[DeTomaso] My stock flywheel on 5533

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

Some comments: 
1)- a stock 164-tooth 351C flywheel weighs around 30 lbs. If yours is 
lighter, someone has already resurfaced it.
2)- Ford didn't use red silicone, or glyptal, or that red Euro-sealer on 
its engines. So some has been in the back end of the block around your cam 
plug at some point.
3)- in '73, Ford didn't use needle bearing pilots in crankshafts either. My 
conclusion is, this engine has been worked on before... but it seems to 
have held up well. How many miles wrre showing?

FWIW- J Deryke


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