Block ID and what the heck...

[68converted]

I got the PO to send me the receipts on the car and he had a "new" long block installed in 1997. All good and well but I just looked at the ID code and dammed if it is not a 1968 block? (C8AE-6015-B)

Did the dealership screw this guy? How would I know if it was a remanufacture? Help. I am trying to sell the motor and I want to have my facts straight! How would I find out what type of heads I have? Are there #'s inside under the valve covers?

Thanks everyone

 

[LMan]

that part number isnt necessarily when THAT block was made, but when the part number was assigned.

Even if so, is there a reason the block has to be newer than 1968? A reman engine isnt REQUIRED to have a block made in the current year, as long as its never been used before.....JMO

 

[68converted]

that part number isnt necessarily when THAT block was made, but when the part number was assigned.

Even if so, is there a reason the block has to be newer than 1968? A reman engine isnt REQUIRED to have a block made in the current year, as long as its never been used before.....JMO

No reason it has to be newer, I just want to know what is entailed in the reman. Do they bore it then sleave it? I just want to do the right thing if someone buys it. Morals, who would have thunk it.

 

[D.Hearne]

The only way to know for sure what's been done to a rebuilt motor, is too dissasemble and inspect it.Most rebuilt motors are overbored from .030-.060 . Almost none are sleeved, the percentage for this being done is less than 1/10 of 1 percent. The date codes will tell you the age of the block and heads, but to get the ID casting #'s of the heads, requires removing them or at least the intake and looking at them, using a mirror, the casting #s for the heads are on the bottom side of the intake ports on a small block

 

[68converted]

D.Hearne, thanks a bounch for all the help on my posts. I suppose I will pull it apart this afternoon. Heading to the TriState Swap this weekend. Appreciate the input!

 

[D.Hearne]

Anytime