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----- v6spitfireguy@cox.net wrote:
> From: v6spitfireguy@cox.net
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 4:52:03 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: [TR] Engine identification (Warning MG content)
>
> Can anybody with an MG midget (or info about) confirm an engine
> number
> FP69710UE as a 1979 MG Midget 1500 engine. I just picked this up at a
> very
> good price, and am going to use it in my wife's Spitfire. Just so I
> can
> confirm parts (Triumph of course) replacement - Its a complete long
> block,
> looks like it hasn't been worked on (at least seriously) and had about
> 80K
> on it so it's definitely in need of a rebuild. Plugs looked sooty,
> but dry
> (number 3 had a very slight oil to it, and confirmed .010 thrust
> washer
> movement - so it looks like I got a winner!
> I'm hoping I can just polish up the journals and install new bearings,
> but
> that will have to wait till I can open'er up
>
>
> Barry Schwartz
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