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Old Oct 5, 2016 | 01:15 AM
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Right then, EVO engine on the bench with an i.d. that starts and ends with a star (not the dotted ones, it's a proper 5-point star), then 5 letters and 5 numbers.

Am I right in thinking these then are S&S cases or...?

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The engine numbers should match up to part of your vin.
If they do then the cases are Harley.
 
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My S&S cases have numbers on left side and there are only 6 characters of numbers/letters on them.

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S&S stuff has 'S&S' displayed on it in a prominent position! They are not shy at displaying their brand. My '08 S&S 107" Evo engine has branding at the base of the rear cylinder on the primary side, as big as my thumb-print, and a 'dotty' number and stars at the base of the front cylinder.
 
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Originally Posted by stephtell
Right then, EVO engine on the bench with an i.d. that starts and ends with a star (not the dotted ones, it's a proper 5-point star), then 5 letters and 5 numbers.

Am I right in thinking these then are S&S cases or...?

Thanks!
70-up shovelheads all had the VIN derivative on the the front of the right case...except for 1984.

In 84 they moved it back to the left case.

All 84 motors...shovel or evo... had 4 stars on the front of the right case...where the vin had been since 70...and the number on the left case started and ended with a star.
 
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Originally Posted by stephtell
Right then, EVO engine on the bench with an i.d. that starts and ends with a star (not the dotted ones, it's a proper 5-point star), then 5 letters and 5 numbers.

Am I right in thinking these then are S&S cases or...?

Thanks!
Sounds like standard Harley ones although I would expect four letters and six numbers - I have a '91 1340 with the number *BJLM02...4*

This matches part of the bike's VIN, leaving out the 1HD1 and part of the rest. Is your fifth character a zero and you read it as 'O'?
 
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