Larry Unger wrote:
>>>... It would seem that once the change occurred
>>>[cover, seal, thrower] the old part number was
>>>superceded by the new ... IOW, all subsequent
>>>requests for an oil thrower were filled with the new
>>>part ... make sense?
>
Barney Gaylord wrote:
>>Logically, yes. Intuitively, no. It may be a great
>>temptation for the vendors to stock just one part,
>>but IMHO the later thrower would not work as well
>>with the earlier cover, having a larger gap between.
>
Agree ... but unfortunately I think that this is exactly
what is happening ... David Darby indicated that
>"... according to the BMC 1600 parts listings, the
>crankshaft pulley is part No. 11G81 until engine No.
16GC\8263, when it becomes part No. 12H773." ...
the Brown & Gammons catalog makes no reference
to the earlier 11G81 part number only the later
>12H773 part number.
Safety Fast! ... larry.g.unger@lmco.com
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