Some lessons learned....

Make sure you note which bolts go where. One bolt (the lowest one behind the crank) is shorter than the rest. I wasn't paying attention and put one of the other "normal" sized bolts into that hole...got about 3/4 the way there and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't go in more. Being an idiot, I just took the vice grips and screwed it in as far as I could...got it in tightened. As soon as I realized I had a shorter screw, I uncrewed that bolt. All the threads on the end were stripped but I have no idea where the screw actually went. I hope it didn't go into the timing mechanism or crack/stress the block. I'm really worried. Putting the pulley and fan and all that back on today, keeping my fingers crossed that it will run.

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth