i'm going with #2 is the "spider" noted in #68.... "spider".........
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how did i come up with that one. will get in "distinctions" to add and amend accordingly.
i would have to say the different numbers on the oil pumps may or may not be distinctions. even tho the pumps are the same, the numbers are different....
Mark, do the numbers on the pumps get larger on the higher vins ? i wonder if, say for example, E99 or E101 had a number on their pumps same as E100. Or was it different... ? Would be interesting to know the significance of the numbers.... Were these numbers assigned to the inspector who passed the pump to be then used for assembling an engine... ?
i guess we'd need to know the significance of the numbers. if batch related, then one would think earlier vins had smaller numbers. if inspector related, then the numbers would be random, higher vins lower pump numbers and visa versa. i guess a way to perhaps conclude if the some of the pump numbers were same on different pumps, would be an inspection number. if pump numbers get higher as vin numbers get higher, then batch numbers ? at any rate, one could think a number was stamped on an oil pump to indicate an individual pump or a batch of pumps passed inspection....
Mark, what are the numbers on your pumps according to vin ?