450 rancher same crankcase as 455 rancher?

[Sledneck_77]

Anyone know if the crankcase on a 450 rancher will be the same as the 455 rancher?. My cousin dropped his 450 and cracked the the bar oil reservoir. There is one on ebay but its a 455. Can I get away with using that body/crankcase

 

[Terry Syd]

No, the 450 shares the 445 crankcase. Actually, the 450 is a bored out 445.

You can mend the cracked oil reservoir by using a soldering iron and some steel mesh screen. Use the heated soldering iron to push the mesh into the soften plastic. Smooth over the melted plastic with the iron. It will look ugly, but it works.