Since you refer to an inability to put the flywheel on with the pan in
place, you must be talking about an XPAG or XPEG engine. That being the
case, the dowels to which you refer are tapered; they cannot be put into the
crankshaft flange before the flywheel goes on, as they are (or should be)
too fat to pass through the flywheel dowel holes. The procedure is to put
the flywheel on the crank, snug the bolts up to seat the flywheel squarely
on the flange, then slacken them a tad, insert the dowels and start them
home, then tighten the bolts, then smack the dowels all the way home.
Lastly, you safety-wire the bolts.
At least, that's the way I've always done it and I've never had a flywheel
come off yet! (Despite revving my XPAG race motor to 8,000 r.p.m.
consistently - until a rod broke, that is!)
Cheers,
Lawrie
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Loubiere <loubiere@earthlink.net>
To: MG-T List <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, August 10, 2001 4:57 PM
Subject: Installing Flywheel
>One day I am going to finish this engine. I just discovered that you can9t
>put the flywheel on after the crank has been installed in the engine with
>the dowels in place. I almost learned this after installing the pan.
>
>One question-I have the dowel pins removed from the crank. Can one put the
>flywheel on the crank bolted loosely and then drive the dowel9s home, then
>tighten the bolts and get a good installation? Or is it absolutely
>necessary to put the dowels in the crank, the flywheel on the crank and
then
>the crank on the block?
>
>Any help and suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>Bill Loubiere
>1952 TD
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