Info needed: Help to identify my engine!

[david moore]

For what it is worth, I've looked at my copy of the Ford CMP list. Your engine number is not included but the nearest ones that bracket it are dated ;
PR 3868623 - C60L 12 Dec 1942
PR 3881308 - C60L 22 Jan 1943

The C8's listed are all in the range (ZR) 2802530 to 3766043
Are you sure that your engine isn't ZR as opposed to PR?

[Richard Nixon]

Hi David,

Yes its definitely PR.

A friend of mine thats an ex REME chap, said that if they put rebuilt landrover engines back in a landy they prefixed it PR. Would that practice have been in use in the 40s?

The engine overhaul plate shows it had std bores, bearings and big end bearings in October 1945.

[Richard Nixon]

overhaul plate and engine number.....

[Paul Singleton]

Are you sure that the bore is 3 1/2? If it’s 3 9/16 you could have a 224 engine from a Canadian GMC truck. I haven’t seen one but it is listed in my 1939/40 Canadian shop manual. It was a Canadian manufactured engine for the GMC and basically seems to be similar to the 216 but with a larger bore and aluminum pistons. It was probably made obsolete by the 235 engine introduced in 1941. If it is a Canadian built engine that may be reason for the odd casting numbers.

Paul

[Richard Nixon]

Originally Posted by Paul Singleton

Are you sure that the bore is 3 1/2? If it’s 3 9/16 you could have a 224 engine from a Canadian GMC truck. I haven’t seen one but it is listed in my 1939/40 Canadian shop manual. It was a Canadian manufactured engine for the GMC and basically seems to be similar to the 216 but with a larger bore and aluminum pistons. It was probably made obsolete by the 235 engine introduced in 1941. If it is a Canadian built engine that may be reason for the odd casting numbers.

Paul

Hi Paul,
Yes its definitely 3 1/2 bore.

[Richard Nixon]

casting number

[Richard Nixon]

I think I might be getting somewhere! I have found PR engine numbers in this list:

https://hotrod.gregwapling.com/chev-...dian-chev.html

It shows the PR series as being assembled in Australia. If I understand it correctly my number is in a series of engines assembled in Melbourne (starting from PR3849349) This shows the engine was in a C60S (Model 2844200538M)

Grateful if someone can confirm my theory!! If right at least I know its a 216 engine block!!

[Grant Bowker]

Thank you Richard, that's the listing I was looking for.

[Lynn Eades]

Just for your info, the 235 has a 3 15/16" stroke with the 3.5" (same) bore size as the 216 cu. in.