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Old 02-18-2016, 09:08 PM   #5
BRENT in 10-uh-C
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Default Re: Production boo boo's

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Originally Posted by Brentwood Bob View Post
I believe the engines were run in before installed in the car. Any problems were probably caught prior to final assembly. Faulty motors were reworked. A diamond motor, a post production replacement assembled at the Rouge Plant, would have a sequential number stamped on it at assembly.

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Bob, I am not sure I am following you. If an engine was manufactured post-production, why would it need a sequential number stamped on it at the factory? Wouldn't that be the job of the mechanic installing it to match (stamp) the vehicle's VIN on it??
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