ok, i have been round and round with this issue on my own a few times. early 62 and earlier, all have a "volcano" lump on the end of the crank shaft. protrudes out and the flywheel sits on it. sometime between (cant find out exactly) mid 62-early 63 they changed to flat butt cranks. the autos HAD to have the flat cranks. the manuals seem to work either way. best bet, is to stay with what you got. flat but crank now, get a flat butt crank to replace with. or vice versa. its around 1" of a lump on the back of the "volcano" crank. i hope this makes sense. if you need pics to see what im talking about, just ask, i can post them pretty easy. i got 1 of each crank sitting out handy at the moment. i should put up some pics anyway just because i havethem out. dave stohler
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