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| RE: FE bellhousing and block |
| By Mike McQuesten - 11/23/2001 9:14:49 PM; IP 63.50.124.239 |
What you have there is a bellhousing cast September 10, 1962. The -J- is for September. It's the tenth letter of the alphabet, but the letter -I- was not used for casting date codes.
It's a stick bell that was used through 1964. It accomodates the earlier style of FE starter with the long bendix drive that has the gear engage from the back side of the flywheel. This starter was used through....you guessed it! 1964.
The neat thing about this bell housing is that it can be used with later FE engines, i.e., '65 and up, with the short bendix drive that has the gear that engages from the front side of the flywheel. However, you must use the correct tooth count flywheel from '65 up to work properly with this later style "short bendix" starter. Does that make sense? I can't remember the flywheel tooth counts right now....I should make a post-it note of that and post-it to the wall!
One note, this bell housing I do not believe will fit in a uni-body car like Mustangs, Fairlanes, Merc counterparts with an FE. The bell housing for that is a C6OZ-.
Actually, I've never attempted to put an FE/stick into a uni-body with this bellhousing you have John so maybe it'd work? I have used the C6OZ bell in earlier app Galaxies with no problems of course. I mean '64 and earlier. You have to have the correct pivot point for the equalizer shaft for '65 up full size.
Whatever, that's what you have, a '62 bell. |
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