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?
2) Was my original/is my current engine a 3-main
engine? I am assuming it is, since there is only the
"G"...
3) How can I tell, short of opening it up (which I
will be doing this winter...)?
4) Should I care? (Other than from an originality
perspective)
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?
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Dan DiBiase
Dayton, NJ
76 MGB Tourer Driver - Brooklands Green
66 Pull-handle MGB Tourer Project - faded Tartan Red
NAMGBR #5-2328
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