Guest hiyudon Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Wanting to stock up on spare parts for my '42 Dodge which has the 230 cid engine. How far ahead and how far behind are parts interchangeable for the generator, starter, etc etc.Thank you,Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Henry White Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 While it would require some time spent reading the parts books in order to give an exact answer I can say the generator is going to be the same from about 1939 - about 1948. Starter is probably going to be a 42-48 item IIRC. Carb is 42-48 and automatic choke unit is 39-48. Hope this helps. I have some of these items for sale both nos, nors, and used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 (edited) The basic engine dates back to 1933 or 34. It was redesigned about 1937. This included making the water jackets the full length of the cylinders instead of only the top half. This required moving the starter over, and changing the bellhousing and flywheel.After that they made basically the same engine from 1937 or 38, up to 1959 for cars and possibly as late as the early seventies for industrial engines and marine engines.Every year or 2 there were changes made, such as higher compression, more HP, they went to a lower water pump in the mid fifties to get the fan to clear the lower hoodlines, things like that.But many parts are alike and interchangeable for many, many years. Most parts still can be ordered from NAPA and other good parts stores. Vintage Power Wagons has literally tons of new and used parts, the same engines were used in Power Wagons too.Then there are Chrysler specialists like Andy Bernbaum who have large stocks of parts.6v starters and generators were used up to 1955. As time went on there were different designs and the later ones put out more amps. Edited July 21, 2013 by Rusty_OToole (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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