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The top number is the casting date, looks to be 1-23-78 which makes it a late production 440. Mostly in police cruisers and trucks at that point. Check the pan rail on the passenger side, there should be a VIN number stamped there which would tell you what the engine came out of. Be sure to...

Starting in 1974, the year code is 4T440, it goes up by one digit, ex. 5T440 for '75 until the production run stopped in '78. The lower numbers appear to be 2 73 which is the assembly date for the engine. Sales of big blocks cratered in '73 because of fuel shortages and higher prices. There...

Most Chrysler electronic distributors used a ballast resistor. Some were the same as the stock points unit and others were the dual pass type. Your '71 would have probably had the single pass stock type. Most of the Chi-com knockoffs are a POS. The early MSD units were prone to shorting out...

What year vehicle is this? The older ones used a cable from the heater control to the heater valve. This applies to most '68 and older models. This cable sometimes comes loose from the heater control or the heater valve. For the later ones, If the blower is working, then you likely have a...

In the photo, you shoes appear to be wearing unevenly, more at the bottom. Have you checked the wheel bearing on that side? A worn or poorly adjusted wheel bearing will sometimes cause weird wear patterns, usually excessive ware at the bottoms of the shoe as a bad bearing will cause the axle to...

There is a short rubber hose where the fuel line goes into the stub frame at the front of the car at about the passenger seat, did you replace that hose? If the hose is good, if you have access to a smoke generator, disconnect the line at the fuel sensor and at the fuel pump. plug the line at...

You can have your existing radiator re-cored at any good radiator shop. To do this, it will cost about $800 but it will be correct when you are done. Dave

Neutral safety switch supplies the ground to activate the relay. Dave

C 440 is a 1967 block and will not normally have a VIN number stamped on it as the VIN number system on engines did not start until '68. If the vehicle is a '67 this is probably the correct engine. You should check the build sheet and the build tag to be sure the car came with a 440. Dave

A lot of city police cruisers had the 318 with the police package. Dave

Sometimes the fan control switch goes bad and gets stuck, usually in the low fan position. If you pull the heater control and remove the switch, you can carefully take it apart. Often, someone will have gotten too rough with the switch and the little tabs that hold it together will have come...

Clevite is a good brand of bearing. That might mean that either the camshaft was not properly machined or there is a serious warping problem with the block. Before getting all excited about that, I would start by having the bearing surfaces of the cam checked with a micrometer. Some of the...

No eye,respiratory or splash protection. Wonder how long these guys last at this job. Only bright side is that after a hard day of casting they can use the woks they used to sort scrap to cook dinner. Dave

I stand corrected. Dave

Rear quarter panel should be stamped under the rubber seal for the deck lid on the driver side. There will be two numbers, one is the six digit sequence number for the VIN or the order number the other is the mold number used to form the rear quarter sheet metal. This will tell you if the...

Look at the backside of the LCA, the stud should be inserted in the round hole at the back of the hex fitting until it is flush with the outer edge of the hole. If you are there, it is properly installed. The bushings are about 2 1/8" wide so there will be some free space on the collar. Dave

The eight mounting nuts for the converter came with lock washers. Be sure to remove the rust from your input shaft before installing the converter and oil everything well before inserting the rear hub of the converter into the front seal. Rotate only enough to line up the teeth on the front...

You can also run about a pint of 2 cycle engine oil in the tank per fill up. Modern 2 cycle oils are loaded with Teflon which is a good valve train lubricant. Might not be a good idea if the factory catalyst is still installed. Dave

You probably got a defective mount, contact their customer service to see if they will replace it. If Mancini is sourcing replacement mounts from China, they are probably junk as the Chicom rubber parts are poorly made. Dave

Did you replace the floats as part of the rebuild? Dave