Hey guys, I bought a Lakewood housing with blockplate but it has no bolt kit with it......Will my bolts from existing aluminum housing work with the Lakewood? If it matters it will be on a 351 windsor, with toploader 4 speed.
I bought mine used, so I don't know if it came with a bolt kit or not. I'm not sure if they use the same bolts, some go thru and won't be a problem but others don't. I bought all new Grade 8 bolts for mine (actually I think I used socket head bolts for easier access up top while its in the car and they are grade 8 anyway) but the bell has beenout of the car so long, I don't remember where the bolts are to be able to measure them. I'm thinking 1 1/4" but I'm not sure.
On a side note, since you're in the state, are you coming to Norman this weekend for the FordFE.com Spring Nostalgia Nationals? We'll have probably over a dozen 427 Cammers, expecting 30-40 original Thunderbolts and who knows how many clones, some Shelbys (including an original '66 427 Cobra), there will be Nostalgia Super Stock and Nostalgia Muscle Car class racing with about 30 cars in each class. Racing starts Saturday at Thunder Valley Raceway Park, gates open at 8 am. Saturday night is a banquet featureing Phil Bonner, Hubert Platt, Len Richter (all factory Ford drivers from the 60's), Bill Holbrook (Ford Engineer from Ford's "X" garage which I guess is the predicessor to SVO/SVT/FRT), Jim "Hammer" Mason (of Dearborn Steel Tubing, they built the original T-bolts) and others. On Sunday the car show will move up to the Lloyd Noble parking lot on OU's campus, setup starts at 9 am and awards will be at 2pm with the show shutting down at 5 pm or when people start clearing out.
Man.......I wish I could make it, but I have to work all weekend Thanks for the info though, I don't know why I didn't think of just buying new bolts! DUH!
my advice, always buy new bolts when installing or reinstalling anything. The small investment is worth and time and frustration if you snap a bolt off reinstalling something. Been there and got the T-shirt.
I don't know if this is too little too late, but I just saw this thread. Below is a link to a scan of the Lakewood sheet that came with my bellhousing (15200 series). It describes the sizes of bolts and their positions on the bellhousing/blockplate. Hope it helps