so i learned a lesson today.

so on my 280e the guy who took it apart at my indies decided it would be a good idea to remove the flyheel and adaptor plate. then inexplicabley decided to remount the flywheel wo the plate. .. but didnt mark the fw.

turns out it is NOT neutrally balanced (yeah yeah yeah.... i am eating crow on this one!).

so there is an extra weight bolted onto the front counter weight on the #1 clylinder crank throw. we figure the heavy side of the flywheel will match that if we can figure it out.

so anybody know if we are thinking right?

eng. # 110 988 10 008 987 mfgrd in '83

we are hoping to avoid taking the crank out and sending it to the balancers. about 8 to 10 hours work.

another plan is to install the engine wo the tranny and run it to see if it is balanced and remove the fw and move it til it is balanced. only 12 possibilities!

anybody tried this one?

tom w

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