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Old 03-22-2017, 04:40 AM
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Originally Posted by randy View Post
i was maybe 3/16 of a inch away on the drivers side of the engine from having the bell housing to sit flush with the engine. I slowly tighten the bolts nice and evenly to draw it in. All of a sudden i heard a loud crack and it split my block on the back edge ruining it. Now there was the pressure of the trans there as well so what i would do now is bolt the bellhousing to the engine and then trans to the bell housing. If you draw the trans to the bell housing some and it cracks you will break the bellhousing instead of the engine.
Man sorry you had to go through that but thanks for sharing, so it is kinda common for them to be a bit off?
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