[Mgs] engine year

[Rick Lindsay]

That will give you the date that the casting form was
made - or at the latest, the date the block was cast. 


I went through this same thing with the engine in my
'70 MGB.  I have decided that it is a 1965.  the
evidence is weak but its there.  First of all, what
color is the engine?  Repainted, you think?  Burgundy
or black?  Look at the valve cover.  What's on it? 
The stickers, plates, etc., changes through the years.
 Shoot a picture or two and we may be able to help you
dig your way through this. :-)

Here's a look at my engine (before I started the
restoration), http://www.aubard.us/MGB/HPIM0493.JPG . 
The solenoid is NOT on the starter  and the valve
cover has the riveted on "MG" label AND the riveted on
patent label.

rick

--- Carl French <leylandauto at yahoo.com> wrote:

> The blocks have a casting date clock molded into it.
> I believe it is on the driver's side of the engine.
> It will be a small circle about the size of a
> quarter or half dollar (cant quite remember).
>   Carl
> 
> 1971-red-mgb <1971mgb at cox.net> wrote:
>   I bought a spare MGB engine recently and noticed
> that it had no engine
> identification number plate, I been trying to figure
> out the year of the
> engine but have no idea of where to start looking,
> the only identification
> that is on the block is 12H1365, 12H1442 and 12H1777
> and then to the right of
> those numbers there is a AF3, anybody have any
> idea???
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