292 312 Ford Engine

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ncauclair

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I have a 292 312 engine. It has a serial number on an original manifold as follows " ECE-9431-8 8 An odd looking "C" symbol with another symbol inside the C and a 4E 26. Anyone have any idea what year Ford the engine came out of? Also where would an engine number be located. Thanks Nick
 
ncauclair said:
Hi
I have a 292 312 engine. It has a serial number on an original manifold as follows " ECE-9431-8 8 An odd looking "C" symbol with another symbol inside the C and a 4E 26. Anyone have any idea what year Ford the engine came out of? Also where would an engine number be located. Thanks Nick
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The various parts of an engine (like that exhaust manifold) have their own casting numbers.
Some parts were used on different year & displacement engines and the casting numbers could carry on for a couple years until Ford saw the need to change them.
Not to mention parts from 'wherever' being swapped around in the 60+ years since then.
A misc info and casting number link...
http://www.y-block.info/main.html

The casting number on the engine block itself is the one to look for.
ncauclair said:
... where would an engine number be located. ...
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There may be three different locations depending on the year and foundry.
Go to the "Block Identification" tab (with a few photos) at this link...
http://ford-y-block.com/technical.htm

The "CF" symbol is for the Cleveland Foundry, as opposed to the Dearborn Industrial Foundry "DIF".

The "4E 26" is the date code of when the part was made, 4 = '54, E = May, and 26 would be the 26th day of the month. IIRC
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ncauclair said:
I have a 292 312 engine.

It has a serial number on an original manifold as follows ECE-9431-8 8
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That will be found in the offered EXH MAN Casting I.D. CHART - ECE-9431-B

An odd looking "C" symbol with another symbol inside the C and a 4E26
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The first identifies it as being cast at the CLEVELAND FOUNDRY and the second the DATE of CASTING.

The CASTING ID NO. identifies the EXH MAN as being a 272CI.
 
Wow. A great brain bank of knowledge. Thanks for all the info. So it's not a 292 312-- it's a 272. Cool. Big thanks.
 
ncauclair said:
... So it's not a 292 312-- it's a 272. Cool. Big thanks.
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Did you find the actual engine block number? It will be 3 letters usually followed by '6015'.
Those ECE exhaust manifolds will bolt on to almost any other Y-block engine thru '64.

A 272 will have the letters "ECG" on the block, usually at the base of the distributor. Also the 'DIF' symbol.
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It can be bored out .060" to make it a 292.


Those are heavy engines.


What ****** do you have with it?


If it is a manual that is a good thing.


The automatics were god awful heavy because it was cast iron case with cast



iron bellhousing.


Good thing if it has a 4 barrel carb and intake manifold already on it.


Hang on to that engine even if you just store it under tarp.


They do not grow on trees anymore.
 

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KULTULZ said:
That will be found in the offered EXH MAN Casting I.D. CHART - ECE-9431-B

The first identifies it as being cast at the CLEVELAND FOUNDRY and the second the DATE of CASTING.

The CASTING ID NO. identifies the EXH MAN as being a 272CI.
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ncauclair said:
Wow. A great brain bank of knowledge. Thanks for all the info. So it's not a 292 312-- it's a 272. Cool. Big thanks.
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It (ECE-9431-B ) identifies that particular EXH MAN only. You need to ID the rest of the components to actually know what you have. It just might be a 312 under there.

Too much guessing and too little fact.
 
I took a photo of the number on the block below the distributor. Had the Cleveland symbol and a 35 number. I tried to post the engine photos here but it won't let me????
 
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