spring clutch on a "non" small tail crank

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spring clutch on a "non" small tail crank

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opened an engine/box up,ive had in the lock up for years, of unknown origin,to find spring clutch on a normal size taper crank and not the small tail crank as the norm...???
no engine number or id marks.. but the car was a 63 it was removed from back in 1987..again no identity marks-all i know it was grey/white but this means nothing i suppose.

its not an 850 i know for sure .bore size looks more like 1275 approx 70 mm (dished pistons) and a quick rough measurement of
the stroke- approx 68 mm which seems the same as an 850

its deffo been rebuilt at some time with a 10 thou grind on both journals.

i assume this is some kind of overbored hybrid ?
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1071? :)
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you tell me???
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Bore and stroke match a 1071 , does the block have AEG 151 cast on the back ?
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dunno-ill have a look tomorrow

im not getting my hopes up,its prob something sombody has cobbled together

did the 1071 have a spring clutch?????
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brook shaw wrote:
did the 1071 have a spring clutch?????
Yes.
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The Diaphragm clutch was introduced during September 1964 on the 850 models.

The 1071 had the Diaphragm clutch from April 64.
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this just gets better and better
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Was there a rainbow hovering above the block? ;)
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no
just a bit of good luck for a change,as normally if i didnt have bad luck,,id have none at all
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251 ENG wrote:Bore and stroke match a 1071 , does the block have AEG 151 cast on the back ?


simon,,no aeg number in back,,tho shows signs of things been ground off and theres a peg where the engine size tag obviosly used to be-
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is it for sale cheers brian.
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Post some pictures up
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yes ill sort some when back at garage tomoz...

i still think its some kind of hybrid-sombodys deffo been messing!!
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