motor idenification

[danwheeler660]

how do i find out what motor is in my bronco and what year it is from thanks for any help Dan

[juggernaut]

need the numbers off heads and block

[danwheeler660]

i found this number on the block in back i think it is    A36168    or  A83168

[Ranger Dave]

on a ford  count the  bolts on the valve covers.  ill find the page  that you can count the  blots on the valve cover and you will know what motor it is

http://www.fordcobraengines.com/engineid.asp

or this one
http://www.fordification.com/tech/engineIDtags.htm

[Ranger Dave]

here what i was looking for


The quickest way of differentiating between the different familys of Ford engines is to simply count the valve cover bolts.
2 bolts: 239/256/272/292/312  (produced from 1954 to 1964)
5 bolts: 332/352/360/361/390/391/406/410/427/428 (FE engine)
6 bolts: 221/260/289/302/351W
7 bolts: 429/460
8 bolts: 351C/351M/400

[danwheeler660]

how do i find out what the year is i think i need a new water pump but need to know what year the motor is

[Ranger Dave]

behind the  starter  is a casting #

C is for  60s
D is for  70s
E is for 80s
F is for 90s

it will be like    D7###   this is a 77

a D9  id a  79

hope this helps

[danwheeler660]

ok i will look tommrow it is to dark out now thank you

behind the  starter  is a casting #

C is for  60s
D is for  70s
E is for 80s
F is for 90s

it will be like    D7###   this is a 77

a D9  id a  79

hope this helps

[Ranger Dave]

this is a 79 block

D9VE-A2B

[danwheeler660]

well me and the wife spent about 20 mins under the truck today and we still can't find the casting numders we look on both sieds of the block down botoom and i even looked at the back of the heads and we are just not seeing them we looked all around the starter we are lost,,

this is a 79 block

D9VE-A2B

[danwheeler660]

ok i took out mt stater and found the numbers i have E0AE/D3C so i hAVE a 1980 block thanks for all the help