912 oil cooler

[Bernard Oresti]

Iam rebuilding my #matching engine in a German delivery 64 SC with the NEW HEATER system documented 77 725 mileage we noticed a 912 style fan shroud with the rubber mount for the cooler upon disassembly. Once inside it did have a 912 style cooler the mount at the case has the recesses necessary for the mounting of the 912 cooler .
All three members of the engine case have a matching 3 digit number and the timing cover matches the cardex 616/16 is also on the right case half.

My question is if in fact this is a replacement case how does it have the correct three digit stamping , where replacement cases blank and re-stamped at the dealer ?
Or did euro SC with the new heater system have the 912 style case and cooler .
Any insight would be appreciated

Kind Regards to All , and Keep the Faith
Bernard Oresti

[Chuck Allard]

Perhaps it's just been partially disassembled and upgraded with cooler and fan shroud?

[Bernard Oresti]

Yes but that doesn't account for the 912 style case at the cooler .

[Chuck Allard]

Strange. I'm looking at both a 616/16 (356SC) and 616/36 (early 912) cases without the depressions for rubber gaskets above and below the cooler mount. And then I looked at one of my 616/40 (late 912) cases and it has the depressions.
Perhaps your engine was totally rebuilt and the mount was machined for the '68 cooler. I'd rather believe that then numbers fraud.

[Vic Skirmants]

Cases were machined later for the 912 "soft-mount" cooler.

[Bernard Oresti]

Thanks Chuck and Vic for your insight.
I don't believe there's any numbers fraud I believe the cases to be original or a" factory replacement" . I couldn't see how the underside of the mount was machined so professionally post factory , but that seems to be what happened.
Best regards
Bernard

[Phil Planck]

My S90 case had been machined for 912 cooler by a former owner.