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Help I have a 90 zr1 I was replacing the pilot bearing on and I knocked out the engine plug behind it. Any tips on how deep to set my new plug since I don't have a reference now. And tips or tricks to set it right. Thanks everyone.
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The search feature for this forum is your friend. It’s what makes the big difference between a forum like this and Facebook. The later being very difficult to search.
The following thread should help. Good luck and don’t worry, this stuff happens to all of us. H ![]() http://www.zr1.net/forum/showthread....ght=Crankshaft
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Thank you so much
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By "I knocked out the engine plug behind it" do you mean
pushed the rear engine seal into the engine? Can that happen? That would be no bueno.
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Join Date: Mar 2019
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Yes I popped the plug into the motor and need to install a new plug after I tear the entire clutch and flywheel out again. Ugh.
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No big deal. It drops into the oil pan and you put in a new one. I’m told it will be ok if I set the new one correctly. More worried about not screwing that up and what the best depth is to put it back in since I have no reference as to where it was originally. Ugh
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It’s defiantly a miniature freeze plug. It’s behind the pilot bearing. Holds 12 quarts of oil in. Most frustrating mistake I ever made. Put it all back together to find out I punched it in by accident.
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If it is pushed into the crank, it may restrict or block oil pressure to passages for main or rod bearing. Going off memory, which it's been 10 + years I had it apart, but I don't think it is possible for it to make it to the pan if pushed in. I hope you found it, or I'm wrong, because it could be hard to get out of the crank. But worse if a bearing starves for oil.
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