In a message dated 21/09/00 12:02:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
owner-mgs-digest@autox.team.net writes:
>
>
> I am stumped as to which engine my car has/should
> have. Here are the relevant facts:
>
> Chassis # - GHN3L49843, built 26-27 October 1964
> Engine # (orig) - 18GUH1815 (per BMIHT certificate)
> Engine # (actual) - 18GUH7468
>
> According to Clausager, the switch to the 5-main
> bearing engine occurred in October 64, effective with
> chassis # 48767 (chart, page 60) - which means my car
> should have had a 5-main engine, with the GA prefix...
> (BTW, my engine does NOT have the pipe that runs from
> the valve cover to the front carb - which to me
> indicates that it is NOT an "18G" engine!)
>
> The questions, then:
>
> 1) Do GA, GB, etc., engines actually start with "GA"
> and "GB"? Or, just "G" with the serial number
> indicating the type they are?
>
An 18G or 18GA is not a 5 main engine!
> 2) Was my original/is my current engine a 3-main
> engine? I am assuming it is, since there is only the
> "G"...
>
Yes.
> 3) How can I tell, short of opening it up (which I
> will be doing this winter...)?
>
As I said in a previous post, if it has a mechanical tach drive, it is a 3
main engine.
> 4) Should I care? (Other than from an originality
> perspective)
No.
>
> Now I'm wondering about the transmission! It looks
> like a 3-synchro from underneath, and if I have an 18G
> engine, then it must be, right?
Unless someone has changed it (unlikely) yes. Just look at the side cover. If
it is rectangular it is all synch, if it is trapezoidal (more or less) it is
the original 3 synch.
Bill S.
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