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Caterpillar 3406b Serial Number Location

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The serial number should be stamped on the right side of the block towards the rear. A lot of motors have a right side water filter, it would be behind it. If the motor has several coats of paint, it could be covered. The serial number for a B model Cat that you are looking for is on the block, not the head or anywhere else. Find your Cat model by using this serial number prefix guide to easily identifyyour engine. Audio port for mac. Sorted for generators, industrial, marine and trucks.

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The Detroit Diesel on-highway engines consist of the Series 60, the DD13 and the DD15. To identify a Detroit Diesel(engine, locate the metallic plate on the driver's side of the valve cover. An engine serial number will be present, in addition to a model number. Detroit Diesel Series 60 engines are painted light blue from the factory, and the DD13 and the DD15 engines are painted black. Series 60 serial numbers will begin 06R followed by seven digits. The DD13 and the DD15 consist of 10 numeric digits. Many truck manufacturers used the same model engines in their on-highway vehicles.

On Aug 26, 2007, a question titled '3406B serial number location' (2549) was added to the Caterpillar forum on Diesel Talk.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Detroit Diesel, Caterpillar and Cummins built engines for most of the truck manufacturers in the United States. A Freightliner, Peterbilt or a Navistar may have been built with a Detroit Diesel, Caterpillar or Cummins engine up until the late 1990s.

Beginning in the early 2000s, however, engine companies began to produce engines for specific truck manufacturers. Detroit Diesel engines are now used exclusively in Freightliner trucks. Caterpillar and Cummins engines are used by Peterbilt, Kenworth and Freightliner. Navistar engines are still proprietary to International Harvester Trucks. Throughout an engine's life, there is a chance that the engine was repaired or overhauled at some point. As most engine serial numbers used to identify the engine are located on metallic plates; these plates to wear and in some cases become illegible. In other cases, parts such as the valve cover are changed without the repair shop removing the old identification plate and installing it on the new one.

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It is good practice to locate the serial number that is stamped on the cylinder block to prevent misidentification of the engine. Outlook for mac free.

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