How do I identify 455 engine?
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How do I identify 455 engine?
I have a 455 that supposedly came out of a 1970 442 Cutlass.
I want to sell the engine, got laid off and I need money.
My question is, how I identify the year and type of the engine without
disassembly?
I want to sell the engine, got laid off and I need money.
My question is, how I identify the year and type of the engine without
disassembly?
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Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 369
From: United States
You can verify the year by looking on a machined pad on the left side on the engine. It is on the block towards the fron just under the head where a large letter E will be cast into the head.
The numbers stamped on the machined pad should read something like 30MXXXXXX
3 = Oldsmobile
0 = 1970
XXXXXX = the last 6 of the VIN of the car it came out of.
455's will be stamped with 8-6 for the second number. Production was from 1968 - 1976.
There will aslo be a set of numbers cast into the block on a shelf just behind the water pump nest to the oil fill tube.
They will be 396021 F.
Good luck with the sale.
The numbers stamped on the machined pad should read something like 30MXXXXXX
3 = Oldsmobile
0 = 1970
XXXXXX = the last 6 of the VIN of the car it came out of.
455's will be stamped with 8-6 for the second number. Production was from 1968 - 1976.
There will aslo be a set of numbers cast into the block on a shelf just behind the water pump nest to the oil fill tube.
They will be 396021 F.
Good luck with the sale.
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