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1. Engine backplate question... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 11:03:38 -0600 reply-type=original
Does anyone know if the engine backplate from a 948 Series A engine is interchangeable with a 1275 engine? Thanks, Kurtis Jones Russellville, Arkansas 1963 TR4 - CT19389L 1959 AH Bugeye - AN5L23250 w
/html/spridgets/2004-12/msg00611.html (7,153 bytes)

2. Re: Engine backplate question... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 12:35:17 -0600 reply-type=original
Thanks Robert and everyone who replied to me off list. Now, here's why I asked. I manage to break my backplate (1275 w/ ribcase). There was a 948 backplate for sale on eBay that I thought I might buy
/html/spridgets/2004-12/msg00613.html (8,051 bytes)

3. RE: Engine backplate question... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 19:04:41 -0800
Define reasonable? Now would be a good time to upgrade to a 5-speed. Last but not least, how do you go about breaking a backing plate anyway? Crash Thanks Robert and everyone who replied to me off li
/html/spridgets/2004-12/msg00624.html (7,868 bytes)

4. Re: Engine backplate question... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 22:16:03 -0500
I wondered that myself - a 1275 backplate is a purty hefty hunk of iron. ........................snip................................................ ........................... Last
/html/spridgets/2004-12/msg00625.html (7,961 bytes)

5. Re: Engine backplate question... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 21:43:26 -0600 reply-type=original
<grin> I had the engine mounted to an engine stand with the top two bolts through the plate only (the bottom two were through the plate into the block). I was trying to loosen the front pulley/crank
/html/spridgets/2004-12/msg00626.html (8,131 bytes)

6. Re: Engine backplate question... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 22:09:34 -0600
How far is Russellville from Hope?? I have a spare 1275 backplate that I might be convinced to bring with me when I drive up Friday eve. If you wanted to meet and pick it up. Brad
/html/spridgets/2004-12/msg00628.html (8,051 bytes)

7. Re: Engine backplate question... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 23:11:39 -0500
Hefty cast and it cracks real easy. I have a bunch of cracked back plates waiting to learn how to fix them. -- Frank
/html/spridgets/2004-12/msg00629.html (7,771 bytes)

8. Re: Engine backplate question... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 00:16:25 -0800
This is usually how they fracture. I've seen more than one do that. Since they are cast, they tend to be brittle. Gerard -- One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it. ~French Prove
/html/spridgets/2004-12/msg00630.html (9,211 bytes)

9. Re: Engine backplate question... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 00:18:25 -0800
They can be welded, but they can be a pain to grind out around the holes right. Not really worth the trouble if you can lay your hands on another. Gerard -- One meets his destiny often in the road he
/html/spridgets/2004-12/msg00631.html (8,265 bytes)


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