have you done mains with engine in car

B.W.Haugen;288 wrote: I have the bolt pattern for the main studs but didn't notice the specs on the other bolts that thread into the cylinder wall.

Maybe it is listed here:
forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/928-forum...ues-spreadsheet.html

Wow, thats it racer, he lists them. hmm seems I may have seen them in the wsm now that I look at the specs there. I downloaded the spreadsheet, printed it and laminated them. Thanks again

happy to help, Google search is our friend

Ok finally got some time to continue to work on the car tonight.

First thing I had to do was to pick up some 1.25 tread pitch bolts to fit in the back of the crank.
Went to the friendly ski-doo/quad shop and bought three 5 inch bolts with 1.25 thread pitch.



I put the cross mount back under the TT



Slid the driveshaft clamp up to the crank Then I threaded one bolt into the top hole of the crank. It treaded in by hand about 3/4 of an inch

Now when the weight goes on that bolt the driveshaft will want to turn and thats a no no because we don't want the crank and the pistons to slide down and be a real $%^&* to push back up
SO..... use a vise grip that wont slip




and when I am ready to remove the final bolts for the girdle, I will clamp it onto the drive shaft so that it wont rotate.
Clamp it against the Bell housing like this





This week end I will see if this works.

Just out of curiosity, why did you put the oil pan back on?