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10-01-2023, 02:50 PM | #1 |
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Casting Numbers REPUBLIC B140 Flywheel cover
Just acquired a new (Sorta) Flywheel cover with these numbers and no visible cracks. It's rusty as hell and requires a lot of wire brushing. Who is/was REPUBLIC? Was Ford using this name for some reason ? Or was Ford subbing out some of the casting work?
Also, should I pay someone with a Blanchard or a Blanchard type grinder to kiss off the mating surfaces ? As I said, this thing is is rusty as hell and the mating, surfaces are are distorted. And parallelism ????????. How much can you take off a F W. cover safely ? Thanks in advance! Terry |
10-02-2023, 08:52 AM | #2 |
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Re: Casting Numbers REPUBLIC B140 Flywheel cover
Consider getting it blasted and be sure there are no cracks, especially around bolt holes for back of block. Be too bad to machine up a cracked housing, and they are prone to being cracked.
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10-02-2023, 09:22 AM | #3 |
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Re: Casting Numbers REPUBLIC B140 Flywheel cover
Yup. I have three flywheel housings and the two that are presently off of cars are both cracked at the mounting holes. I don’t know about the one currently on the car. I do need two good ones for the two cars so I keep looking. In the meantime, the two bad ones make good practice for stamping numbers in engine blocks.
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10-02-2023, 10:15 AM | #4 |
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Re: Casting Numbers REPUBLIC B140 Flywheel cover
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