Re: 1940 160 Super 8 Bell Housing question

Posted by HH56 On 2018/11/28 14:47:37

In 40 they were having clutch supplier issues and were switching between Long and Borg & Beck as suppliers. From what I see that switching was mostly on the junior models but if I recall there is a later article where they mentioned some engine number suffixes. From my recollection I think there might have been some senior models that also got involved with the clutch changes. There are also some articles stating incompatibility with trying to swap between the two when servicing because of fitment issues and cautions to make sure to replace with what was originally used.

According to the parts manual there was only one bellhousing for the 40-41 Super 8 engines but that is somewhat confusing with the way they are listing 41. It has a housing list for juniors with 41 different than 40s because of the swap issue but with one labeled for supers being listed with a different number than is given for the supposedly same 40-41 senior item. I am wondering if that could be the possible Borg and Beck issue and they did use a different senior bellhousing.

You might look thru the parts listings for flywheel housings at 5.0603 and 5.06030 and see if you can determine what they are doing. Also check thru the service index and then 37-42 clutch articles for the various Long & B&B descriptions. Possibly your car is one caught up with the issue.