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Is there any rubber or material used between the engine and bell housing mounts and the frame? I don't recall any years ago when the engine was removed from my sedan. Seemed to be metal to metal.
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It should be metal to metal and tight. Years ago I put rubber between the engine mounts and the frame. The vibration of a mostly unbalanced engine was not tolerable.
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Would you recommend new bolts and nuts on the bell housing to frame? Could use higher torque then.
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The original bolts (and front stud) have holes for cotter pins so tightness is a little variable.
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I believe those bolts are 7/16-20 with castle nuts.
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The bolts on my bell housing to frame are drilled for a cotter pin, but the nuts are not castle nuts. Just plain hex nuts with lock washers. Could the cotter pin hole be just a safety to keep the nuts from falling off if they came loose. I do not believe the engine was ever removed before.
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I wouldn’t know for sure as my own 31 was “engine out” when I bought it. The two mounting bolts were in a bag labeled and the castle nuts were in the bag but they could have been added by someone. Many things can happen to 90+ year old cars over the years.
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What I know about it, my engine was not removed before. It has the bolts drilled for a cotter pin, plain hex. nuts with lock washers, and the cotter pins of course. The 1929-1932 Master Parts Price List shows bolt, lockwasher and hex. nut 7/16"-20
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Pretty sure the bolts are just with lockwasher and hex nut. Most likely the castle nut and cotter pin was added by nervous backyard mechanics. Not necessarily a bad idea though.
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