Thread: 4.2 m117 heads
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Old 06-06-2019, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by fonzi View Post
So the dowel pins do nothing for this plate, and simply hoping that the bolt holes line up the plate is a bad idea.

Do I understand correctly?

Or is the plate obviously off center when using the bolt holes?


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The dowels locate it on the iron block. The alloy block doesn't have the same dowels. It has them up near the outer cylinder bank to register the transmission. Hoping it's lined up is not going to work. It may drive with it off center but it will murder input bearings and pilot bearings. Clutch may not disengage properly. Shifting will suffer especially at high rpm.
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