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They were saying above a Fort Wayne clutch is good and that is what I could not find. Fort Wayne clutch. I bought my clutch from Early Ford V8. Plenty of places sell them.
 
Put in a diaphragm PP, disc and corresponding flywheel. I used Centerforce products. I got tired of wearing out my hoist and wrenches chasing the same problem.
 
Well I decided to take off the clutch cover and see if I could see anything in there. I found the cracked bell housing. Could I have broken that when I changed the motor mounts? How would that crack? Now I'm looking for a bell housing!
 

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I agree with Mart, it probably is part of the problem.

The crack doesn't look fresh to me. I think it's unlikely installing new motor mounts would cause the crack unless the engine was raised at the front corner each time to install them.
 
I put a 2x4 under oil pan and lifted about 1/4 inch. Did that crack it? Wasn’t cracked a month ago when I had the flywheel resurfaced
 
Then It might have.

This info is for a 239 V8, sorry I didn't realize it was a 6 cyl.

Ford part # for the housing is AC 6392-D ('52 - '53)
There is one for a Merc listed on eBay w/pn AC 6394-D
My parts books doesn't list a Merc part #

Van Pelt sales says AC 6392-D is for Merc and Ford.

Someone might know if there is a difference and what that might be.

Further research shows the 6394 D # to be correct. Part number is cast into the bell .
 
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Well I got the bell housing off and it looks to me like the block is cracked. The flywheel was cracked 3/4 of the way around. Only 1/4 was not cracked. The pic is of the oil pan and flywheel. I know it has been there for years but I don't remember it being that big. I wasn't looking for a problem so I never thought twice about it. May have had my last ride in the car. Drove it for 54 years.
 

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whb52ford said:
Well I got the bell housing off and it looks to me like the block is cracked. The flywheel was cracked 3/4 of the way around. Only 1/4 was not cracked. The pic is of the oil pan and flywheel. I know it has been there for years but I don't remember it being that big. I wasn't looking for a problem so I never thought twice about it. May have had my last ride in the car. Drove it for 54 years.
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You have a 215 six cylinder engine yes?
Are you sure that's not just how the rear main cap loops on that engine?


Also, were you driving with a known cracked flywheel? If yes, please never do that again.
 
Wish I would have seen the email about the rear main a few minutes earlier.
I found a used bell housing but it was missing the fork. My fork is welded in the broken bell housing. Anybody have a fork for sale. AB 7515-B?
 

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The 49-59 Ford Car Parts Catalog lists the superseded part number B7A 7515-A for the clutch fork in all 52-57 cars. Since you apparently can get a part from any 52 through 57 Ford car you should be able to find something that works for you.
 
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