Engine Assembler vs. Engine Builders

[TButtrick]

Originally Posted by Gunner

I agree 100% with your notion about assemblers vs builders, but this problem is somewhere else entirely. The original builder probably had nothing to do with this flywheel and clutch. Like others in the thread, I'd suspect a good ol' home mechanic in a hurry to get his shiny new engine in his shiny car, and these-here old porch bolts are good enough. That's neither assembler nor builder (nor an engine issue)... it's just a crappy and not very bright mechanic.

No. I know the previous owner well and unfortunately know the assembler all too well. I confirmed that the entire engine, flywheel, clutch, bell housing was assembled by this "builder". You can see their signature blue stripe on the flywheel. They paint a stripe across the flywheel and crank once assembled for orientation which is completely idiotic as the flywheel can only go on the crank one way. If the owner hogged out the flywheel, the blue paint would be gone from the center.