The 1st item to be completed is the location of your Perkins Identification tag. Mostly, that is a metal tag riveted onto the engine block, with the serial number embedded. This tag will also have additional Perkins information. A typical serial number is written as TU30008U510256F.
On closer examination, this can be subdivided into five (5) segments. Typically, this should be understood as TU, 30008, U, 510256, and F.
The “TU” represents the engine family and type rule. This refers to what most people will call the “Model Number.” This “TU” need to be cross referenced at the “Perkins Engine Family plus Type Chart”. On that chart, the “TU” indicates that the engine model is T6.3544. Thus, immediately it is seen that this engine is of the base model is 6.354 model. NB. A 6.354 engine is different from a T6.3544 engine.
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