How to Assemble the Front of a Small Block

Darter6 said

I was just looking at this thread and wanted to add the photo of a 68 273.It is without a bolt with a hole or a drip tab.It did have the crank oil slinger. Behind the thrust plate there were no plugs the oil galleys are open using the thrust plate to seal them off.I have heard of drilling the plate with a small hole to squirt oil on the chain. Has anyone done this? If it was mentioned above I may have missed it. Great thread !

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Does your top passenger side bolt for the thrust plate have the oil hole in it?

If not, I would recommend just taking that one out so you get oil to your timing chain.

That is the oil feed hole for the timing chain that I pointed out on page one that needs to let oil get to the timing chain, so you don't want it blocked... You can get away without the drip tab and only three bolts, they built some from the factory that way.