i have a 85 ram with a much older engine i found this out when i needed to return my tappet cover gasket with my tappet cover what i do know is the gasket they give me was for a 79 and i'm preety sure it's a 225 after that i'm simply guessingi have found the serial number and i think i also have the casting number off the head if they help the serial number reads 0 225 R1 24 2E and the numbers i found on my head are 410362 and 3129 hopefully someone can help me identify this engine and it's oroginal home or give me a site that can do this for me

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MOPAR OR NO CAR
1985 Ram
1975 Coronet
1998 Dakota

0 225 R1 24 2E
0 - ?? - Would check this. The rest of the number is for a pre-1968 engine, so it should be a letter (P, R, S, T, V, A, B, C)
225 - 225-cid
R - Regular fuel
1 24 - Assembly date - January, 24
2 - Assemble on 2nd shift
E - Cast crank

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Bill
Vancouver, BC

Bill, something wrong here. You stated that was a pre 68, but also a cast crank. The cast crank did not come out untill 1976. Could it be a later hydraulic lifter motor. Something like 81 or 82?

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Charrlie_S
65 Valiant 100 2dr post 170 turbo
66 Valiant Signet 170 nitrous
64 Valiant Signet
64 Valiant 4dr 170
64 Valiant 4dr 225

they are solid lifters in it not hydraulic but i do have a cast crank if it helps any

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1985 Ram
1975 Coronet
1998 Dakota

mopar freak.....you arent from california are you? i see the canadian flag but I have to ask.

My engine has a pad on the drivers side near the back that shows the serial number of my car on it. What does that pad say on your engine?

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I've been calling it as i see it for my entire life and that's not about to change. Take it or leave it.

nope i'm canadian never even beed to califoria
the numbers i have posted are the ones on that pad

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MOPAR OR NO CAR
1985 Ram
1975 Coronet
1998 Dakota

if it helps at all the engine was a baby blue after i scraped off the greese and sludge that had built up on it

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MOPAR OR NO CAR
1985 Ram
1975 Coronet
1998 Dakota

I don't remember on the slants, but on all the V8's I have had newer than 69, the pad that says part of the VIN is along the very bottom of the block, on a machined pad ajacent to the oil pan rail. On smallblocks, the
equivalent numbers to what you have posted are on the front of the block, drivers side just below the head mount surface. The numbers that you have posted appear to have come off the block like right behind the alternator near the #1 cylinder (top of block) Look below the oil pump about the middle, way bottom, on the passenger side. Might have to scrape and spray with brake clean or Gumout, etc to find.

it's clean no gunk or anything like that on it

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MOPAR OR NO CAR
1985 Ram
1975 Coronet
1998 Dakota

Im pretty sure the pad that had my VIN on it was on the drivers side of the engine, near the back. But definitely check the passenger side over the oil pump too, as don suggested. Those numbers you gave us came from the front of the engine.

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I've been calling it as i see it for my entire life and that's not about to change. Take it or leave it.

ok i've looked at the block closer and writen down every number and letter i've found heres what i got
7C this was at the rear and would not be visable with a traany
3C this was at the front and would be coverd by the timing chain cover
2 was found by the oil pump
330-2 found on the left of the block
3399 this is found on both sides of my block in a little pad
AAWJ found on the left of the block
0 225 R1 24 2E found this up by the head on the left front
0F193158 found this at the rear up near the top right side
i don't think there are any more numbers on this block at least none that i can see without attacking the intire thing with my wire wheel thats on the grinder hope someone can tell me what these tell them i do still have a head i can go over but hope i have no need

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MOPAR OR NO CAR
1985 Ram
1975 Coronet
1998 Dakota