Re: [T3] Engine Code

["Gary Gamboa" <gary_gamboa@hotmail.com>]

<x-flowed>Was the original code stamped directly onto the case. Maybe its under this 
riveted plaque?



Thank you,

Gary Gamboa





> From: Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> Reply-To: type3@vwtype3.org
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Engine Code
> Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 08:49:08 -0500
>
> On 6 Jul 2003 at 18:12, Gary Gamboa wrote:
>
> > My engine code is: B 5560 AD-347800, it is not stamped in the engine,
> > but on a plaque that is riveted the engine.
> >
> > According to the documentation I have from the PO,
> > the original engine code was U-0460695. A new engine was
> > installed in 10/99. Did they change to a new coding system
> > when an engine was rebuilt/replaced?
>
> That doesn't sound like a VW number. I suspect this is a rebuilt engine 
> from
> one of the many independent rebuilders out there and that this is their own
> numbering system.
>
> The original number indicates a 71 type 3 FI engine.
>
> --
> Jim Adney
> jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, WI 53711-3054
> USA
>
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