How I Spent My Summer Vacation

[Stewart Loy]

Gents,

I recall that everything was a bolt up, save the 216 flywheel on the back of the 261 crankshaft.

The 216 employs 3/8-inch fasteners, while the 261 needs the slightly larger 7/16-inch bolts. The friendly machinist needs to enlarge the holes in the flywheel ever so slightly to allow the larger bolts to slip thru.

The bolts clamp the flywheel to the crankshaft - the torque is transmitted thru the drive pins - which make sure everything is lined up - not even I could have put it on wrong!

With the 216 flywheel on the back of the engine you can refit the clutch assembly and bolt the transmission to the engine - then back into the frame - using the same mounts. The old starter will now bolt back to the housing and mesh with the same old 216 flywheel that was pulled earlier. The 6volt starter will work great on 12volts ( it does on my U'Carrier).


Stewart