Starter locating plate bolts missing?

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   Those missing bolts won't really bother anything, plenty of other bolts sandwiching the plate between the engine and the bellhousing.

That's not a sealed or gasketed joint there. It mostly keeps junk from hitting the flywheel, not that you should have much junk in the bilge.

On a car, it keeps road junk like gravel and small animals from getting into the flywheel area    

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KENO Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: June-06-2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11112	Post Options Post Reply Quote KENO Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Topic: Starter locating plate bolts missing? Posted: June-20-2020 at 7:59pm
	Those missing bolts won't really bother anything, plenty of other bolts sandwiching the plate between the engine and the bellhousing. That's not a sealed or gasketed joint there. It mostly keeps junk from hitting the flywheel, not that you should have much junk in the bilge. On a car, it keeps road junk like gravel and small animals from getting into the flywheel area

Wilhelm Hertzog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: June-14-2014 Location: Cape Town Status: Offline Points: 334	Post Options Post Reply Quote Wilhelm Hertzog Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June-19-2020 at 7:27pm
	I recently noticed that the two bottom bolts on either side of my boat's starter locating plate appear to be missing. The photos below are from the front of the engine facing back. It appears that the holes on the flywheel housing and the locating plate don't line up perfectly, which is probably why the bolt's weren't installed by whoever last assembled things. The locating plate bends away slightly from the flywheel housing where the bolts are missing creating a small gap between the plate and the flywheel housing. So: how big a deal are these missing bolts? I assume it makes it more likely that dirt and moisture from the bilge gets to the flywheel/damper plate. But it looks to me like it will involve quite a bit of disassembly to get the locating plate bolted up properly, so if not really necessary I'd ideally avoid going through the process. Maybe a cable tie or two will do the job for now? Thanks as always for the advice and guidance!
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Starter locating plate bolts missing?

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