292 Flywheel / Crankshaft Q ?

[VWNate1]

O.K. ;

My 1966 292's bock is dead so I bought a *much* newer blue painted 292 and put it up on my engine stand yesterday , removing the flywheel revealed it to have much larger flywheel to crank bolts that does my older 292 .

Can I still get a new flex plate to attach my TH305 tranny to this beast ? .

Will I have to swap the cranks ? .

Etc.

THANX in advance for any and all replies .

[VWNate1]

Pix to follow soon ! .

[casper71]

They have used different bolts over the years, the difference should only be the size of the head. each should work.

[Shaky]

Originally Posted by casper71

They have used different bolts over the years, the difference should only be the size of the head. each should work.

Ummm..you may want to double check that. I think the thread sizes were different too. I think older 292s had half-inch bolts and then they went smaller.

[VWNate1]

The later engine has larger thread bolts ~ I tried fitting them to the 1966 crank, no go .

Hence my concern , I want to figure this out before I go overhauling the engine !

[Wrenchbender Ret]

About 68 up had 1/2 in bolts. The earlier ones had 7/16. You can get a flex plate for a 292 but it is easy to drill the holes out to 1/2 in. & get the 292 flexplate bolts. Be sure the flex plate holes line up to the torque converter bolt holes.

[pritch]

I just went through this not to long ago. I could not find a 153 tooth, drilled for 1/2" bolts with holes enough for 3 dowel pins that would bolt to my TC in my 200r4. I had to drill one out, which was no big deal, but I had to add those 2 extra dowel pin holes, and that required a calibrated turn table on the old milling machine at our shop. It was easy with that.

[VWNate1]

THANK YOU for all the replies ! .

I expect more as folks think upon this .

A year or two ago I found a C/30 with factory loaded 292 , 700R4 automatic , AC , the works , I commented to my brother it was a hard item to find and he said ' better grab it now ' ~ oops .