Hi gentlemen.. have a weird hole on pass side of my block( manufactured) it is in the converter area up on the block where the bell housing bolts to the rear of the block???? Its sits pretty high on the block...hole is about 1/2 inch round and I can put my hole finger in it... any thoughts on what this hole is for???thanks .... crankit....

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Which hole?
The plug on the left of the picture is a freeze out/core plug that covers another threaded plug. This threaded plug has a hole drilled in it to oil the distributor gear. This also caps the end of the drivers side oil gallery.
The plug in the center of the picture is a freeze out/core plug that covers the back of the cam tunnel
The plug on the right side is a threaded plug that caps the end of the passenger side oil gallery.

 

If this is the hole you are talking about, it was used to lift the motor on the assembly line.




A fixture hooked the block at the back hole and the engine lift hook at the front passenger corner of the intake.

 

So this hole is last picture and was just used to lift motor??? Cause I think alittle oil from my dist gasket is leaking down their which made me panic a little...thanks for the quick reply....crank.it

 

Awesome picture of the assembly line engine lift fixture!

 

Note that there shouldn't be a gasket between the distributor and block. You can buy one if you really want, but it's useless. There's an o-ring on the distributor that sits about 1" down into the block. That is probably cooked and shrunk.

 

Thanks oddball as you said the o ring must be junk..was using an old mallory dual point did slip in kinda easy ..going back to hei..could not het the dual point working....thx crankit...