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cory321 · 09-01-2007, 08:24 PM

Will it hurt to drive my Truck with out the plastic inspection cover over the flywheel.Mine broke when i was installing a new starter.I will replace it but wanted to know if it would be ok without it.
Thanks
Cory

kelsfine69 · 09-01-2007, 08:35 PM

It wont hurt it just stay on the clean streets, and keep your fingers out

68gmsee · 09-01-2007, 08:37 PM

Are you talking about the cover under the flywheel? Mine is metal so you must have a newer engine in it...

I see that yours is an automatic and if that's the cover you're are referring to it won't hurt to drive it like that. However, I wouldn't drive it on gravel and dirt roads unless you drive at slow speeds. Rocks may get kicked up into the flywheel and it may be possible to cause damage (its not very likely but you have to cover every possibility).

I have a manual and drove it for about 3 months on the highway with no problems until I found the cover.

If you replace the cover, let us know where you got it. I couldn't find one anywhere on the internet. Even tried GM parts and they no longer had it.

cory321 · 09-01-2007, 08:45 PM

Thanks. It will onl be on paved roads.I will have a new one in about a week.Also i was just going to arder a chrome one because i also couldnt find a factory replacemet/

mnunn454 · 09-01-2007, 08:56 PM

Yup. Keep the fingers out and you'll be fine.

Aarons72s · 09-01-2007, 09:23 PM

I get them at the junk yard, plastic ones. I usually just walk thru the chevy section and pick one up. I have been getting them off of the 80's boxxy chevy cars or 70's and 80's trucks and vans.

As for running without it. No problem. My green and white one was missing it when I bought it. Ran for a couple years without one until I rembered to grab one from the junk yard.

cory321 · 09-01-2007, 09:26 PM

The junkyards around here suck there is only one place that has pull-your-own-parts and it is about 15 miles from me.Any opinions on chrome ones from jegs or similar.

HomerJ · 09-02-2007, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by cory321

The junkyards around here suck there is only one place that has pull-your-own-parts and it is about 15 miles from me.Any opinions on chrome ones from jegs or similar.

I got one from Summit a few years back for my 400. It fits fine and was relatively cheap ($20, if I remember right). I ran mine without one for a few years - even on dirt roads, out in the woods for hunting, fishing, etc. I never had any problems.

68gmsee · 09-02-2007, 09:24 AM

Re: chrome ones.

I have an old GMC 250 three speed. No fancy stuff, just regular run of the mill farm truck in pretty good condition and I was looking for an original cover. No one makes a black one. I guess one can paint the chrome one.

I thought it would look too fancy for my truck.

Longhorn Man · 09-02-2007, 02:00 PM

Honestly... I've NEVER had one on any of my trucks. Daily drivers all of them, been driving them since 97 with about a 1 1/2 year break in the depressing lincoln days... never an issue.

09-01-2007, 08:24 PM	#1
cory321 Problem Child Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kettering Ohio Posts: 1,248	Transmission inspection cover Will it hurt to drive my Truck with out the plastic inspection cover over the flywheel.Mine broke when i was installing a new starter.I will replace it but wanted to know if it would be ok without it. Thanks Cory __________________ 1972 gmc sierra grande 350/350 a/c soon`to get a new 350 I Survived Norwood

09-01-2007, 08:35 PM	#2
kelsfine69 18 Till I Die Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 1,522	Re: Transmission inspection cover It wont hurt it just stay on the clean streets, and keep your fingers out __________________ 2011 GMC Acadia 1969 GMC BBC LS7 2007 GMC Crew Duramax 1987 Camaro Iroc 350 Tuned Port Injection 42000Km 1987 Chevrolet Silverado 350 TBI 1987 Chevrolet Silverado 350 TBI(yes 2) Take me drunk, I'm too home...

09-01-2007, 08:37 PM	#3
68gmsee Active Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Centrally located between Houston, Austin and Waco. BCS area. Posts: 7,947	Re: Transmission inspection cover Are you talking about the cover under the flywheel? Mine is metal so you must have a newer engine in it... I see that yours is an automatic and if that's the cover you're are referring to it won't hurt to drive it like that. However, I wouldn't drive it on gravel and dirt roads unless you drive at slow speeds. Rocks may get kicked up into the flywheel and it may be possible to cause damage (its not very likely but you have to cover every possibility). I have a manual and drove it for about 3 months on the highway with no problems until I found the cover. If you replace the cover, let us know where you got it. I couldn't find one anywhere on the internet. Even tried GM parts and they no longer had it.

09-01-2007, 08:45 PM	#4
cory321 Problem Child Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kettering Ohio Posts: 1,248	Re: Transmission inspection cover Thanks. It will onl be on paved roads.I will have a new one in about a week.Also i was just going to arder a chrome one because i also couldnt find a factory replacemet/ __________________ 1972 gmc sierra grande 350/350 a/c soon`to get a new 350 I Survived Norwood

09-01-2007, 08:56 PM	#5
mnunn454 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 602	Re: Transmission inspection cover Yup. Keep the fingers out and you'll be fine. __________________ 69 C-10 SWB Fleetside 454/TH400 (For Sale) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/c...ct=1299&cat=12 70 El Camino 454 TH700 29 Model A 4-DR Sedan Deluxe

09-01-2007, 09:23 PM	#6
Aarons72s Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: oklahoma Posts: 10,670	Re: Transmission inspection cover I get them at the junk yard, plastic ones. I usually just walk thru the chevy section and pick one up. I have been getting them off of the 80's boxxy chevy cars or 70's and 80's trucks and vans. As for running without it. No problem. My green and white one was missing it when I bought it. Ran for a couple years without one until I rembered to grab one from the junk yard.

09-01-2007, 09:26 PM	#7
cory321 Problem Child Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kettering Ohio Posts: 1,248	Re: Transmission inspection cover The junkyards around here suck there is only one place that has pull-your-own-parts and it is about 15 miles from me.Any opinions on chrome ones from jegs or similar. __________________ 1972 gmc sierra grande 350/350 a/c soon`to get a new 350 I Survived Norwood

09-02-2007, 09:24 AM	#9
68gmsee Active Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Centrally located between Houston, Austin and Waco. BCS area. Posts: 7,947	Re: Transmission inspection cover Re: chrome ones. I have an old GMC 250 three speed. No fancy stuff, just regular run of the mill farm truck in pretty good condition and I was looking for an original cover. No one makes a black one. I guess one can paint the chrome one. I thought it would look too fancy for my truck.

09-02-2007, 02:00 PM	#10
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: Transmission inspection cover Honestly... I've NEVER had one on any of my trucks. Daily drivers all of them, been driving them since 97 with about a 1 1/2 year break in the depressing lincoln days... never an issue.



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