Bellhousing question
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From: Medford, Oregon
Bellhousing question
I have an NP-435 with a carbed 300. The bellhousing has a significant crack (probably 2.5-3 inches) in it and I am planning on pulling the engine to do some repairs and am wondering if it would just be easier to go to a scrap yard and get another one or if I should have it welded up?
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Joined: Jan 2004
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From: NW Kans
if you can find a good one in a junk yard i'd probably go that route. it's a cast iron bell housing and cast is hard to weld. ud probably have to take it to a welding shop and could cost as much as a junkyard one anyway
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Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Lockport, NY
I've welded cast many times with my small mig, the trick is to heat it up before you weld it, but its still a crap shoot, depends on how good you are, if you have never messed with it I would just buy another, I did it just to see if I could do or not
