[DeTomaso] My stock flywheel on 5533

[Thomas Tornblom]

You are replacing the pilot bearing I hope. Looking at 
http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=2424&g2_imageViewsIndex=1
it appears to be shot. Some of the needles appears to have moved from 
their intended location.

Cheers,
Thomas


Asa Jay Laughton skrev:
> Hi all,
> 
>  From Asa Jay's garage comes the tale of flywheel discoveries.  As most 
> of you know, I'm a real novice at some of this stuff; my book learnin' 
> only gets me so far.  :)
> 
> Today I removed the flywheel from my stock 351C in order to deliver it 
> to a local shop for machining.  It has some heat checking so while I'm 
> in there, why not take it down and have it fixed up?  Why NOT?  Because 
> if I keep doing this I'll end up with a full on from off restoration AND 
> I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT YET! <pant, pant, pant>
> 
> Okay, back to reality here.  First, the bolts were nice and tight, but 
> as they came off, they felt like they were glazed in place.  It's kind 
> of odd to describe, but they did come out clean.  I'll probably use a 
> light wire brush on them and then clean the threads in the crank before 
> re-assembly.  Then the flywheel came off, it was lighter than I had 
> imagined, which made me happy as I lifted it out oft the engine area.
> 
> Next I removed the rear block plate.  It's that big chuck of flat metal 
> that protects the spinning stuff from road hazards, like lizards.  (it's 
> an -in- joke, you had to be there).  So anyway.... I get the plate 
> removed and flip it over to see the block side.  Wow!  What's this, it 
> looks like a foam gasket.  Hmmm, it appears to help prevent any rear 
> main leakage from passing into the flywheel side and scattering about 
> the clutch.  Nice!  I learned something today.  Photos later.
> 
> So then I took the flywheel and the plate, and took some pictures.  
> You'll note the flywheel has both a cast part number and a stamped part 
> number.  I don't really  know why, maybe someone here can answer it.
> 
> The back of the block has some red RTV.  I don't know if this was 
> something done at the factory or not, but I'm betting it was as the rest 
> of everything doesn't look like it was ever removed since new.  You'll 
> note the block plug at the rear of the cam is installed in the same 
> orientation as the other core plugs.  I also took some close ups near 
> the crank.  I do believe my rear main is passing some oil.  Now's a good 
> time to replace it, but if I take one more step on this slippery slope I 
> won't be driving the car again for 10 years and I don't want that.  I'll 
> probably just RTV the pan junction, see about some foam replacement on 
> the back of the metal plate and just re-assemble.  I plan to do an 
> engine in the next few of years and I think I can stand a bit of oil 
> seepage for now.  Also note the pilot bearing.  Click to get the 
> enlarged photo and you'll see the cage for the pilot bearing is actually 
> broken and one of the needles is pushed back.  hmmm.
> 
> Okay, so the photos are here:
> 
> 
> Please have a look.
> Asa Jay
> 
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> 
> & Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
> 
> 1971 Mach I Mustang  [ASA JAY]
> 1973 Pantera L 5533  [ASASCAT]
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