Subject: RE: Gears or Chain
Author: NEIL DILLY
Date: Aug 4, 2005, 6:43 AM
Post ID: 1719251146
thanks.. by engine number mine should have gears then...gonna have to
have a proper look as its got a rattle which i was hoping was just a
worn timing chain!
another question - are frame and engine numbers supposed to match? mine
are nothing like each other so hopefully not! also I was looking on the
internet to see if there was info regarding estimated build dates for
engine/frame numbers.. not found it yet - anyone any clues?
Neil.
Greg Field wrote:
No. But there is a way to tell if it originally came with gears or chain: by engine number. According to the factory, starting with #58532, all engines were fitted with chains. That said, owners have and still do convert chain-drive engines to gears, and vice versa, according to preference. For exampe, I had my chain Eldo converted to gears for a while but have now switched back to chain. GF
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