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A friend of mine contacted me a few weeks ago, looking for a 260 5-bolt bellhousing for his Tiger. He had the engine out of the car, and noticed that his bellhousing had a significant crack in it, near the starter dome, and instead of getting it welded up, he thought he would put in a used one. He was wondering if I had a spare. I said no problem, I have four and I'll drop one off at his place on my way to the City. I did that, and the next weekend he contacted me again and said, guess what, your bellhousing is cracked near the same area as mine... I couldn't believe it as I thought his crack was a fluke, maybe the result of some sort of accident, or trauma to the drivetrain. I then checked my other three and sure enough at least one other one was cracked in the same area as well. I dropped them all off so he could check them all and pick the best one. The other two were so greasy I didn't want to get into cleaning them. That means that at least 3 of the 5 bellhousing were cracked. Is this a known problem? Has anybody had a bellhousing failure? I would assume that as the cracks get worse there could be some vibration to further damage the drivetrain. My friend figures Ford realized this and that is why they went to a 6 bolt design. He is probably right.