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KTPhil 
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 Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2025 9:13 am Post subject: Gen/Alt stand hole |
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Those holes (which don't go all the way through) always intrigued me. What are they for? Jigs during factory assembly? Drilled out for some applications?
Inquiring minds want to know.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2025 9:28 am Post subject: Re: Gen/Alt stand hole |
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| KTPhil wrote: |
Those holes Jigs during factory assembly? . |
Whatever it does, the 'hole' near the base is part of it too
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KTPhil
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2025 9:43 am Post subject: Re: Gen/Alt stand hole |
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I remember seeing a photo of an early Porsche engine that had a fitting on the bottom hole (I think). That is what started me wondering back then.
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Glenn
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2025 9:45 am Post subject: Re: Gen/Alt stand hole |
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It's for an optional bracket to mount a second generator or something.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2025 9:53 am Post subject: Re: Gen/Alt stand hole |
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| Glenn wrote: |
| It's for an optional bracket to mount a second generator or something. |
Is that fact, or are you speculating on the oil filler stand holes?
I have seen some pretty ingenious additional alt. installations from third world countries.
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KTPhil
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2025 9:57 am Post subject: Re: Gen/Alt stand hole |
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I don't know where I captured these pics years ago, but there was a double stand available at some point, maybe for ambulances? It was a different casting altogether. But that doesn't mean there weren't other options.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2025 11:58 am Post subject: Re: Gen/Alt stand hole |
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Industrial engine governer mount?
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