Re: 1940 160 Super 8 Bell Housing question
Posted by Guscha On 2018/12/5 19:33:36
Steve (stevep516), sorry for going a bit astray.
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Howard, I noticed the same but can't offer a suitable explanation. Published in 2016 the ad said "ZIS" but the cast number of an original ZIS bell housing contains Cyrillic letters.
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Sorry, I don't know. But necessity begets ingenuity (see pic #2 below), so we shouldn't rule out that possibility.
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The Russian gear box is almost indestructible and a ZIS engine way too expensive to use it for something different.
pic #3 image source - wikipedia
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Gerd, The casting from Belarus appears new or at least it doesn't look like it has any bolt holes drilled yet. Did the ad say ...
Howard, I noticed the same but can't offer a suitable explanation. Published in 2016 the ad said "ZIS" but the cast number of an original ZIS bell housing contains Cyrillic letters.
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... if someone is reproducing them ...
Sorry, I don't know. But necessity begets ingenuity (see pic #2 below), so we shouldn't rule out that possibility.
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... or perhaps made a copy for something like adapting a different transmission? ...
The Russian gear box is almost indestructible and a ZIS engine way too expensive to use it for something different.
pic #3 image source - wikipedia
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