues(didn't give a canary though..) 

cops will be losing respect from the anti maskers conspiracies etc.. but normal people getting pulled up just going out for essentials getting lit up like they've robbed a bank seems a bit excessive. 

[dex 2,065]

Gets me every morning with the reporters On morning shows ,,reporting about strict mask wearing when out in public ,,,

they ain’t even fuggn wearing one them selfs ,,!!!

[CHESTNUTXE 7,299]

i cant belive i havent been lit up in the xf 400 v8 ute  with 2 bonnett scoops and loud twin exhaust and given the 3rd degree about the engine swap even tho i have the engine mod plate,its still bait around here,but even when the crossy was in there with air filter coming out of bonnet no interest either ,i guess when cops in your local area get to know your car and your not hooning they loose interest until the LSD cuts loose

[HotRod 2]

Hey, anyone know what the maybe "D" and "o" mean at the end of my 351c cast number? D2AE-CADO??

[FORD_MAN 1,026]

Between the CA & O is a blade screw head that holds the plate into the casting mound, don't really mean anything most australian clevelands had have it,

the 8K3 is the casting date, 1978 Oct 3

https://www.fordification.com/tech/datecodes.htm

[gerg 10,871]

Yeah good spotting there@FORD_MAN , the "D" is just the screw head like there is at the other end and the "0" is just a phantom marking that doesn't correlate to anything except maybe denoting that it's an Aussie casting using a US mould? The OP hasn't specified foundry marks (early ones still had Cf despite being cast at Geelong) but that's not relevant except for the fact that Aussie iron is heaps harder.

The only relevant numbers here are for the D2AE CA bit:

D2 = 1972 design
A= full-size passenger car
E = engineering

CA = Cleveland type

And engine number will tell you what it came out of locally (matches chassis number)

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[HotRod 2]

Ok cool. So being a black block its cast in Oz with the better steel and not cast in the us? Sorry , confused. Are the d2ae blocks from the us? And they are cast differently  with a small dizzy hole and longer block? Thanks for your help with the screw (haha) and phantom o.... 

[gerg 10,871]

Ok cool. So being a black block its cast in Oz with the better steel and not cast in the us? Sorry , confused. Are the d2ae blocks from the us? And they are cast differently  with a small dizzy hole and longer block? Thanks for your help with the screw (haha) and phantom o.... 

The D2AE-CA marking just means it's a Cleveland, whether it not it's cast here or in the States. Pretty much after 1974, they were cast here. Are you sure it's a black block? What's the date code on the casting? That will be a separate number made up of 4 digits. First one is year, second is month (letter), 3rd and 4th are day of the month. So it should read 8E27 if it was a 27 May, 1978 casting.

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[bear351c 10,269]

Measure the dizzy shaft hole.  Or the shaft measurement under the gear on the dizzy shaft.

[bear351c 10,269]

Blue blocks had a larger shaft, (I think). Round about 0'500". Reckon the black blocks were about 0.480" thou.

[HotRod 2]

Is definitely the smaller one. Couldn't find one to fit so mechined it to work.. could almost sand it down haha..