Hey guys, I am doing an auto to manual swap and the manual dust plate doesn't want to bolt up to my engine. None of the holes align. It's weird because the tranny came off the same year civic, with the same engine, except that it was a manual.
Is there something I need to do that i'm missing?
Would it be ok to drive around without a dust plate?
Thanks.

 

bump

 

You are just fine not running the cover....haven't had one on my last 3 swaps.

 

Just make a custom one out of sheet metal.

 

shrug, only keeps **** from getting on your flywheel right.. who cares

 

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Yeah because so much stuff manages to come in through that 1" opening right? I mean I recently seperated my tranny/ block and found all sorts of ***** in there...old soda can, $0.63 in change, a shoe etc.

Seriously I have not had one on my motors and have yet to have anything odd inside or any type of damage or anything. Possibly if you live in a area where you have to drive through a lot of gravel...I suppose I could see that.

Someone prove me wrong