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Engine Date from Ford
mikeb - 7/2/18 at 01:53 PM

Does anyone have the recent address to get an engine date from ford.

I used this but got a bounce back

Ford Technical Information Centre
PO Box 12060
Colchester
CO1 9PF

Any help gratefully received.


theduck - 7/2/18 at 02:07 PM

A burton catalogue or this page on the burton website are acceptable at IVA http://www.burtonpower.com/tuning-guides/tuning-guide-pages/ford-manufacture-dates.html


mikeb - 7/2/18 at 02:11 PM

I had read that but I'm not 100% every tester will take it.
I have picture of the engine in the donor donor vehicle with reg number, stripped out of donor vehicle, then in my kit.
I'd prefer a letter from ford!


gremlin1234 - 7/2/18 at 02:30 PM

do the engine number and doner vin match?


theduck - 7/2/18 at 03:08 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mikeb
I had read that but I'm not 100% every tester will take it.
I have picture of the engine in the donor donor vehicle with reg number, stripped out of donor vehicle, then in my kit.
I'd prefer a letter from ford!


Phone the test centre and check the tester would be happy with it.


ttalps2000 - 7/2/18 at 03:13 PM

I used that address back in October last year and got a response in 4 days!

I just sent them a letter with the engine number and asked them to confirm the production date of the engine.

Got a letter back with the same info that you can get from the Burton catalogue but from Ford. IVA man was more than happy with this on my re-test.

If your sending them the reg number etc, then it has probs bounced back as they will not be able to do anything from that.


djaques - 7/2/18 at 08:16 PM

I wrote to that address two weeks ago with the engine number and got a response within a week confirming the engine build date.


furryeggs - 7/2/18 at 09:50 PM

I’ve sent the full hpi and destruction report along with a ford vehicle check from a ford main dealer, and a photo of the reg and chassis number. All of them show both chassis and matching engine number.

Hopefully that’ll be enough for them


nick205 - 8/2/18 at 05:22 PM

quote:
Originally posted by djaques
I wrote to that address two weeks ago with the engine number and got a response within a week confirming the engine build date.



I did the same a few years back for the Pinto that came out of my Sierra donor. Worked well and the response time was very good.