348 misc Bolt Questions. Assembly time!

[Tman]

Introed quite a while back, hadnt had many questions til now. I am assembling my 58 348 and ran into a couple small questions tonight (missing hardware).

What size is the balancer bolt hole in the crank?

I am using the stock cannister filter, I have the aluminum piece that bolts to the block as well as the cannister. What is correct for the 2 bolts that hold the Aluminum adaptor on? !/4 by what?

Also, any good pics on how this al piece sets in the block?

Now that I am into the mill, I hope to post here more. For those that care, this is in an early 60s style 27 Ford Touring. I am about 2 weekends from driving this car, I need to rub out a little paint, wire it and drop teh motor and tranny in the hole. Not really a full bodied 60s car like most here drive but I THINK most will dig it, not real cars were hurt in this build, I got the motor after it had been plucked from some unknown car.

Anyway, thanks for any info in advance! Trent

[Tman]

Again? 34 views and no answer?

[JimKwiatkowski]

Trent,If you have threads in your crank it should be the same as a small block 7/16 x 20 x 2 1/2 you can get damper bolts and washer from your parts store that sell's Mr Gasket or Moroso products.

Your bolts on your oil filter alum adaptor are 1/4" n/c I don't know the length but try installing your adaptor to your block and measure the depth from the bottom of the 1/4 " hole to the top of your adaptor with welding rod or screwdriver and that should give you the length

[Tman]

Thank you VERY much! I found out that info out locally but the oil filter adapter bolts are still an unknown. Luckily, I am not in a bind!

[JC327]

There is at least one bolt near the aluminum plate that, if you use too long a bolt, it will gouge into the plate and cause oiling problems. I think it's a bellhousing bolt. I know this was not in your original question, but the previous owner on my engine did this and I had to rebuild again as a result.

[tripowerguy]

If you have a bolt for the dampner then someone drilled it. The 58 dampner was a press fit and no bolt was used. So if it has a bolt hole I would find out for sure tread size and depth before I put it together. also I have not had any luck with oil filter adapters. I still use canister. The adapters that I have tried allow oil to bypass filter. Just my 2 cents worth. Roy

[Tman]

hmmmm, I TAPPED out what APPEARED to be a broken bolt? My block is 58, dont know about the crank!
Went 7/16-20 and did a fine job with the tap if I may say so!

As for the filter, I AM using the cannister. I found that 1/4-20 x 1 1/2? was right if memory serves me.

My local W motor pal advised me to use the Cannister, so that is what I did.

Thanks.