wendell42 Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 I have a '76 B210, when I got it from a friend, he had just re-built the an A12 engine and put it in the car. I am not entirely sure what year the engine was, but was told it came out of a 1200 (I guess that narrows it down a BIT). The number stamped on the side of the engine on the tabs is A12 699854 do any of these numbers indicate what year the engine is? I dont want ot order the wrong part for the engine because I got the year of the engine wrong. Any assistance would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Year not that important as far as parts are concerned. An A12 is an A12. Quote Link to comment
wendell42 Posted May 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Awesome. That is a relief. Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment
datsunaholic Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Just don't get parts specific to an A12a. 71-73 A12 parts are OK. Quote Link to comment
Stoffregen Motorsports Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 I thought there were two variants on the A12: an early (1970's) model and a late (1980's) model. The former installed in the 1200's and the latter installed in 210's. Quote Link to comment
datsunaholic Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 The latter are A12a and are marked as such. Quote Link to comment
Stoffregen Motorsports Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 Did the A12A have the distributor up fron too? Quote Link to comment
datsunaholic Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 A12A had the dist in the same place as the A14/A15, which is to say, no, it was in the middle-rear. It's based on the 1974 block redesign. I believe only the original A12 (and the obscure A10) , and not the A13, A14, A15, or A12a had the front distributor. Quote Link to comment
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