Canadian Dodge, 3 ton 4x2

[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.