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I had the same problem recently.  My mechanic replaced my 948 (60 Bugeye)
cover with a cover that had a bracket.  He mentioned that the bracket was
added later in production.
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From:   owner-spridgets@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Ulix Goettsch
Sent:   Tuesday, June 22, 1999 1:01 AM
To:     Frank Clarici
Cc:     Tom Zuchowski; Spridgets
Subject:        Re: Cracked Timing Cover
On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Frank Clarici wrote:
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> > I recommend to everyone whose cover is not cracked and who doesn't have
th
> > ebracket, to add the "stack of washers" before it cracks.
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> Ulix
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> Great idea! I take them off and have somebody rebraze them.
> When did this bracket come in to play, I have to get me a few of them.
> --
> Frank Clarici
Ah, maybe I'm imagining the stock bracket.  I just checked my '73 cover,
and it doesn't have it.  In the pictures in my mind (no, not those), it
wasn't much more than my stack'o'washers.
I figured it out after I removed my original one, had it silver soldered
and it started to crack again soon after.
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