Hi, Wes -
I can't comment on the reasons for changes in the clutch, but factory rebuilt
engines got a different serial number from what might have been on the original
engine that was rebuilt (at least, by the time the BJ8s came along). Original
BJ8 engine serial number pattern was 29K/RU/HXXXXX, while factory rebuilt
engines got serial numbers that look something like this: 68G259RSXXXXX.
Does your engine have a serial number plate on it?
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC USA
---- Weston Keyes <westonkeyes@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Folks,
>
> Thanks to all for the excellent help with all my newbie questions.
>
> Here's another one:
>
> Even though the car I'm restoring is a '67 BJ8 the engine "appears" to be a
> either from a BJ7 or early BJ8 according to my research with clutch size
> changes. The owner bought the car in Europe and recalls that the engine was
> not the original and was possible a factory rebuilt one. I ordered a new
> clutch cover and disc for a later BJ8 and found out the bolt pattern on the
> flywheel is larger than bolt pattern on the clutch cover. Can anyone comment
> on why they switched (to go to a diaphragm type?)and if there is a noticeable
> advantage to the later type. I could easily have another bolt pattern made on
> my flywheel.
>
> As always, many thanks. You folks are certainly easing my learning curve.
>
> Wes Keyes
> York, Maine
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