Re: New Member: My '39 120 has strange engine number. Help??

Posted by Eric Boyle On 2010/10/13 10:40:52

If it's a 288 or a 327, the pans are the same, to an extent...

Midway through the '48 model year they went to a larger oil pan, and this is designated by a suffix to the engine number. As noted in the 1946-1950 Service manual, if the engine has a "CD", "CE", "D", or "E" suffix the capacity is 7qt instead of the original 6qt. "CAL" is a new one on me, and I'm wondering if it isn't one of the first two suffixes listed.