Did factory use washers on main cap bolts on small blocks?

[dibbons]

Removed the crank and windage tray from my "Hodgepodge" 340 this weekend. Did not find any washers under the main cap bolts. Is that normal? Thank you.

 

[65 Dartman]

FWIW The 70 340 I took apart had the washers under the main cap bolts .

 

[RustyRatRod]

I have never seen any that were factory. Not that that means a thing.

 

[67Dart273]

I don't ever remember seeing washers under any main bolts

 

[pishta]

Yeah. I seem to remember hardened washers too. You wouldn't want to crank down a hardened bolt onto a cast cap. But that was on a guaranteed motor that had been apart. My studded 400 had ARP washers as well as my 360 that had Pioneer 180k main bolts. What would it hurt?

 

[70aarcuda]

no washers from the factory...

If you find washers...someone else has handled your crank..

 

[krazykuda]

If you find washers...someone else has handled your crank..

That sounds dirty out of context....

 

[AJ/FormS]

Only if the washers are 3ft tall

 

[DFX 340 Duster]

That sounds dirty out of context....

That even sounds dirty in context