I am in the process of putting a new clutch in my 70. After seeing the very poor condition of the pilot bearing and clutch, I thought something might be wrong. I found that the previous owner had used a truck bellhousing (5.125" center hole). I drove the car for the past 7 years in this condition! Granted it was only a few hundres miles a year.

I was planning to go through the Muncie anyways, and surprisingly it showed no abnormal wear.

The bellhousing is a blowproof (lakewood?). I was thinking about trying to reuse it with a spacer.

Has anyone else tried to make this conversion?

I had no idea that Lakewood made a truck unit or the spacer. I know MsLeod maks one.

This just shows how tough the Muncie is or you are just lucky! Unless you need the additional proyection of the blowshield, you might try to locate a stock aluminum bell housing.

Wally,

I don't know if the bellhousing is a Lakewood. Maybe it is a McLeod unit. It is not marked.

I am not aware of anyone making a spacer either. I will have to have it made at a local machine shop.

Wally,

I don't know if the bellhousing is a Lakewood. Maybe it is a McLeod unit. It is not marked.

I am not aware of anyone making a spacer either. I will have to have it made at a local machine shop.

McLeod makes the spacer, it might be one of there units. Is it a stamped stell deal???

Called a choke ring of all things, 8701-4 is the number. Cost is $38.75 from them. less maybe from Summit.

Wally,

The bellhousing is a stamped steel unit. That Mcleod part loks like it might work. I wonder how it attaches to the bellhousing?

Jeff

BTW The parts I got from you for the M21 to M20 conversion went together well.

Wally, when is a Blowproof necessary??

Wally, when is a Blowproof necessary??

Good question, with the quality of parts available today it has become less of an issue. In the old days, I remember those, it was a good idea to always use one, clutches had not reached the level there at today, killer spring pressure was the order of the day. I broke a clutch into three seperate chunks, very scary.

If you race it should be madatory and cheap insurance. I still use a blow shield on all my deals, old dogs like me do thing out of habit.

I will say this, use a billet flywheel, good clutch and all quality fastners and you should be good to go on the street with a stovk bell housing.

Put slicks on and go to the track more than once a year, blow shield.