<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Well John, what you say is largely correct. The seven 5/16" bolts do indeed thread into the block, sort of ... the five 1/4" ones only thread into the engine front plate.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">But ... here's the thing ... 2 of the 5/16" bolts actually thread into the front main bearing cap, not the block itself. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Unfortunately the 2 bolts with the odd washers were fitted on the left side of the engine above and below the level of the timing pointer .... there goes that theory.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">M<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 1:42 PM John Vrugtman <<a href="mailto:javrugtman@htcnet.org">javrugtman@htcnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Also are 7 bolts to go with the 7 washers, and 5 bolts to go with
the 5 washers, perhaps the 7 go into the front plate and the others
go into the block<br>
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JAV<br>
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<div>On 1/3/2021 1:08 PM, Michael Salter
wrote:<br>
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<div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">I'm
working on an early 3000 engine and have encountered these
"special washers" for the 5/16" bolts on the timing chain
cover.</div>
<div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><img src="cid:176ca1ed4f3cb971f161" alt="image.png" width="467" height="539"></div>
<div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">There are
7 (2K5197) called for on the front cover but what is odd is
that there are 2 different shapes. <br>
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<div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Normally
I would conclude that they were from different suppliers but
this is the 2nd time that I have come across this odd little
detail on very original 6 cylinder engines, 5 of one type and
2 of the other.</div>
<div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Wondering
if anyone else has noticed this and has a plausible
explanation.</div>
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<div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">M<br>
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