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[Artful Dodger]

Hi,

i have found a slight hitch in my cataloguing of engine bolts etc. i cant find the bolts or studs, i dont know!) that hold the engine front plate.

what hold it on, studs, bolts ect. any picture would be great!

cheers

[jaydee]

Bolts from memory, no studs there..gonna have a search on somerford catalogue so can point out what bolts they are.

[jaydee]

Screw part 39 in the diagram:
http://www.somerford...age=page&id=109

[Artful Dodger]

aahh thanks very much, tells the dimensions as well

now have that all on, all bolts ready to go one, but have come across another problem. i put the engine plate on, then the camshaft retaining plate. then i started to fit the timing gears. i have found that the camshaft pulley goes on so far but then fouls on the bolts that hold the camshaft in. am i missing something??

also, there is a fair bit of lateral movement in the camshaft. normal, i cant see anything that would stop it..

[bmcecosse]

Something wrong with the bolts - or the cam sprocket. It should slide on and pull the cam forward - thus controlling the end float, long before it fouls the bolt heads.

[Artful Dodger]

back to the engine for a bit of figuring. also, does the cam just sit against the retainer plate? is there no bearing face to sit between, or does it just rely on oil?

thanks :)

[Artful Dodger]

just slid it back on, and pulled it up tighter, and as you said, it got rid of any lateral movement. i have now hit more problems... when i do it up more, it still fouls on the bolts! also, when i nip it up, it locks the cam out completly.. must be having a bad day...

Edited by Artful Dodger, 13 July 2012 - 04:34 PM.