Vortec plastic timing cover replacement
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==Vortec block== | ==Vortec block== | ||
| − | A block using a steel cover uses dowel pins (male pins in block, holes in steel cover), while the Vortec block (below) has the holes for the plastic cover's pins. | + | A block using a steel cover uses dowel pins (male pins in block, holes in steel cover), while the Vortec block (below) has the holes for the plastic cover's locating pins. The dowel holes in the 880 block are >15/64" and <1/4" (about right for a press-fit 1/4" dowel pin). |
| − | This 880 Vortec block has all the holes present and tapped. | + | This 880 Vortec block has all the holes present and tapped. This is not always the case; some blocks are missing the holes and will need to use a gasket as a template to drill and tap the missing holes. The thread size is 1/4-20, the pilot hole can be drilled with a #7 bit. |
[[File:Front 880 001.jpg]] | [[File:Front 880 001.jpg]] | ||
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