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Casting Numbers on a Model J Block?
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Always interesting comparing notes on these old things.
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Raydon Thompson once had a Kissel with a 420 CID flathead engine and the entertwined initials IH on the rear over the bell housing.The engine was not original to the Kissel and International trucks had nothing like it so it still remains a mystery. The head gasket blew and that's how the bore and stroke were discovered to be the same as a stock "J".It may have een an industrial engine by an obscure and now long gone/forgotten maker.
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Bob Roller wrote: Lycoming did cast other large blocks for trucks that had identical CID of 420 when finished.
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FYI: George Albright investigated the other Lycoming 420 block for the possibility of converting one to a Duesy block. They are completely different. The truck block is a flat head.
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Lycoming did cast other large blocks for trucks that had identical CID of 420 when finished.
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alsancle wrote: I was wondering if all blocks had this number cast? Unfortunately the other block I have access to is off at the machine shop so I didn't have another to compare.
Well, I've got a picture of at least one other block with the exact same casting so I'm guessing it present on all the other blocks too.
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I expect that Randy will provide the real answer soon.
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(pardon the size but I wanted to make sure everyone could read it)
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