{"id":129,"date":"2015-11-17T20:37:05","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T03:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruiser54.com\/?p=129"},"modified":"2016-01-31T13:38:53","modified_gmt":"2016-01-31T20:38:53","slug":"4-0l-engine-date-codes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/?p=129","title":{"rendered":"4.0L Engine Date Codes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cruiser54.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Engine-code-location.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-149\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cruiser54.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Engine-code-location.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Engine code location\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cruiser54.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Engine-code-location.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cruiser54.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Engine-code-location.jpg?w=854&amp;ssl=1 854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The date code is on the passenger side of the engine, on the block, just forward and up from the distributor on a machined flat surface.<\/p>\n<p>The digits of the code identify:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Digit-The year (8 = 1998).<\/li>\n<li>2nd &amp; 3rd Digits-The month (01 &#8211; 12).<\/li>\n<li>4th &amp; 5th Digits-The engine type\/fuel system\/compression ratio (MX = A 4.0 Liter (242 CID) 8.7:1 compression ratio engine with a multi-point fuel injection system).<\/li>\n<li>6th &amp; 7th Digits-The day of engine build (01 &#8211; 31).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>FOR EXAMPLE: Code * <strong>801MX12<\/strong> * identifies a 4.0 Liter (242 CID) engine with a multi-point fuel injection system and\u00a08.7:1 compression ratio that was\u00a0built on January 12, 1998.<\/p>\n<p>Revised 1-31-2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The date code is on the passenger side of the engine, on the block, just forward and up from the distributor on a machined flat surface. The digits of the code identify: 1st Digit-The year (8 = 1998). 2nd &amp; 3rd Digits-The month (01 &#8211; 12). 4th &amp; 5th Digits-The engine type\/fuel system\/compression ratio (MX &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/?p=129\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">4.0L Engine Date Codes<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p80Oju-25","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346,"href":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions\/346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}