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Cockshutt 540 engine gear cover

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G Gulick

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Hello there first timer to this forum thanks in advance
I am attempting an engine rebuild on cockshutt 540 the issue Im having is the gear cover removal all bolts and studs are out but still seems reluctant to come off.
Would there be something holding it in the dowell hole from bottom
Dont want to break it any help would be appreciated thanks
 
Below is a link to an online manual which might be of some help. Your 540 would be the Continental F400 engine regardless of it's displacement ..... 124, 140, or 162 cubic inches. I suspect the Cockshutts were maybe the 162 version (not that it matters to your question). Once you open up the link, you can move through the pages with the > or < arrows to the side of the screen. You can make a page appear larger by simply lift-clicking on it and it will magnify. The externals in this manual (eg carburetor) will probably be different than yours. The top left diagram on page 66 shows two locating dowels for linkng up the covor, one is at about the 2 o-clock position and the other at about 7 0-clock relative to the big timing gear. There is not a good picture of how many bolts or studs there are. Somehow I doubt there is a bolt, stud, or dowel from the bottom.
Continental Engine Flathead Manual
 
Below is a link to an online manual which might be of some help. Your 540 would be the Continental F400 engine regardless of it's displacement ..... 124, 140, or 162 cubic inches. I suspect the Cockshutts were maybe the 162 version (not that it matters to your question). Once you open up the link, you can move through the pages with the > or < arrows to the side of the screen. You can make a page appear larger by simply lift-clicking on it and it will magnify. The externals in this manual (eg carburetor) will probably be different than yours. The top left diagram on page 66 shows two locating dowels for linkng up the cover, one is at about the 2 o-clock position and the other at about 7 0-clock relative to the big timing gear. There is not a good picture of how many bolts or studs there are. Somehow I doubt there is a bolt, stud, or dowel from the bottom.
Continental Engine Flathead Manual
 
I should have mentioned, if the last guy who had that off used silicon or even regular Permatex gasket seal adhesive, it could be glued on there pretty tight. Have you tried GENTLY trying to tap a tapered blade in between the cover and the front of the block? It might pop it off or maybe show that it has the ability to separate. Keep trying that in different locations around the outside edge of the cover. Might take a bit of coaxing but be patient, it has to come off eventually.
 
Link below of a good look on page 38 and 39 of another manual. If your engine is still in the tractor, don't forget there is a BIG heavy bolt which threads from underneath into that timing gear cover. That all serves as the front engine mount.
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Thanks crazy horse I found the big bolt behind front axle plate gear cover bolts right to the axle how bout that
 
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