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Old 04-23-2018, 12:09 PM   #1
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Default Dumb question! I just can't recall!

So, which way do the 6 universal (to transmission) bolts face, heads to rear or heads to the front and nuts in the rear? I should know, but I don't! Photos?
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Old 04-23-2018, 12:23 PM   #2
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Does this pic help any?
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Old 04-23-2018, 12:53 PM   #3
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Yes! But I don't think they're correct bolts. But thanks for posting this anyway.
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Does not surprise me. PO did a lot of work/things on the car, not all of it to factory specs, he stopped working on the car in the early to mid '60's, and then it sat for the next 53 years.
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Old 04-23-2018, 01:11 PM   #5
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EDIT PER DONS FINDINGS: The top center is different from the rest, i believe the top center is nut to rear, the rest nut to engine.

Reason being i dont think you can get a socket on the nut in the hole between the shift rail nubs.

I am also pretty sure the 2 clam halves the nuts are on top.
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Old 04-23-2018, 01:17 PM   #6
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Illustration on page 350 of the Service Bulletins shows the castle nut on the forward side. However, the very top bolt appears to be the opposite direction.
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I believe the correct way to install these bolts is to put the head of the bolt between the two tunnel ears on the transmission tower with the nut on the back side. This way you can get a wrench on the nut. The other bolts go in the opposite direction.


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Old 04-24-2018, 12:11 PM   #8
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This is how it looks on my 1929 Phaeton.
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This is how it looks on my 1929 Phaeton.
Are you working on the house roof? Nice shingles!
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Old 04-24-2018, 06:15 PM   #10
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Thank you all> I was fighting with it and couldn't recall whether it was correct or not. Also, the bolt on top is just a hair shorter. You can't get the longer bolt in the hole.
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Thank you all> I was fighting with it and couldn't recall whether it was correct or not. Also, the bolt on top is just a hair shorter. You can't get the longer bolt in the hole.
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Forgot about that tidbit lol. one of them live and learn moments
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