strange engine number??

[turbochargedstu]

anyone help with an ident for this engine? cant find anything except its a 998
99H249A-H1431

cheers

stu

[graham in aus]

MkIII Riley Elf ???

http://www.minireg.com/disp_auto.asp?autoid=427

[turbochargedstu]

thats the only info i have seen but its a bit vague. it had a really wierd rectangular coopers airbox on it too.

[Chalkie]

Use Guessworks website he has the engine code braker tell you everything it should have as standard

[turbochargedstu]

this one isnt on the guessworks site. only info so far is its 998.

[cheleker]

I don't find 249 on the factory microfiche. 248 then skips to 250.

The A = automatic

[turbochargedstu]

from looking at the engine, its definately that engine number. it has a cam4810 cylinder head (later lead free) running a dynamo and early push button starter solenoid. it has the standard manifold and hs2 carb on the back. concave tappet covers on the back. sitting on a remote gearbox with rubber couplings. i cant remember the gearbox number of the top of my head but will try to have a look later. all painted bmc green. the old guy who i bought it from said it was a new engine built to replace the knackered 850 in his traveller he was reshelling. this was done about 25 years ago. the guy has since passed away so cant get any more info from him.

[turbochargedstu]

it has a 22g1128 gearbox, a date stamped 10 69 dynamo and has 12a 497 23758 h 1838 h cast into the block at the back. not sure if that helps.

[Simon776]

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99H249A-H1431

The 249 = Lucas C40 dynamo, Alternative final drive ratio, Standard ratio remote control gearbox - all speed synchromesh

The A = No additional features

[turbochargedstu]

thank you for that. its quite strange. any ideas what it would of been fitted to or is it just a 69 998?

[cheleker]

Simon, once again, the factory issued microfiche proven wrong.

[cheleker]

This one has been bugging me; especially, since the same post on another thread also pulled an answer different from mine.
So, I dug out the microfiche and the reader and had another go. Confession time.
My fault on the A = automatic. Peering at the fiche through bifocals and a magnifying glass (the reader doesn't have the correct magnification), I missed the fine print about the conversion being for 998cc engines BEFORE the change to the 99H format. That's a good excuse, but having been around Minis as long as I have, I should have known better.
As for the 249 missing issue, I have six fiche that cover the translations around the 240 - 260 numbers and all six are blurred around 248, 249, 250, with one of those numbers missing. It still looks like 249 is the missing one, but maybe not. Others have come up with it so the original question was answered correctly, by Simon, or course.