sorry for the newbie question but i know nothing about the slant six and i just bought one so i have to educate myself late in the game.

I have read they made 3 different slant 6's. I just bought a 1970 dart swinger slant6 and auto tranny how can i identify which motor / tranny combination is in my car?

thaks for your time

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Welcome onboard.

There were actually many different variants of the slant-6 produced over the years. Looking at the 5th digit in your 1970's VIN (in the lower driver's corner of the windshield) can tell you what engine the car was originally built with, and looking at the car's equipment plate ("fender tag", a rectangular strip of metal about 1-1/2" tall by about 2-1/2" wide secured to the inner fender or radiator support panel, with a bunch of letters and numbers on it) can give a little more information. But, your car is 35 years old, so it may not have its original engine.

The two slant-6 displacements available in '70 in North America were 198 and 225 cubic inches, both with a 1bbl carburetor. The 225 is the more common of the two. The engine ID numbers will be found stamped on a machined pad at the top of the engine block below the number one or number six spark plug—you will usually have to scrape/clean away the grease to find and read it.

Your transmission is almost certainly an A904. It is a strong, efficient and dependable transmission. The heavier-duty A727 was available by special order with the slant-6, but these were usually found only in trucks and police or taxi vehicles.

If you'll post a careful, complete transcription of your car's fender tag, we can help you know what equipment the car was originally built with.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

cool.

I am supposed to pick it up tomorrow and drag it home hopefully. i can get some pics of it or i will decipher the tag and post it up on here.

thanks for the info and looking forward to getting to know you guys and learning some stuff.

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man i thought my computer was locking up I guess not , it posted that 3 times sorry!!! i dont see a delete option available to users on this board

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If you "click" the "edit" button, then scroll to the bottom of the page, you will see a box, that says delete. Check that box.

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64 Valiant 4dr 170
64 Valiant 4dr 225

tried that charlie no luck but thank you? maybe its because i'm a newbie to this board

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Click the edit button. Then scroll to the down. Just below the box, where you type the text, you will see six small boxes.
The last box is "delete this post". check this box and click on the "submit" button. Try it again, if you still have a problem, send me a PM, and I will delete the extra posts.

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these are the boxes availabe to me at the bottom of my screen.

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hey i got my dart home and here is the vin and numbers off the data plate on the drivers inner fender if someone could be so kind as to decode it for me.


vin=LL23COR307772


M31 R11 V5X Y05 END
V1F G33 H51 M21 M26
FF4 D2F8 EF8 609 042374
E24 D31 LL23 CO2 307772

thanks in advance

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That "O" after the "C" is actually a zero.

This vehicle is a 1970 Dodge Dart 2-door Hardtop,
225-1 barrel 6-cylinder engine
and was the 207,772nd car scheduled for production at the Windsor, Ontario Canada assembly plant.

Fender tags are read from bottom to top:
E24: 225 1bbl engine, US emissions
D31: A904 automatic transmission
LL23C023077772: VIN
FF4: Light green metallic body paint
D2F8: Interior trim code (Dark green metallic paint)
EF8: Upper doorframe paint color (Dark green metallic)
609: Car manufactured June 9, 1970
042374: Vehicle Order Number
V1F: Vinyl top, green
G33: Left sideview mirror, remote control
H51: A/C with heater
M21: Rain rail mouldings, bright metal
M26: Wheelwell lip mouldings, bright metal
M31: Belt mouldings, door/quarter panel
R11: Radio, AM
V5X: Vinyl roof prep
Y05: Build to US-market specifications
END: End of codes

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

i wondered about that myself but its cold up here in ohio and didnt want to walk back out to make sure.

give me some credit 50 digits and i only screwed up one? lol I thought i did pretty good.

seriously though thank you for decoding that for me. now i know.

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