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Old Aug 6, 2001 | 05:31 PM
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early 283/327

i have a buddy who has one of the early 283s. the crank doesnt have the balancer bolt hole in it. well, he put power steering on, now it throwing the balancer off. it did fine for 5 years now all of the sudden he cant keep the balancer on the crank. any ideas?
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Old Aug 7, 2001 | 09:54 PM
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Car: 86 sports coupe-83 berlinetta
Engine: 5.0 in the sports coupe-350 in the berlinetta
Transmission: 700r4 in the sports coupe-turbo-350 with a 2500 stal in the berlinetta
What did the 283 come out of.I dont know of any 283crank that doesnt have a balncer bolted on.

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Old Aug 8, 2001 | 01:09 PM
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My '57 283 didn't have a crank bolt. When I put in a '68 327 short block (no balancer included), the 283 balancer walked out on me. I had to find a bolt & washer to take care of it.

But, your problem is exactly the opposite. I think the only solution is a new balancer made for the older press-on style.

Well, the other solution would be to have the crank machined to accept a bolt.

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