On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:20:47 +0100 "Paul Hunt"
<paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
> It's 'Gold Seal', and is a factory reconditioned replacement engine,
> painted
> gold instead of red or black. My understanding is this was a
> complete
> engine that had been, for whatever reason, stripped, every component
> checked
> for damage and measured for tolerance, and rebuilt using new
> components
> where required. As such Gold Seal engines were said to be better
> than
> originals, for with originals parts from the component manufacturers
> were
> fitted as-is without being checked or measured and hence rogue
> components
> could get through and cause problems later on. There were also
> Silver Seal
> engines, which I think were 'short' engines i.e. incomplete, no
> connection I
> know of with an American company of the same name. Gold Seal
> engines have
> their own series of engine number prefixes beginning 48G and
> latterly BHM in
> place of the 18G, 18Gx and 18V of the originals. The other prefix
> and
> suffix letters were as for the originals. See
> http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/wn_engineframe.htm and click on 'Gold
> Seal
> Engines' for how the Gold Seal prefixes relate to the originals.
>
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> >I was reading up on MGB's the other day and someone mentioned a
> "gold
> >sealed
> > engine" for the uninitiated what does that mean?
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