[Mgs] gold sealed engine

[Bob Howard]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:20:47 +0100 "Paul Hunt"
<paul.hunt1 at 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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