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Different service/replacement parts plants started/ended at different sequence numbers.
For these transmissions,I've only seen Muncie assembled cases within those ranges. Here's some others: Cleveland plant transmission assemblies were #00001-14999. Toledo plant transmission assemblies were #15000-24999. Saginaw plant transmission assemblies were #25000-34999. Muncie plant transmission assemblies were #35000-44999. At some plants,once they used up all the given numbers in a series,they went back to the beginning sequence number,but this time they placed the letter A in front of it,but understand not every plant did this. I'm pretty certain the letter C designated CHEVROLET,and not Counter.The letter after it stood for the component,be it T for transmission,H for Hyrdra-matic or E for engine.The fact that these were also available over the counter was just a coincedence that it fit.. They even designated the Company they were destined to. C was Chevrolet. L was Oldsmobile. K was Cadillac. B was Buick. P was Pontiac. This applied to other service parts like partial engines,fitted cylinder cases,just cylinder cases,transmission assemblies & just their cases. In Toms example,..CC9 A40010B...I've not seen a 1969 service case like that,so I wanted to be sure the 9 wasn't actually the number 0,like in Pats example. Here's what I believe Toms to decode as: C-Chevrolet C-Case..they just swapped in his old guts,and did not spring for an entire new transmission.This was common as they did the least amount they had to under warranty. 9=last digit of year case was completed in. A=reset back to the beginning of sequence. 40010=sequence #. B=M-21 Transmission I believe...this is what's unusual to me as I thought this was only notated in 1970. Pat,yes each calendar year,so yours is indicating it was assembled sometime between Jan.-Dec.1970. |
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