Bill, Sean, et al,

I HAD to drill a hole in my trans for the third stud.  I have an 86 AT
with the cast iron bell housing.  My bell-housing had 2 holes that lined
up fine with the 2 studs in the TIICO engine while the other non-starter
stud lined up with a tapped hole in the bell-housing.  Not only was this
hole threaded but it did not go entirely through the bell-housing, i.e.
there wasn't a hole to put a bolt into.

What I did was drill the hole (11.5 mm) all the way through and then cut
a slot for the nut/wrench.  I can send a picture if that would help.

Bill, do you have p.n. for the type-1 studs.  I was going to get some at
a hardware store.  The studs that came on the engine are 9.00 cm long as
far as I can tell and I think I need some about 6.5 cm.  I couldn't find
any that size in EKTA.  Does this jive with your experience?

-jeff

Bill Knight wrote:

> What I did with the engine to trans studs:  The two bottom studs are too
> long, so I replaced them with the studs from a Type-1 engine.  They fit
> perfectly.  The top left stud is was too short, so I just used a long 10mm
> bolt instead, there is plenty of clearance to slide a bolt through instead
> of using a stud.  On the starter side, the kit bolt is used.  The nut goes
> into a countersunk bore on the engine side.  DON'T drill anything!

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> Lastly, my old 2.1l auto used 2 studs at the bottom of the motor, a bolt at
> the upper driver's side and the starter bolt/nut on the upper passenger
> side. The TiiCo kit has three studs and the starter bolt/nut. Do I just
> remove that upper driver's side stud, drill out the hole, and use a longer
> bolt, or what?