Canadian Dodge, 3 ton 4x2

[Lang]

Mike

There were many, many combinations of bores and strokes on the Chrysler sixes.

The Canadian wartime 3 7/16 bore engine was 236 cu in not 250 they were produced alongside the 3 3/8 engines all through the war.

I will have a look at the KEW engine or engines to see the stroke/s (they are 3 7/16 bore)

As you say any engine will do but it is nice to have the most power available.

This link has it all.

http://www.t137.com/registry/help/ot.../tengines.html

Lang

[Mike K]

Going off topic but. The two 1941 Plymouth military utes I had and the 46 Dodge ute, all had the 218 motor 3 and 3/8 bore and 4 and 1/16th stroke from memory.

Some of the various Chrylser 6 blocks have the water pump by-pass hole in the block and some don't, in that latter case the by-pass is external. Be aware of this possible hiccup when ordering a head gasket because you can get stuck with a gasket the is useless.

The mid 1950's Australian sedan based utes ( which are unique ) have a 2 and 1/4 short block like a weapons carrier but with an internal water pump by-pass, the head gaskets do not swap over.

I managed to buy some NOS 218 engine parts from Ralph Provan ,he had a garage out near Doncaster , but that was many years ago.

[Kevin Goodwin]

Lang
The truck is the T110 model, the engine number I quoted is cast on the block with no prefix.
Regards the KEW engines I am in the process of trying to find any specialists/groups for those models over here.
Kevin

[Lang]

Kevin

The number you gave is just a casting number for factory use.

The number we need is stamped on the front left of the block on a raised pad.

T110 is the truck model but is also the engine series for your truck.

Lang

[Tony Smith]

And here are examples of KEW and Plymouth numbers:

[Mike K]

To add to the confusion

The 1941 De Soto ute I had, the engine prefix was "SP" from memory . The similar Plymouths were "P" and the Dodge "D" . These utes will be listed in the AWM ARN books as "12 cwt GS Van"

[Lynn Eades]

Mike, De Sotos are all beginning "S" 1941 begins S8S and S8C.
With a 3 7/16" bore the stroke was 4 1/2" to get 250 Cu.in.

For those that might want to know:
Plymouth block serials start with (funnily enough) a P, Dodge with a D, De Soto with an S, Chrysler with a C, and U.S. Military trucks, with a T.
I Don't know about the Canadian ones.

If the number includes a star, I think that indicates U.S. manufacture.

On the smaller blocks, the cars had lighter cranks= less counterweights.
These cranks had 4 or 6 bolts to hold the flywheel on. They are also likely to be shorter stroke. The U.S. military Dodges, T 215 / 214 / 223 all had 8 bolts,and were a 4 5/8" stroke, which were better suited to revving hard.

None of this however, helps Kevin.