engine question number vin
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That part in the red oval is where the electric start would bolt in. It looks like someone took out the electric start unit and bolted a plate over that part of the hole.
I did the same thing years ago...the starters were weak, and it was easier to kick-start it. I traced the gasket that goes there and used it as a pattern to cut out of a piece of 1/4" plate. I even chromed it.
I did the same thing years ago...the starters were weak, and it was easier to kick-start it. I traced the gasket that goes there and used it as a pattern to cut out of a piece of 1/4" plate. I even chromed it.
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hi everybody, im from argentina, sorry for my very very bad english, I will try to explain my question the best I can... I have an ironhead engine with this number vin 61xlch1603 and i want to know what it mean this number, I try to find but I can´t do it, if someone can help me, couse I have to buy the parts and I don´t know what year is and thats stuffs... if someone understand me and can tell me I will be glad, thanxs very much!Attachment 440209
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Seriously though, does the OP have a re-stamped engine case?
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You have some very bad things going on here. The part number says it is a 72-up case...the vin number says it is a 61...that case should not even have a boss to stamp the numbers there...someone went through a lot of trouble to fake that VIN. Some one welded between the ribs and created a fake boss to stamp the numbers...here is what a real 1961 number boss looks like.
Last edited by Tom84FXST; Jan 13, 2016 at 07:53 PM.
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