The part where I give up

Wick said:
Yep, guy brought me a Dodge truck many years ago and told me the rear main was leaking so replace it. Well, I replaced it, what a PITA. Turns out it wasn't the rear main but the oil sending unit.
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On a Ford small lock they have a useless rubber gasket that goes at the ends, I always, always toss them and use a thick bead of rtv instead, the gaskets are junk and blow out under crankcase pressure.
 
89 Fox 351 said:
I would have agreed until i bolted it up myself. There's still play, even with the dowels. It's a slip fit. I had to snug up a couple bolts, tap it the direction i needed it to move, check spec, and torque down. It was shitty
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Yep, something's wrong.
 
Mitch H said:
I jerk a truck transmission(450lb.), a clutch(150lb.), and flywheel(50lb.) by myself in 2.5 hours, and they got a bunch of air lines and electrical connections. That thing can't take 30 minutes to get it all out of the way. I am busy through Wednesday, then I can do whatever until October 5th.
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I am in if needed
 
fullboogie said:
How can there still be play? Do you have the correct size dowels on both ends?
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There's play because it's not a fuckin press fit.

.005 isn't shit when you consider a 1/2" bolt can have a thread diameter of .487. Put that bolt in a .500 hole and you have .0065 just to start
 
89 Fox 351 said:
Here's something none of you fuckers have heard of or care about.. making sure the bellhousing is centered with the centerline of the crank. APT Calls for .005" of runout or less. Took me several hours and special dowel pins to get it aligned within spec, and that's when engine and trans were out of the car

getting that fuckin thing on correctly while it's in the car seems like a real impossibility.

To which all of you will probably say, I've never even checked, just bolted it up and never an issue.
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I‘m sure plenty have heard of, and done it ; )
But as stated, once it’s set up, it shouldn’t need to be reset, the dowels should stay in place and keep the setting no matter how many times it comes off.
 
89 Fox 351 said:
There's play because it's not a fuckin press fit.

.005 isn't shit when you consider a 1/2" bolt can have a thread diameter of .487. Put that bolt in a .500 hole and you have .0065 just to start
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Not busting your chops. I'm asking - have you used a digital caliper to measure the hole in the block and the hole in the bellhousing? You may need another set of dowels to get things right.
 
89 Fox 351 said:
There's play because it's not a fuckin press fit.

.005 isn't shit when you consider a 1/2" bolt can have a thread diameter of .487. Put that bolt in a .500 hole and you have .0065 just to start
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And the dowels should be snug, it's the whole point to them.
As you say, the holes can move around on the bolts since the holes are bigger.
The dowels should exactly locate the housing.
 
Steve439 said:
And the dowels should be snug, it's the whole point to them.
As you say, the holes can move around on the bolts since the holes are bigger.
The dowels should exactly locate the housing.
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I guess quick time makes a wallered out shit bellhousing.
 
89 Fox 351 said:
There's play because it's not a fuckin press fit.

.005 isn't shit when you consider a 1/2" bolt can have a thread diameter of .487. Put that bolt in a .500 hole and you have .0065 just to start
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Threads of the bolt shouldn't be in the shear plane. At least a very minimum.
SAE engine bolts are not dimensionally the same length as hardware store bolts.
And if you ever get into a critical connection, jump up to NAS hardware.
 
Badd_Dadd said:
You did seal the flywheel bolt threads?
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I'm 100% positive i put something on the bolts, however i don't recall what it was.

I remember posting a thread about installing it (because i post about everything) and someone shit on me because of the bolts i used, whatever came with the flywheel
 
fullboogie said:
And you know that because you measured them. Right? Because this is the third fucking time I've mentioned it.
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I don't know what you're asking me to measure, but after checking my build thread, i could rotate one dowel and still slip the bellhousing over them. They were .007 offset dowels
 
Bolts you got may be adequate?
But you did toss out those soft star washers?
If not the engine will toss em, then you got loose bolts.
 
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