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Hi anyone know why you would get an engine number starting tv/2 but serial numbers after are for series 3 year?


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Didn't TV200's start like that?
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Series 3 TV engines prefixes were either 175TV/2* 5##### or TV/2*5#####(TV200)
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The frame starts tv3/55 and the engine starts tv2/55, think they are original pairing?


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Thats how all tv200 frames and engines begin.Frame no.TV3.Engine no.TV2.
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my S3 TV175 frame starts "175TV3" 5*****
the engine is 175TV/2 5*****

If you mean "original pairing" means the same frame and engine number, then they should NOT be. Mine are 29 apart.

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Ok cool, that's what mine are.


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rob1273 wrote:The frame starts tv3/55 and the engine starts tv2/55, think they are original pairing?


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Impossible to be sure, but both being made very late in the production run, quite likely.
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