No worries Stephan,
That appears to be a parting line in the casting, I checked the U20
block on my garage floor and it looks exactly the same. Curious though
this is the only area where there is a lot of flashing left from the
casting, pretty crude really, maybe Nissan didn't do much finish work
there since it is the back of the engine.
Todd Osborn
'68 DATSFUN
Stephan Sochoux wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I was about to bolt on the flywheel when i noticed a
> seam (crack ?) just above the rear freeze plug.
> It looks too straight to be a crack, and if so, how
> could the machinist have missed this ?
>
> http://sites.netscape.net/soluxio/rearfrz.jpg
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thx,
>
> Stephan
> '69 2000
>
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