The Crusty Cuda: Whole lotta Shakin' (N96) Goin' on!

[njsteve]

Originally Posted by CTBob

Hey, again, Steve!

You know me. “Mr. Dogged Determination.” (Woof!) I looked at the photos of the carrier assembly again, and, in the FWIW Dept., it looks like there MAY be a Casting Date Code Pad immediately below the horizontal casting rib, and, above the “81489” in the p.n. 2881489 on the side. Does that appear to be true, and, if so, is there anything distinguishable on it?

I rechecked and it's smooth there. No other numbers.

[CTBob]

Thanks, Steve!

I was hopeful that what I noticed in that area in your photo of the post-hot-tanked carrier (which you included in Post #912, p. 92) was another potential date pad (rather than just the mottled appearance of the cast iron, following the cleaning process). In that photo, the area above the 9 (in "489") gave the appearance of a telltale screw head in the casting, however, maybe not so much IRL. Ah, well…

[njsteve]

Nope, nothing there, just fresh cast metal. Maybe it's like that image of the monkey face on Mars! When you get close enough, it's just a pile of rocks from an extinct volcanic mesa.

[CTBob]

Got it!