In a message dated 6/6/02 6:41:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, shook@usc.edu
writes:
<< I put 5/16"
(head size) bolts through them into the transmission
mounts, but they only thread in about 3/8" (these are
the bolt holes at the back of the engine where the
transmission attaches, and the threaded hole is quite
shallow). >>
5/16" head or thread diameter? A 5/16" head would be a ~ # 8 machine screw
unless these are special reduced hex size bolts.
I'm not familiar with a TR6 engine but, 3/8" thread engagement in cast iron
for a bellhousing is rather shallow. Is there a alternate set of holes you
can use? How about a hole that is through drilled so you can use a nut?
If the engine was a 4 cyl or a V6 3/8" engagement might be enough but a
straight 6 seems pushing it.
Harold
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