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Originally Posted by 37 Coupe
Thanks Dennis. I wonder if this is a part that was not used until 1956 292 engines ? Reason I say this is my parts book dated November 1954 Form 7516 does not show this slinger in Thunderbird crankshaft exploded view. ...
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I'm not sure why the slinger isn't mentioned in the '55 books. I expected it to be shown in Figure 23 (crankshaft exploded view) on page 52 of a '55 Shop Manual, but it isn't.
To further the mystery, the close-up first photo in my reply # 2 above (bigger version below) shows the slinger in a '54 256 Merc engine, block & heads with an EBY casting number prefix. Noted that the engine wasn't original to the car it was removed from.
There was also a front oil slinger on the crank in the mostly '55 long-block engine I bought from another T-Bird to replace the 256.