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Old 05-08-2021, 07:56 PM
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Hey all - I've got a 95 but I know it's had a motor transplant which I've always assumed was around a 97. Finally realized I could just run the casting number on the block and know for sure. The casting number is 53010341, but what I keep finding online is this:

Year............Casting No
1987-90......53005535 (8933002665)
1991-95......53008405
1996-98......53020569
1999-04......53010449

So.......Why do the numbers go backwards at 99+? I'm not sure where my 53010341 belongs but I'm sure someone on here knows.

Sure appreciate it!
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BLOCK # 53010341 - Jeep Strokers

its a '97 (according to above thread)
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Just what I needed - thanks AWG!!
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