M38 crankshaft pully

[TomM]

Mine is bent.
anyone have one thats in nice shape - with the timing hole?

vendors all have repro that doesnt look like the originals.

Thanks

[G740]

I beg to differ with you on the appearance of my pulley. Other than being made from a billet rather than sheetmetal, it appears the same. I acquired the original Willy's print to manufacture it by, so I know it is correct. We even cut a groove in between the pulley grooves to make it look correct. If you are referring to the cast pulleys others are selling, I agree with you on you evaluation. I also have some good used originals in stock.
John
MWM

[TomM]

Thanks John,
The pictures of the repros look great and they are certainly more rugged than originals.
The part that I see as being very different is the front face of the pully. If I remember correctly, the originals have three sheetmetal tabs sticking out / forward.
This difference is easily spotted when glancing at the pully from under the front bumper.
It appears that the billet pullys do not have this subtle look of the original.
This is only a concern to the purists.
Tom

[G740]

Point taken. You are right, no way to put those tabs on a billet pulley. I do have some good take off originals if you are interested.
John

[wesk]

Actually Tom you could use the new strong pully John makes and epoxy a set of fake tabs on it and paint to match.
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