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03-11-2017, 11:28 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Ridgecrest, CA
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How to determine original engine.
Can you tell from the serial #if your truck was a v8 or 6 banger?
2 things have me wondering. 1. I have had my suburban for 36 years and I just noticed the "V" on the hood ornament! ( I know, not very observant!) 2. It has a 235 which I always assumed was original. When I first got it back in 1981, the radiator was chewed up from the fan. I couldn't figure that out, even replaced the motor mounts thinking the engine had moved. That didn't help so I just used a different fan and had a radiator shop solder up the leaks.. Now after all these years I aquire a 6 cylinder radiator and I noticed that it sits a little farther forward of where the other one is! So now I wonder if it was originally a v8, but who would go from v8 to 6? It's possible, back then it was just an old truck and they just put whatever they could get. Other alternative, engine is original and front doghouse was replaced.... Any ideas how to tell original engine?
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