ok...WTF IS THIS???and WHY IS IT THERE?!?!and, can i get rid of it?
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ok...WTF IS THIS???and WHY IS IT THERE?!?!and, can i get rid of it?
ok, you see that bastard lil dowl rod there thats poppin out of side? its cheap aluminum... what the hell does it do and can i take it out? becuase its extremely to large to fit in its hole.
yeah its hard to see but, its right in front of the opening for the larger dowl pin. the lil bastards mocking me! ahhhhhhhh!!!
yeah its hard to see but, its right in front of the opening for the larger dowl pin. the lil bastards mocking me! ahhhhhhhh!!!
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no no no see, thats where the hammer is, if you look at the top of the hammer and look to the left, you see a ball sack shaped thing with arrows pointing to it. thats what im talking about. oh and at the top thats me screaming with my fist in the air.
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That pic is prob. one of the funniest things in a while. I would say alignment pin. Why are you trying to take it out? maybe try lightly heating the cover to release it, but be careful, not to warp or distort the cover.
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B is what Sideways said. A locting dowel pin for the front cover. Helps align the cover on install so the oil feed hole for the OMP will not be blocked......and other reasons.
Why would anybody leave the cas installed in the front cover? Odd.
Why would anybody leave the cas installed in the front cover? Odd.
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B, the pin was to thick for the hole that it was suppost to , my front iron was replaced, and im suspecting that it was from a different model...i sanded it down a bit so that it slid in perfect, the only problem is that the tip of it got very weak and started to colapse a bit. just the very tip tho. there was still plenty of pin left that slid into the hole.
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That little straw deal above the big dowelpin hole? That's not stock...someone has put that there as a modification. There's oil flowing through that passage, if you follow the pathway it leads to the cas OMP drive. It needs to have oil flowing through it. Sometimes people use sealant instead of a gasket on the 88 and earlier engines (since mazda usually gives you the wrong gasket with the rebuild kits) and this little straw keeps you from plugging that small hole unintentionally with sealant.
I've never seen an engine with that, and there's no need for it, so I'd remove it.
I've never seen an engine with that, and there's no need for it, so I'd remove it.
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alright now when you say flowing threw the oil pump, do you mean providing it with the nessesary oil to inject into the engine? or just to run threw the gears.
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See on the inside of your front cover, there is a gear and a shaft? Yeah, that needs lubricated somehow. Sure, theres oil splashing around inside the front cover, but not enough to lube that shaft reliably, so it gets pumped there. Also, the OMP has to get its oil supply from somewhere, so oil is pumped to it as well. If you look at the front cover, you'll see what looks like a "vein" and if you follow it, you'll clearly see where it leads.
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