A727 Rebuild kits redux - Rebuild kits everywhere (62-70 vs 71+)

Great thread!!! That will be very helpful for my rebuild. I was searching the web for rebuild kits and ran across this thread. Thanks for the great information.

By the way, towards the end this thread you show more photos of a "crack". You are correct in that is a manufacturing seam. It is referred to as a parting line, this comes from the aluminum die casting process. The mold is in several sections that come together to form the shape of the casting. Once the molten metal injected in the mold and cools the mold separates and releases the casting. The lines you see are where the mold parting lines are.