Cadillac 429 rebuild

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Thor1950 said:
I believe the LR use the BOP bolt pattern, not a 100% sure but worth a check
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no...if it were so simple...

lr pattern is unique to the ****y ilttle 3.5..(and bigger later varients) and the buick lump it was lifted from..(apart from real early ones (i think))


RE BELLHOUSINGS..dont forget input shaft length in equation..you might find good bellhousing but its too long...just pionting this out..

also i recon easier to make bellhousing fit gearbox than vise versa??
 
stutab said:
You got some work to do now :D
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Oh yeah! Plenty of pics will follow tomorrow ;)


Building the engine back up as best we can and starting to make up exhaust manifold and inlet manifold templates


zen said:
no...if it were so simple...

lr pattern is unique to the ****y ilttle 3.5..(and bigger later varients) and the buick lump it was lifted from..(apart from real early ones (i think))


RE BELLHOUSINGS..dont forget input shaft length in equation..you might find good bellhousing but its too long...just pionting this out..

also i recon easier to make bellhousing fit gearbox than vise versa??
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It might be but this way the bellhousing already matches the dowel holes so all I need to do is extend the dowel pegs outwards to match the flywheel adaptor offset
 
Dr_evil said:
Oh yeah! Plenty of pics will follow tomorrow ;)


Building the engine back up as best we can and starting to make up exhaust manifold and inlet manifold templates




It might be but this way the bellhousing already matches the dowel holes so all I need to do is extend the dowel pegs outwards to match the flywheel adaptor offset
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what bell housing doc? thought it was in the southwest still?
 
No......I've not decided whether to fit that one or fit the cheaper ally version and build a 10mm cage as that'll stop it too

In no rush, adaptor wont take long to make up as we have the steel and a lathe now to do the flywheel adaptor
 
Dr_evil said:
No......I've not decided whether to fit that one or fit the cheaper ally version and build a 10mm cage as that'll stop it too

In no rush, adaptor wont take long to make up as we have the steel and a lathe now to do the flywheel adaptor
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they make a blanket type bell housing scatter shield blanket to do that

http://djsafety.com/TransBlanket.html
 
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Meh.......awake........setting off to the shed in an hour ish.......torque wrench may be a slight issue as mine starts at 50ft/lb and I only need to go to 60ft/lb so I think I'll be working by feel for the first few turns

Need to pick up some loctite too and scotchbrite
 
Dr_evil said:
Meh.......awake........setting off to the shed in an hour ish.......torque wrench may be a slight issue as mine starts at 50ft/lb and I only need to go to 60ft/lb so I think I'll be working by feel for the first few turns

Need to pick up some loctite too and scotchbrite
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Just saw the word scotchbrite in an engine rebuild thread! Don't do it! It contains tiny pieces of grit/sand which you may struggle to ever clean off properly. This means scotchbrite should never go anywhere near an engine's internals even if fully cleaned after. What I was told by my neighbor anyway when we had my Honda 125 apart!

Cheers, good luck, looking forward to seeing a video of a Series with a 429ci v8 in it!:)
 
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