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is there a way to decode the number stamped into the head on the straight 8 engines.
Posted on: 2009/4/12 19:07
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Which number? The casting number or part number?
Posted on: 2009/4/12 19:58
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-BigKev
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the number stamped into the drivers side rear of the head starts with a j. will go out tomorrow and get the rest of the numbers
Posted on: 2009/4/12 22:01
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Starting with an alpha like "j" sounds like a motor number, not a part number.
Posted on: 2009/4/12 22:07
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Are you sure that number is on the Head and not on the block?
If it's on the block on a machined pad in the location you described, then the ' J' signifies 1951 (or 24th Series) J2XXXXX = 288, 8Cyl, 135hp, 200/200 Deluxe, 5 bearing J4XXXXX = 327, 8Cyl, 150hp, 250/300, 5 bearing J6XXXXX = 327, 8Cyl, 155hp, 400 Patrician, 9 bearing
Posted on: 2009/4/12 22:12
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my kid swears it is a 327, and i want to know if this is so and if it is engine that came in the car. sent kid out to get number off head and it is: j403816
Posted on: 2009/4/12 22:15
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Let make this easy. If the number is located in the same place as indicated in the picture below, or in a similar location a bit more forward then that is the engine number on the block.
J403816 is a 327, 8cyl, 150ho, from a 250/300 car. Attach file:  (68.59 KB)
Posted on: 2009/4/12 22:21
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ok, thanks. the guy i got the car from must have changed it out. many thanks for the patience yyou show us new packard owners. is there any one that sells rebuild kits for the vacuum wiper motor for the 51 200?
Posted on: 2009/4/12 22:24
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This thread is from a day or so ago--it wanders but I think the final conclusion is it might have been an optional original engine.
packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb ... ic.php?post_id=25602#forumpost25602
Posted on: 2009/4/12 22:29
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