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Aug 16, 2022 | 06:11 PM

Excalibur2012

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Data Plate Engine Compartment

What, other than the S/N, am I seeing on this Data Plate

Aug 16, 2022 | 06:18 PM

Jose

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BW = Borg Warner transmission

8L = engine

Aug 16, 2022 | 08:23 PM

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In order:

Car number ( VIN) Engine Number
Body number Transmission number

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Aug 17, 2022 | 11:18 AM

Excalibur2012

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Eng Compartment Data Plate

I know it's a NA Car with BW 65 Tranny. Is that the Engine S/N after the 8L ? 5J Body S/N or what ?
What s the 025 27138 ?

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Aug 17, 2022 | 03:46 PM

Jagboi64

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Yes, 8L is the engine number, 5J is the body number and 025 is the transmission number.

Mar 15, 2023 | 05:33 PM

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Mar 16, 2023 | 12:53 PM

Excalibur2012

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Has always been a 4.2 !

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Mar 16, 2023 | 12:55 PM

Excalibur2012

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Thanks for the clarifications !

Mar 16, 2023 | 01:25 PM

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If the car started life as a 2.4 (which seems to be the case) .

I think this was posted in the wrong forum. There has never been a 2.4 or 3.8 XJ.

I suspect the poster was caught by the silly "related threads" thing the forum software does, which is usually not related at all.

Mar 16, 2023 | 01:56 PM

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Yes exactly this :-)

Sep 2, 2023 | 02:20 PM

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What, other than the S/N, am I seeing on this Data Plate

Any upside or downside to replaceing the data plate ?

Sep 2, 2023 | 02:45 PM

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Any upside or downside to replaceing the data plate ?

yes, you void the Warranty !

Sep 3, 2023 | 08:05 AM

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Warranty expired decades ago. Assume you're being humorous. I'm asking from a collectability & value standpoint.

Sep 3, 2023 | 09:34 AM

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Warranty expired decades ago. Assume you're being humorous. I'm asking from a collectability & value standpoint.

yes, from a collectability standpoint I would not touch it if it was my car. Original is original pretty or not. Even value is affected when originality is disturbed.