engine identification 218/230

[rolliejoe]

Any easy way to tell the two apart or know how to identify which one you have?

thanks.

[steveplym]

Easiest way is like Shel said to locate the number on the engine. It is on the left side of the block at the front below the head on most engines. Casting date is behind the oil filler tube as well.

I've got a motor that I took out of a '36 Plymouth and it must have replaced at some point, as the serial # matches a '36 Plymouth motor, but the casting date is in 1945. Also there is a tag that states "Specify 218 when ordering parts." It is actually a 218, even though '36 Plymouths came with a 201.

[rolliejoe]

it's a 1954 motor, I'll get the engine serial #.

[rolliejoe]

Thanks for the help. It's a P24*573031* which would make it a 218, was hoping for a 230.

If anyone in the St. Louis area has a 230 they're looking to get rid of

by all means let me know.

[greg g]

If your are going to rebuild it you can make it a 230 by swapping in the 230 rotating assembly.

[rolliejoe]

That's the plan, to find 230 crank/rods/flywheel to put in/on my P23 218 while I have it apart.

[blueskies]

That's the plan, to find 230 crank/rods/flywheel to put in/on my P23 218 while I have it apart.

That's what I did with my '50 218. I bought a NOS 230 crank, rods, and flywheel from Vintage Power Wagons. The block is identical between the 218 and 230.

Pete