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Check on top of the auxillary drive,toward the front of the block,should be stamped right on the top ahead of the injection pump.Or was that just on the Thermodynes,I can't remember?

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Check on top of the auxillary drive,toward the front of the block,should be stamped right on the top ahead of the injection pump.Or was that just on the Thermodynes,I can't remember?

All conventional engines are stamped there, cabovers were stamped on backside of motor next to firewall, right below headgasket. terry

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All conventional engines are stamped there, cabovers were stamped on backside of motor next to firewall, right below headgasket. terry

Ah,yes! Thanks,Terry!

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That engine looks like a 237 because of the fabricated intake manifold. The 673 turbo'd (ENDT 673) had a top 250 hp rating, but used a different style intake manifold. Like others said, over the years guys did mix and match parts, they used Maxidyne pistons in their turned up 673's. The engine model should be stamped in the edge of the timing cover, it was around the introduction of the "300"s that they started to put a data plate on the engine block, right behind the lines off the injector pump

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All Mack 6cyl. engines had spin on filters after, say, 1972, that's when the 'ESI' engines came out. ESI stands for 'Extended Sevice Interval'. Part of ESI programme was spin on filters. It does'nt matter if it is an END673E, an ENDT673C or an ENDT675, they will all have spin ons after 1972. But an ESI engine should have a spin on water conditioner element. this engine has the earlier style of water connections to the radiator. But as has been said, over the years things get changed. You can't always go by things like turbo(not by appearance anyway, you need the#), inlet manifold or water and oil connections or set ups because things get changed. The tin inlet manifold was used on the 'P' motor, the 'C' motor, the '237' and the END673'E'. The Turbo looks like a Switzer to me, could be a 237 or a 'C' motor. The oil filler is just a Mack 6cyl. oil filler neck for an 'R' model. You need the # from the side of the fuel pump, the engine # from either the front of the engine near where the fuel pump drive is, or the rear of the block if the engine was originally fitted to an F series,(don't know how you will get that if thats where it is located) The # on the turbo could possibly tell you what turbo it is, i.e. what engine it is for.

Why was the engine painted gold? Was it to fool people in to thinking it was a '237' or is it really a '237'?

But it looks like an ENDT675, a '237'

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All Mack 6cyl. engines had spin on filters after, say, 1972, that's when the 'ESI' engines came out. ESI stands for 'Extended Sevice Interval'. Part of ESI programme was spin on filters. It does'nt matter if it is an END673E, an ENDT673C or an ENDT675, they will all have spin ons after 1972. But an ESI engine should have a spin on water conditioner element. this engine has the earlier style of water connections to the radiator. But as has been said, over the years things get changed. You can't always go by things like turbo(not by appearance anyway, you need the#), inlet manifold or water and oil connections or set ups because things get changed. The tin inlet manifold was used on the 'P' motor, the 'C' motor, the '237' and the END673'E'. The Turbo looks like a Switzer to me, could be a 237 or a 'C' motor. The oil filler is just a Mack 6cyl. oil filler neck for an 'R' model. You need the # from the side of the fuel pump, the engine # from either the front of the engine near where the fuel pump drive is, or the rear of the block if the engine was originally fitted to an F series,(don't know how you will get that if thats where it is located) The # on the turbo could possibly tell you what turbo it is, i.e. what engine it is for.

Why was the engine painted gold? Was it to fool people in to thinking it was a '237' or is it really a '237'?

But it looks like an ENDT675, a '237'

That is the way i remenber it.

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All Mack 6cyl. engines had spin on filters after, say, 1972, that's when the 'ESI' engines came out. ESI stands for 'Extended Sevice Interval'. Part of ESI programme was spin on filters. It does'nt matter if it is an END673E, an ENDT673C or an ENDT675, they will all have spin ons after 1972. But an ESI engine should have a spin on water conditioner element. this engine has the earlier style of water connections to the radiator. But as has been said, over the years things get changed. You can't always go by things like turbo(not by appearance anyway, you need the#), inlet manifold or water and oil connections or set ups because things get changed. The tin inlet manifold was used on the 'P' motor, the 'C' motor, the '237' and the END673'E'. The Turbo looks like a Switzer to me, could be a 237 or a 'C' motor. The oil filler is just a Mack 6cyl. oil filler neck for an 'R' model. You need the # from the side of the fuel pump, the engine # from either the front of the engine near where the fuel pump drive is, or the rear of the block if the engine was originally fitted to an F series,(don't know how you will get that if thats where it is located) The # on the turbo could possibly tell you what turbo it is, i.e. what engine it is for.

Why was the engine painted gold? Was it to fool people in to thinking it was a '237' or is it really a '237'?

But it looks like an ENDT675, a '237'

Again the problem is it's two hours away from the guy so numbers at this point doesn't matter. Likewise the identification is great when the numbers are there and aren't scratched or grinded off. I had to order a few set of head gaskets for the 673c in my B61 before I got the correct ones. The numbers on the front housing were ground off. The pump number was 673t the turbo number was the same as a 237. That engine has 3 hairline cracked pistons which the numbers can't be out. Numbers are great when they are there but when they are not out comes the old TS442 and B-model manuals. The oil fill neck from a ENDT675 I parted out will not fit the supposed 673c currently in my B61. The bolt pattern was different. I converted to spin on filters (water and oil) by changing the oil cooler, the water pump, and cross drilled the block for oil flow. Then added the water filter manifold. My point is over 40 years a lot can change or be converted on a truck.

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i have seen the tin intake manifold used on 673's, the tin one on 237 has the smaller inlet tube for the turbo. regular 673 tin one has a 4'' tube for direct to the air cleaner. looks like a 673c motor to me with the old style 711/673 manifold but as others have said things change. could be a 237 with the old water manifold or a endt673c with a spin on filter kit.

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