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: 68 L78 fan clutch


acelr8
Nov 29th, 06, 05:50 PM
With several bare fans being sold lately on epay for ridiculous money.Where are the clutches? Are there correct repos or a source.I need one and will modify a small b.c. fan to match.Thanks Jeff

Pacecarjeff
Nov 29th, 06, 07:29 PM
The clutches wore out, they were thrown away.
No correct repros.
You can still get a similar one from GM.
Or, very close replacement (NORS) all over eBay.

acelr8
Nov 30th, 06, 03:51 PM
Every clutch I find is the 3 inch bolt pattern not the 3 1/4 as was correct for the l-78.Thanks Jeff

rare4k
Nov 30th, 06, 03:53 PM
thats why there bigbucks

Fred Ficarra
Nov 30th, 06, 09:47 PM
So L78s in 69 have a different spacing with clutches that are readily available and a perfect match to the original? That's all original stuff that the clutch is mounted to. The original water pump died in Marathon Florida in 1973. I changed it out in the parking lot of the parts store. The Edelbrock aluminum is a duplicate.
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