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Re: '64 Sprite Info Needed

To: sgi!alliant!british-cars@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: '64 Sprite Info Needed
From: sgi!pyrthoth.pyramid.com!robbp@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Rob Pryor)
Date: Mon, 14 May 90 10:30:00 PDT
>I have a '64 Sprite Mk II with an 1098 engine and a *mechanical* fuel pump.
>The books say I don't; I can either have a 948 with a mechanical, or a
>1098 with an SU electric one.  
>
>The block # is 10CG-DA-H 12321, with the "10" showing it's a 1098, and the 
>frame # is HAN7L 33536, a mid-series MkII, which should rule out beginning/
>end of a series weirdness.  The 1098 is not supposed to even have the hole
>in the block for the pump, so it would be *real* difficult to convert :).
>
>What's going on here?  Anybody ever run into this??

What book are you refering to?  The '64 Sprite Mk.II that I used to have
had a mechanical fuel pump.  There is one thing you might want to check out.
There were TWO different 1098cc engines used in the Mk.II Sprite.  One had
1 3/4" mains and the other (later) had 2" mains.  It's possible that a
switch in fuel pumps took place at the same time.  The block # for one will
be 10CG.... the # for the other will be 10CC....  I don't remember which is
which.  Your reference book should be able to tell you.
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