Now that I have the engine/transmission out of my Sky Hawk, I'm going to strip the block down to take to the Shop to have the machine work done. Before I remove the bell housing and transmission, which do I need to place witness marks on...the bell housing and block, or the bell housing and transmission...or both? I know SOMEHTING has to be aligned perfectly when it goes back together....
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It should be indexed by a dowel pin or 2. Just leave them where they are and you should be good to go when you re-assemble. It's the bell housing to engine that is indexed, not the bell housing to transmission.sigpic1966 Daytona (The First One)
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Neither. If the bellhousing was the original, it was dialed in at the factory. If it was performing OK, without misalignment before, it should stay that way. Just keep the dowel pins in place. If the dowel pins stay in the block, make sure to instruct the machine shop to leave them alone. It is only when you are changing bellhousings from one engine to the next that the dial-in procedure is required. As for the transmission, that "register" (large machined hole) should be true. If you want to scribe a mark there, it won't hurt anything.John Clary
Greer, SC
SDC member since 1975
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'Stupid' question here: does anybody know why it is essential to match up the bell to the block on 1964 down Studes? Why I asked is that was no longer an issue to the best of my knowledge with any other American manufacturer, at least from the mid 1950's up.--------------------------------------
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Originally posted by 1962larksedan View Post'Stupid' question here: does anybody know why it is essential to match up the bell to the block on 1964 down Studes? Why I asked is that was no longer an issue to the best of my knowledge with any other American manufacturer, at least from the mid 1950's up.
If the bellhousing was the original, it was dialed in at the factory. If it was performing OK, without misalignment before, it should stay that way.
jack vinesPackardV8
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the vehicle in question hasn't operated well as you bought the car ? If you have no experience driving/operating the engine, you would be best served to have the combo dialed-in before install....especially if you're rebuilding things...
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Originally posted by 1962larksedan View Post'Stupid' question here: does anybody know why it is essential to match up the bell to the block on 1964 down Studes? Why I asked is that was no longer an issue to the best of my knowledge with any other American manufacturer, at least from the mid 1950's up.
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Originally posted by 345 DeSoto View PostThe engine/bell housing have never been apart. The engine, though locked up, has only 17,332 miles on it. Sitting for 44 years, in a Shop, didn't help.
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