John, I thought the Lakewood will not fit without tunnel mods (this is
out for me). I guess we'll see what the list says about this.
Frank
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Clark [mailto:clarkjc@stny.rr.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 10:29 PM
> To: Frank Marrone
> Cc: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Bellhousings
>
>
> Frank,
>
> Check out the Lakewood catalog, pages 5 and 6:
>
> http://www.mrgasket.com/pdf/lakewood.pdf
>
> - John
>
> At 10:07 PM 08/26/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >I'm looking at modifying a 6-bolt bellhousing to take my
> narrow pattern
> >toploader. I'm figuring on starting with a 6-bolt aluminum
> housing for
> >the wider pattern and building bosses to be fitted with
> thread inserts.
> >I'm also figuring I might have to swap the bearing retainer on the
> >transmission for the larger version if that is what the 6-bolt
> >bellhousings require.
> >
> >Is there an easier way? I want to stay with the early
> toploader case.
> >Does a 6-bolt bellhousing with the proper transmission
> pattern exist?
> >I've heard that it does and that there are some with the
> bosses already
> >in place (but not drilled) but I've not been able to find
> one. I know
> >the cast iron ones (6-bolt, bosses in place but not drilled
> for narrow
> >transmission) are fairly plentiful but I would like to stay with the
> >aluminum.
> >
> >Frank
> >B9471116
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