How to check the SAE number on a bell housing?
How to check the SAE number on a bell housing? Take a look at the chart below. Stand facing the bell housing while it is attached to the engine and simply measure across the face of it to get the SAE number. To check your measurement you can also count the number of bolt holes, bolt diameter and bolt size. Are there engine bellhousing bolt pattern blueprints? All of these engines have been around for decades and are all common units that have been used in countless aftermarket engine/transmission combinations so their specs shouldn't be top secret by any means....