I took some photos of the late type Bell Housing for my M38.
http://m38bellhousing.mypicgallery.com _________________ Tropical Veteran
35th Inf. Reg. "CACTI" 4th I.D. VN
Amateur Radio K5XOM
To answer your question. The late M38 and the M38A1 use the same bell housing. The ways to tell them apart (early M38 vs late M38) is the early bell has an unthreaded drain hole, a 2 bolt inspection cover and the starter mount bolts are 3/8" and the late bell has a threaded drain hole, a 6 bolt inspecion cover and the starter mounts with 1/2" bolts.
An important consideration is weather you have the early or late M38 block casting 641087. The later block has a reinforced rear flange on each side and some additional bolts. Even though you can make either bell fit either block style you will have a problem that requires metal removal if you try to put the early bell on the late engine. _________________ Wes K
45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:25 am Post subject: Thanks guys
Thanks for the pics and info. I've got 2 m38 tranny tcase combos and both have what appear to be early bellhousings. Only one of which was mated to a M38 engine. Would it use the same inspection cover plate as the civilian or was it different? Also, does anyone have a Milspec # for the lifting shackle pin?
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