Cylinder head bolts
This one with the threaded hole
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flatheadDave
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Cylinder head bolts
What’s this threaded hole for?
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RUBONE
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Re: Cylinder head bolts
It is for the WLA "fording kit" (for deep water) and is in the wrong location. Without the kit it doesn't matter where it is but it goes in the front just right of the centerline.
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Re: Cylinder head bolts
Great to know. I figured it was a WLA thing. The engine they came from likely a WLA engine.
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Re: Cylinder head bolts
As Robbie mentioned, it's for bolting the 'deep water breather pipe' onto the headbolt..
It was a retrofit to earlier types WLA; type VII WLAs had them 'off the line'.
It was a retrofit to earlier types WLA; type VII WLAs had them 'off the line'.
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Re: Cylinder head bolts
Fun trivia:
The clean out plug on the fording tube is the same as the dashboard bolt on a panhead.
John
The clean out plug on the fording tube is the same as the dashboard bolt on a panhead.
John