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Re: TR3 engine no. 301435?

To: mga <mga@napanet.net>
Subject: Re: TR3 engine no. 301435?
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:32:03 -0500 (EST)
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, mga wrote:

> I am not a TR3 owner (I have a TR8 and other British cars).  I have a TR3
> engine and transmission that I picked up with some parts.  The ID no. on the
> side is 301435.  Is that the engine no. or what?  I also have a bare block
> (sans main bearings) and it has the same no.  Can anyone tell me what year
> car these are from?  Is it TR3, 3A or what?

I suspect that is a casting number. It doesn't seem to match any part 
numbers I have found for a TR2/3/4 block. The actual engine "serial" number 
would normally be TSxxxxE, found on the LHS of the block approximately 
where the coil bracket bolts onto the block.

--Andy

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