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alan_fincher Veteran II

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that must be a 2.2 litre BMC diesel from the mid 70s..once used in london cabs etc...if it runs ok leave it alone

Not convinced, although I'm no expert.

 

It looks far more like a BMC "B series" to me than a 2.2 (or 2.5) Taxi engine.

 

It's not a 1.8 though, so perhaps an owner of a 1.5 "B series" can comment on how good a match it is to that.

 

The engine number seems to start with "15...." which would make the 1500cc engine the most likely bet to me,

 

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From what I can see, if the engine number starts 15BB, it may mean.....

 

15 = 1500cc (actually 1498cc)

B = Supplied as an industrial, rather than automotive engine.

B = "B series" engine.

 

According to a Wikipedia article, such a number scheme was in use 1957 to 1970.

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Not convinced, although I'm no expert.

 

It looks far more like a BMC "B series" to me than a 2.2 (or 2.5) Taxi engine.

 

It's not a 1.8 though, so perhaps an owner of a 1.5 "B series" can comment on how good a match it is to that.

 

The engine number seems to start with "15...." which would make the 1500cc engine the most likely bet to me,

 

EDIT.

 

From what I can see, if the engine number starts 15BB, it may mean.....

 

15 = 1500cc (actually 1498cc)

B = Supplied as an industrial, rather than automotive engine.

B = "B series" engine.

 

According to a Wikipedia article, such a number scheme was in use 1957 to 1970.

 

Yep, definitely looks like a BMC 1.5 to me. The 1.5s had a distributor type injection pump (mounted in the position of the spark ignition distributor of a petrol engine, as opposed to the 1.8 which had its pump lying alongside the block driven from a timining chain sprocket) which that engine appears to have from the views available. It is certainly a BMC with that rocker cover and filler cap and, as Alan has said, the engine number is another give-away.

It shouldn't be difficult to get a manual for it as it is such a common engine.

Roger

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churchward Veteran II

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Thats a BMC's 1.5 with a short bellhousing and Hurth box!

I'd say that is correct given what I can see of the serial number it's a 1.5 BMC diesel as you say with a Hurth ATF mechanical gearbox probably a 125 model.

 

It is not a 2.2

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David Schweizer Veteran II

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Definitely a BMC 1.5 and the colour suggest that it may have been marinised by High Power Marine.

 

This is the BMC 1.5 engine in our boat :-

 

http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php...=si&img=799[/url]]gallery_16_2_21367.jpg[/url]

 

 

This is what ours looked like before it's re-build:- http://apolloduck.net/108631/image/9

 

Not actually our engine but the same engine on a boat built by the same builder just before our boat.

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