Golden Jubilee
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Joined: Thu Nov 29, 2012 9:28 pm
Location: Lyman, IA
Re: Delco starter overhaul.
The FAB, FAC, BLD and BD 282 and 308 are closely related, and some parts interchange and some don not.
Complete engines in the same family will often bolt in place of each other, although the later BD 282 and 308 relocated the oil filter and it hits the steering gear if you try and put it in the K series trucks. The oil filter adaptors do NOT interchange so you must use the one the engine came with.
Things like manifolds and heads are different the later ones have bigger valves and ports, so you can't fit on an early engine.
The engine series that started in the late 20-s early 30's that was the FAB BLD (BD 282 and 308 only) lasted all the way up to about 1970, on paper at least. When IHC came out with SV V-8 most trucks got the V8 and the medium six is rare to find after the mid 50's, The SV started at 266 then 304 and ended up 345 and 392. It covered the same displacement area that the 282 and 308 did. There are few like me that would have prefered the inline over the V8 and the six didn't sell well after the V8 was available.
Just to be very clear, the small six that was in the pick-ups and lighter medium trucks starting in 1950 on are completely different than the larger medium six.