DeTomaso Mailing List: December 2000, Message #143

From:	Thomas Tornblom <Thomas.Tornblom@Hax.SE>
Subject:	Heads and castings again
Date:	Mon, 4 Dec 2000 17:50:30 -0500


I lifted the right head tonight from #9321 as I saw that coolant leaked out on 
the outside of the block :-(

This engine is an Australian 2V engine.

The head has a ARD0AE casting and has a raised "3" on the lower corner instead 
of the "4" on the upper corner that the US heads have.

What puzzles me is that the block has a CF marking on the rear, just beside the 
oil pressure sender. Was that normal also for the Aussie blocks? I'm pretty 
confident that the block really is an Australian block as the distributor was an 
Australian Bosch unit and a US distributor wouldn't fit as the shaft is narrower 
on the Aussie block.

I have uploaded some pictures:
http://www.detomaso.nu/~thomast/casting/block-id.jpeg
http://www.detomaso.nu/~thomast/casting/chamber.jpeg
http://www.detomaso.nu/~thomast/casting/head-id.jpeg
http://www.detomaso.nu/~thomast/casting/head-id2.jpeg
http://www.detomaso.nu/~thomast/casting/head-id3.jpeg

Thomas

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