52 pan lower with splined sprocket shaft on e-pay?

[old52pan]

check this out, a fresh built 52 pan lower with splined sprocket shaft and great looking vin numbers. cotton may enjoy this one. notice only one numer 7 on one side of the motor mount?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HARLEY-D ... 23050f2bb9

[alwaysamopar]

check this out, a fresh built 52 pan lower with splined sprocket shaft and great looking vin numbers. cotton may enjoy this one. notice only one numer 7 on one side of the motor mount?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HARLEY-D ... 23050f2bb9

can you explain about the number 7 for a new guy??

[FlatHeadSix]

can you explain about the number 7 for a new guy??

The "7" stamped on the top of the rear motor mount indicated that the cases were intended for building a 74 cubic inch engine. The factory did that when they were still producing both EL and FL engines using the same case castings. There has been a lot of previous discussion regarding whether all 74" engines had a "7" or if it should be stamped on both case halves. It seems that there are quite a few legitamate engines which have only one side of the cases stamped with a 7. My '49 has it on both sides.

mike

[FlatHeadSix]

cotton may enjoy this one.

Did you notice who built the engine? Our old friend the Dragonman! And the guy that is selling the engine put that in the listing like its a good thing?

He also says it has a good Calipornia Pink Slip, I would say its more like a Red Flag. Has anyone asked him to show the belly numbers?

mike

[alwaysamopar]

can you explain about the number 7 for a new guy??

The "7" stamped on the top of the rear motor mount indicated that the cases were intended for building a 74 cubic inch engine. The factory did that when they were still producing both EL and FL engines using the same case castings. There has been a lot of previous discussion regarding whether all 74" engines had a "7" or if it should be stamped on both case halves. It seems that there are quite a few legitamate engines which have only one side of the cases stamped with a 7. My '49 has it on both sides.

mike

Cool Thanks Mike !! My 64 has the number 7 stamped on both cases as well now i know what their for

[RUBONE]

oldpan52,
Where do you get the idea that that engine has a splined shaft??
Robbie

[old52pan]

robbie, your right as rain.my damn bi-focals the shadows made me think it was splined. sorry all, I feel like a jack ass however if that vin # is factory I'll eat my hat. tim

[alwaysamopar]

robbie, your right as rain.my damn bi-focals the shadows made me think it was splined. sorry all, I feel like a jack ass however if that vin # is factory I'll eat my hat. tim

Dont sweat it I had to look at for a while to see correctly It kind of does look like splines

[FlatHeadSix]

the shadows made me think it was splined

yeah, with the keyway at 12 o'clock and the shadows and reflections on the taper it takes a hard look to see what kind of shape that shaft is in. That's what makes buying stuff on ePay such a crap shoot, you're at the mercy of a bad photographer or a photographer that is only showing you what he wants you to see.

I'd still like to see the bottom of those cases, any bets on whether the numbers match?

mike

[Panacea]

Looks like the right side is set up for hydraulics, also has the tappet screen hole...Mike

[TimmyV]

can you explain about the number 7 for a new guy??

The "7" stamped on the top of the rear motor mount indicated that the cases were intended for building a 74 cubic inch engine. The factory did that when they were still producing both EL and FL engines using the same case castings. There has been a lot of previous discussion regarding whether all 74" engines had a "7" or if it should be stamped on both case halves. It seems that there are quite a few legitamate engines which have only one side of the cases stamped with a 7. My '49 has it on both sides.

mike

Cool Thanks Mike !! My 64 has the number 7 stamped on both cases as well now i know what their for

I'm pretty new to these Pans, but why would a 1964 have 7's instead of H's like my '61 ? I'm just askin' ...

[fourthgear]

I can see two "7"s on the cases . The one on the left is just faint . That "F" is cocked like mine is .Maybe the same guy stamped them ?

[jlaley]

It looks to me like there is a 7 on both sides also. It's faint on the left but it's there.

[jlaley]

I was typing at the same time fourthgear was posting. Missed it by that much.

[HD48FL]

I'm pretty new to these Pans, but why would a 1964 have 7's instead of H's like my '61 ? I'm just askin' ...

Because there were still FL's being produced.

FL got 7's and the FLH got H's.