Do original manual transmission bell housings have part numbers cast into them?

[Kern Dog]

I have one here….

This came out of a 68 Dart that has one of the early 5 speed Tremec TKO transmissions as part of a Keisler kit.

You can see the adapter on the mounting face.

I can’t find a casting number.

It had no boot to cover the clutch fork hole.

It wouldn’t be hard to make one though.

I don’t have a lot of experience with manual transmission stuff but I would think Ma Mopar would have put casting numbers in everything, stamping numbers in the stamped metal parts and tags on everything else.
Are they supposed to have numbers somewhere?

 

[junkyardhero]

under the adapter. it'll be cast in a pocket between the webs

 

[Projectile Dart]

I have 2 a body small block bellhousings, both of them have them under the adapter you have. They live in between the bellhousing and the trans once its all bolted up. A quick google search confirms that

 

[RBConvert]

Greg was asking on my behalf; the front inspection cover has been missing since I bought the car. I don't want to separate the adapter from the bell. Greg has a cover in his stash from another tranny that can be manipulated to work on this one.
That bell needs some heavy duty cleaning before it goes back in the car.

 

[HemiSSDart]

Not sure what you are asking here, it is a Keiseler part not a factory part so it will not have a casting number on it...

 

[Kern Dog]

The adapter/cover where the transmission itself mounts is a Kiesler part. The bell housing itself looks like a reproduction or original part.
The main reason for the question was to satisfy Silver Sport Transmissions. This bell had no bottom cover nor one where the fork rod/hydraulic clutch line passes through. It was the man at SST that wanted a casting number to be able to order the correct covers for it.
A workaround is being developed, one that should do the job just fine.

 

[Kern Dog]

That bell needs some heavy duty cleaning before it goes back in the car.

My standard protocol....Gasoline, Scotch Brite pads/wire brushes, then if needed, a session in this:

 

[HemiSSDart]

Well if it does have a casting number then you need to remove the adapter as it would be on the face of the bellhousing under the adapter...

 

[gzig5]