What Goes Here..should be something ??

[Razor]

78 FJ40

Was under a rig I was looking at the other day......just glanced underneath and noticed this hole...the cable going by is the speedo cable if that helps locate the spot...

what is it and what should go there...??

78 FJ40

 

[Owyhee Jackass]

Is that your bell housing? If so, my guess is it's the hole for the clutch fork, if your clutch was coming out that side, if not, there should be a little slotted square vent looking piece of stamped sheet metal screwed on there. The bell housings are cast to have the clutch coming out of either side.

 

[Razor]

Thats it, clutch is on the other side........Will this harm anything being open like it is and what might I put in its place, does it need to be vented...


thx,
R.

 

[IDave]

I don't think it really needs to be vented, because there is space around the clutch fork on the other side even if you have the boot, that would allow air in. Perhaps it helps cool your clutch under very hot conditions to have the vents, but I doubt it amounts to much. The potential harm in leaving it open would be that something could bounce up there and go inside and futz with your clutch.

 

[ClemsonCruiser]

I don't, believe it will hurt anything, I have been running my forty with out the bottom cover for the bellhousing ever since I bought it. So it won't hurt no to have it.

 

[camcruiser13]

i agree with clemson, ive had no cover for 11 yrs and never had a problem.

 

[Owyhee Jackass]

You can get a new vent, either it's a metal one like I described or it's a rubber one, depending on year. Yours is a 77 so it's prolly a rubber piece that fits in there.

It shouldn't matter if it is open, but I'm sure someone would give you one for the cost of shipping.

Dan

 

[65swb45]

Your year takes the rubber breather. I didn't used to worry about this either. Went with out one for years. Until the day.


We were playing around in a pond that was just deep enough and soft enough that you could barely make it thru, if you stayed on it. Well the first time in, I was 'testing' the bottom, and of course ended up there for a little while. Clutch wouldn't work worth sh-t after that. When I got home, I found that a small block of wood [actually a wood chip] about the size of my thumb, had floated into the clutch, and wedged itself behind one of the fingers in the pressure plate! D'oh!

Now I run the covers, especially if I know there's gonna be water!

 

[PabloCruise]

Thats it, clutch is on the other side........Will this harm anything being open like it is and what might I put in its place, does it need to be vented...


thx,
R.

Duct tape! Lots and lots of duct tape...

 

[treerootCO]

Not the best pic, but you can kinda see what it looks like.