OK, so .. I am SOOOOOOO close to getting this darn thing back on the
road and yet again .. problems. When I took the PS pump off, I found
it was held on with 5/16-18 all-thread and washers. The two special
bolts missing since God only knows when. Also the bracket off of the
drivers side exhaust manifold - gone. I ordered all the parts from
S.I., and took the all thread out. The top bolt went in fine, but the
lower bolt (upper tapped block hole) bottoms out before its tight. I
took the bolt out of my '60 Hawk engine, and it fits that engine fine.
The extra R1 I have has that bolt broken off in the block, so its not
any help to figure this out. Is there ANY reason the R1 block would
have a shallower hole on the top block hole than the bottom? I tried
the bottom bolt in the top hole and it also is "too long" and bottoms
out before contacting the water manifold. I can not use extra washers
since it will skew the PS pump. I am thinking that a bolt is broken
off in the block toward the bottom of the hole, creating a 1/4 less
depth. I took the fan shroud off, and was going to start drilling and
I thought I should ask just in case there is something I dont know.
Yah .. I am going to ask it .. CAN ANYTHING ELSE GO WRONG???[xx(][V][:0]
Tom
'63 Avanti, zinc plated drilled & slotted 03 Mustang Cobra 13" front disc/98 GT rear brakes, 03 Cobra 17" wheels, GM alt, 97 Z28 leather seats, soon: 97 Z28 T-56 6-spd, Ported heads w/SST full flow valves, 'R3' 276 cam, Edelbrock AFB Carb, GM HEI distributor, 8.8mm plug wires
road and yet again .. problems. When I took the PS pump off, I found
it was held on with 5/16-18 all-thread and washers. The two special
bolts missing since God only knows when. Also the bracket off of the
drivers side exhaust manifold - gone. I ordered all the parts from
S.I., and took the all thread out. The top bolt went in fine, but the
lower bolt (upper tapped block hole) bottoms out before its tight. I
took the bolt out of my '60 Hawk engine, and it fits that engine fine.
The extra R1 I have has that bolt broken off in the block, so its not
any help to figure this out. Is there ANY reason the R1 block would
have a shallower hole on the top block hole than the bottom? I tried
the bottom bolt in the top hole and it also is "too long" and bottoms
out before contacting the water manifold. I can not use extra washers
since it will skew the PS pump. I am thinking that a bolt is broken
off in the block toward the bottom of the hole, creating a 1/4 less
depth. I took the fan shroud off, and was going to start drilling and
I thought I should ask just in case there is something I dont know.
Yah .. I am going to ask it .. CAN ANYTHING ELSE GO WRONG???[xx(][V][:0]
Tom
'63 Avanti, zinc plated drilled & slotted 03 Mustang Cobra 13" front disc/98 GT rear brakes, 03 Cobra 17" wheels, GM alt, 97 Z28 leather seats, soon: 97 Z28 T-56 6-spd, Ported heads w/SST full flow valves, 'R3' 276 cam, Edelbrock AFB Carb, GM HEI distributor, 8.8mm plug wires
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