I hate thquirrels.... (thaid with a lithp)



One of my favorite movie quotes from, IMHO, one of the best Disney movies of all time, UP.

Dude that rocks man <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Thursday was adapter plate day, punched it all out beforre I left.
Pics from thursday

Spot drilling the plate.


Spot drilled!


Skip to all holes drilled and counterbored.


Starter mounting holes countersunk.



Crank and starter nose holes milled.

From friday.
Starter bolted in and flywheel setting loose in the crank cutout. Upside down because I forgot to spin it round.


Bell housing bolted down by one upper bolt and 4 lower bolts.(the other bolts were inside the truck on the lift at the time...) Fit is perfect, even the whacky asymetric 16mm dowel holes line up!


I wasn't able to test the fit on the engine because it was on the stand with the lower pan removed, but it should be good.

Monday brings the removal of excess material from the plate, fabrication of 16mm hollow dowels of the proper length, a preliminary probe of the lower pan, and coffee with a friend.

That's sexy as hell...

That's just damn sexy. I likey <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Keep up the great work!

Plate is DONE!

Outer figure being milled.

This was on the breakthrough pass before the finish pass.


Finish pass.


We have a test fit!


On the housing, with the dowels in place.


The dowels.


This one looks wimpy, but it takes an arbor press to get it to budge, there's actually a fair bit of material left around it.


The dowels were originally intended to slip fit into the plate, so I had made them with a large enough "head" that they could eaisily be manuvered in the engine bay and get put in when the trans lined up.
Due to a little bit of runout/taper in the dowel holes (endmill was sticking out a bit far so the tool holder could clear a holdown strap...), they ended up being a press fit. If it becomes an issue, I can ream the holes.

I've got some other stuff I need to do before I can do a test fit on the motor, but all should be good.

On to chop up the oil pan!

Looks awesome! And one complimentary post should be sufficient this time... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/ignore.gif" alt="" />

Looking sweet. Sure must be nice having all the fancy tools for making parts.

Not sure if I understand what the dowels function is?