#5 stamped on Left side case??
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#5 stamped on Left side case??
I’ve got a pan motor here I’ve been working on and there’s a number 5 stamped on the front left side of the case, I’ve never seen this before and was hoping someone could shed some light on it. Not sure if it a re stamped aftermarket case or if there’s a chance Harley actually did that. Any info would be great. Thanks
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Re: #5 stamped on Left side case??
Interesting, was it a common thing for them to use the inspection stamps? Ive just never seen on like this before. Thanks
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Re: #5 stamped on Left side case??
I have that same number stamped on my 58FL project engine.
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Re: #5 stamped on Left side case??
It was stamped in the factory after passing inspection.I’ve got a pan motor here I’ve been working on and there’s a number 5 stamped on the front left side of the case, I’ve never seen this before and was hoping someone could shed some light on it. Not sure if it a re stamped aftermarket case or if there’s a chance Harley actually did that. Any info would be great. Thanks
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Re: #5 stamped on Left side case??
PanHunter, my best guess is that the 5 may be an inspector stamp. Apart from some 58FLs I’ve also seen it on the following engines: 56FL, 56FLH, 57FL, 57FLH, 58FLH, 59FL, 59FLH, 60FL, 60FLH, 61FL, 61FLH, 62FL, 62FLH, 63FL, 63FLH, 64FL and 64FLH.
Other numbers I’ve seen in that area:
2 on 56FL, 56FLH, 58FL, 58FLH and 59FLH
6 on 61FL and 65FLH
9 on 64FL, 64FLH, 67FL, 67FLH, 68FL, 68FLH and 69FLH.
On a certain 62FL the number was applied horizontally so I’m not sure if it was meant to be 6 or 9.
I agree your case is H-D. Because it’s FL you may find a certain type of 7 stamped on top of each case near the rear engine mounting bolts.
At the back of the cases you may find other letters and/or numbers although I haven’t seen many of them.
Just out of curiosity, do your belly numbers begin with code number 1 or code number 3? Thanks.
Eric
Other numbers I’ve seen in that area:
2 on 56FL, 56FLH, 58FL, 58FLH and 59FLH
6 on 61FL and 65FLH
9 on 64FL, 64FLH, 67FL, 67FLH, 68FL, 68FLH and 69FLH.
On a certain 62FL the number was applied horizontally so I’m not sure if it was meant to be 6 or 9.
I agree your case is H-D. Because it’s FL you may find a certain type of 7 stamped on top of each case near the rear engine mounting bolts.
At the back of the cases you may find other letters and/or numbers although I haven’t seen many of them.
Just out of curiosity, do your belly numbers begin with code number 1 or code number 3? Thanks.
Eric
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Re: #5 stamped on Left side case??
Sorry for such a late response been slammed at work. Thank you for all the info. I've now noticed a few recently with the inspection stamp. Many it was just something i looked past previously. To answer your question though the belly numbers do start with a 1Speeding Big Twin wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2019 3:46 am PanHunter, my best guess is that the 5 may be an inspector stamp. Apart from some 58FLs I’ve also seen it on the following engines: 56FL, 56FLH, 57FL, 57FLH, 58FLH, 59FL, 59FLH, 60FL, 60FLH, 61FL, 61FLH, 62FL, 62FLH, 63FL, 63FLH, 64FL and 64FLH.
Other numbers I’ve seen in that area:
2 on 56FL, 56FLH, 58FL, 58FLH and 59FLH
6 on 61FL and 65FLH
9 on 64FL, 64FLH, 67FL, 67FLH, 68FL, 68FLH and 69FLH.
On a certain 62FL the number was applied horizontally so I’m not sure if it was meant to be 6 or 9.
I agree your case is H-D. Because it’s FL you may find a certain type of 7 stamped on top of each case near the rear engine mounting bolts.
At the back of the cases you may find other letters and/or numbers although I haven’t seen many of them.
Just out of curiosity, do your belly numbers begin with code number 1 or code number 3? Thanks.
Eric
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Re: #5 stamped on Left side case??
Thanks for your reply. Most 58 Pans have BNs beginning with code 1 but I have a few examples starting with code 3 and they appear to be authentic.
Eric
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