[DeTomaso] My stock flywheel on 5533
Asa Jay Laughton
asajay at asajay.com
Fri May 15 10:00:23 EDT 2009
Yes, I already have a new one ready to go in. :) I had originally
thought of not replacing it, but since it was open, I decided to
anyway. That was over a week before I noticed the cage was actually broken.
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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http://www.asajay.com
http://www.teampanteraracing.com
Thomas Tornblom wrote:
> 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]
>> ****************************** http://www.asajay.com
>> http://www.teampanteraracing.com
>>
>>
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