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Old Dec 30, 2020 | 02:55 AM
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I found this stuck in grease on the inside of my '71's 350/270 bellhousing when I was cleaning it up.

I have no idea what it is. Can anybody identify this?


Unknown part photographed ontop of clutch housing/flywheelcover


Other side of unknown part

Thanks for any help & Happy New Year!

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Old Dec 30, 2020 | 10:21 AM
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Freeze plug?
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Old Dec 30, 2020 | 10:33 AM
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Possibly something off of the pressure plate?



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Old Dec 30, 2020 | 12:44 PM
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Does the front of the trans use a soft plug like that? How big is it, size of a quarter?
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Old Dec 31, 2020 | 12:49 AM
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I THINK it's too small for a freeze plug...


Unknown item is about the size of a dime


...in fact, just about 2 hairs smaller than a dime's diameter



Doesn't seem to be from the tranny either...


I'll have to dig the old clutch & pressure plate out of the basement to check that possibility...


Any other ideas???

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Im betting clutch



Granted this is a super H farmall clutch


My clutch i just took oit...not original

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Old Dec 31, 2020 | 08:55 AM
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I see it! It came off that ten speed lol!
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Old Dec 31, 2020 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by interpon
Im betting clutch


My clutch i just took oit...not original
I'm sure once back together it'll be fine!

Along the lines of the unknown part coming from the clutch parts, the H could stand for Hays... but I couldn't find a logo or id for Hays that matched that.

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So, I checked the old clutch assemblies and couldn't find any missing piece that looked like my unidentified part that's on the black tape in the photos below:






It also doesn't look like it could come from the clutch fork or throwout bearing.

I still don't know what/where it came from. The clutch had been changed about 1 or 2 years before the car was stored, so perhaps it's from the old clutch assembly.

OR, is there any such part that goes inside the pilot bearing or on the end of the transmission input shaft?

Still curious...

Paul

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At a glance, I'm thinking it was an end cap for one of the friction disc springs? Do any of the other springs have a wafer thin end cap?
Just a guess.
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At a glance, I'm thinking it was an end cap for one of the friction disc springs? Do any of the other springs have a wafer thin end cap?
Just a guess.
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Good guess Marshal, I thought you might have hit it at first, but when I checked, I couldn't see any such disc on the end of the springs. I even cut a spring out of the friction plate and there were no discs on either end...

Still curious...

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