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Re: Dots on big end bearing caps.

To: "Stuart Goggin" <SGOGGIN@au.oracle.com>, <buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Dots on big end bearing caps.
From: "The Becketts" <hillman@bigpond.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 20:30:14 +1000
Stuart Goggin wrote

>I noticed some dot punches on the conrod caps.  Some caps had two some had
>three dots.  I think most of them pointed to the front of the engine.
>Are these dots ok to assemble the caps by,  ie line them up to the front of
>the engine.  Do they signify something??


Dunno about Rovers (I haven't stipped mine) but on my Hillmans, they
identify which conrod bigend cap goes with which rod.  You shouldn't mix
them

Ron



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