Originally posted by Sidehill:
I'm trying to install a 302 in my 51 GMC 1-ton and have a problem with the flywheel. I can't use the bellhousing that came with the 302 because it mates to a Clark 5 speed and my truck has the SM420. My 228 bell housing won't accept the thicker 302 pressure plate even when I try the washer trick. I can't use my 228 pressure plate on the the 302 flywheel because the flywheel has a raised lip where the PP bolts go, such that my 228 pressure plate would be held too far away from the flywheel to engage. I can't use the 228 4 bolt flywheel on the 6 bolt 302 flange.
My question is, can I have the ~1/2" lip machined off of the 302 flywheel and then use my 228 pressure plate?
