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CSIPSD 04-11-2011 10:17 PM


Originally Posted by chromehound (Post 738403)
I was told the origonal owner pulled the motor to put a new oil pan on and painted the motor. but who knows. I have a number (TNV7.3C8DAAA) from the tag thats under the International name, going to see if it turns up anything. Where would I look for say an engine serial number to see what it is. Would a bus motor bolt to a e4od without some mods?

As for the pre filter ya lost me-pre filter on what?

It would bolt up with the adapter shim off of the old motor and changing the oil pan and pick up...

Best thing to do would be pull a valve cover and see what injectors are in it.

chromehound 04-11-2011 10:25 PM

Great another weekend trying to fix somebody elses ghetto fixes. God they need a sarcasm thing on these forums.

95powersmoker 04-11-2011 10:27 PM


Originally Posted by chromehound (Post 738423)
Great another weekend trying to fix somebody elses ghetto fixes. God they need a sarcasm thing on these forums.

THe Badlands. lol

prison 04-11-2011 10:30 PM


Originally Posted by chromehound (Post 738403)
I was told the origonal owner pulled the motor to put a new oil pan on and painted the motor. but who knows. I have a number (TNV7.3C8DAAA) from the tag thats under the International name, going to see if it turns up anything. Where would I look for say an engine serial number to see what it is. Would a bus motor bolt to a e4od without some mods?

As for the pre filter ya lost me-pre filter on what?

my 94 and 97 have the black cone prefilter on the side of the fuel bowl. maybe i just cant see yours. its hanging off the regulator or whatever its called

joebob3093 04-11-2011 10:48 PM


Originally Posted by CSIPSD (Post 738339)
That is not the motor that came with that truck... Hard to say what it is, but I would bet its a bus motor someone swapped in. Could even have AC injectors in it.

i dont think it has ACs in it. my valve covers said 215hp@3000rpm

chromehound 04-11-2011 11:48 PM

I'm just gonna pull a valve cover off when I get time - theres to many people who say yes and even more saying no. I don't recall seeing anything else on the fuel bowl but I'll look harder tomarrow plus now that I know the fuel pump is under the spider I'll check for the "spaceship" to at least end the single vs split shot question.

95powersmoker 04-11-2011 11:52 PM

Just pull one valve cover. You just need to see what code injectors you have.

chromehound 04-12-2011 12:25 AM

Just afraid to - every time I take something apart bolts have been rounded, crap messed up, etc since the PO didn't know a driveshaft from steering wheel. Thankfully the covers don't look like they have been touched.

95powersmoker 04-12-2011 12:28 AM

I find the drivers side to be easier, Just pull the air intake, then pull all the vc bolts and botta bing. There will be a code on the top of the injector solenoid. It will either be AA or AB followed by a bunch of numbers.

kctyphoon 03-17-2012 07:59 PM

i know another difference betweem the cali spec and 49 state trucks is the spring in the FPR. the fuel pressure was bumped up on the cali models. there is a seperate part number for the cali spec fpr kit. i came across this looking for info on doing a fpr shim, and someone listed the different part numbers. im not sure what the difference is pressure is, but i will probably be buying the cali spec spring to help smooth out my idle..

oh.. and another thing i just remembered - the timing is different for engines that use single shot vs split.. one uses 1 degree advance timing while the other uses 11 degrees.. the chip in the pcm also has different programming. the water outlet on the water pump on the school bus motors is also on the opposite side of ours, but i would imagine if the motors were swapped they would have changed over to our style pump to make connecting to the radiator easy/normal .


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