What are these holes for? What size bolt?
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What are these holes for? What size bolt?
The ones next to the inlet manifold, not the top of the dizzy
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Re: What are these holes for? What size bolt?
Probably for when an air conditioner is fitted. Granada models especially that were also fitted with the pinto engine.
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Ah cool, thanks. Yeah it's a later head, was told Sierra.Thinking of trying to mount a bracket there for my megajolt coil pack
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Re: What are these holes for? What size bolt?
How do you manage the oil pump drive if you remove the dizzy ?
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Re: What are these holes for? What size bolt?
I would guess the bracket comes out over the leads and they feed through a suitable cut out in it.
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Re: What are these holes for? What size bolt?
I'm going to leave the dizzy in place for now, for that reason, and also in case it doesn't work. I think people usually use a cut down shaft and a blanking plug.
Anyone able to hazard a guess at the bolt sizes? Nothing in my box of bits seems close, although it's such random stuff that's not saying much!
Anyone able to hazard a guess at the bolt sizes? Nothing in my box of bits seems close, although it's such random stuff that's not saying much!
Re: What are these holes for? What size bolt?
Kind of look the same as the manifold studs, but that's just a guess I'm afraid.
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Yeah I did wonder that. Annoyingly I can't find the spare studs I had
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Re: What are these holes for? What size bolt?
M8 I would think.
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Cool, thanks. Have ordered some online, hopefully they'll do
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Re: What are these holes for? What size bolt?
Those holes are for mounting a SUPERCHARGER BRACKET
I put my coil-pack on the inner wing just next to the washer bottle & run the HT's along under the strut brace, less heat & vibration & keeps the engine tidier.
I put my coil-pack on the inner wing just next to the washer bottle & run the HT's along under the strut brace, less heat & vibration & keeps the engine tidier.