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Thrust plate drip pan configuration

Builderguy

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Little help please! The first pic is my 1979 360 (existing swap for a 318) when I first opened it up. The drip pan location and the three bolts that hold it in place.

My question, "Is the circled bolt in the second pic in the correct location and the correct bolt." I am used to seeing a bolt with a hole in that location, that would allow oil to drip down, not this drip pan thing. I don't want to open this can of worms again to fix something I screwed up by not asking. Thanks in advance.

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This is some of the other ways I have seen this thrust plate.

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Use the bolt with the hole in that location. It allows the oil in the valley to get some on the chain and gears. And keep the angled tab too in the lower as thats part of the package.
 
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