View Single Post
  #128  
Old 05-25-2023, 08:30 AM
SD455DJ SD455DJ is online now
Ultimate Warrior
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Posts: 3,652
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by 79 Phoenix View Post
My old engine has a heat duct for connecting hose to the air cleaner. Looks like some special head bolts were used by factory so duct could be attached with nuts.. My new engine (the cleaner one) has one regular head bolt in the front that won't allow me to re-attach the duct. If I want to keep this duct to keep things original, can I just pull the one head bolt out and replace with one that will allow me to attach duct?
Yes, just replace with the proper studded bolt. Your newer engine appears to have been rebuilt, or at least the heads were removed for some reason and they installed a non-stud bolt in that location.

Dennis