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Question
HELLO I HOPE THEIR IS SOME HOPE FOR ME HERE,LAST YEAR I REPLACE THE WATERPUMP ON MY 84 CADDY DEVILLE WITH THE 4100 MOTOR WHILE CHANGING THE AIR PUMP BELT I SEEN THE BOLT WAS NO LONGER THERE,I CALL EVERYWHERE  FROM THE DEALER TO MANY JUNK YARDS WITH NO LUCK.IF I KNEW THE SIZE OF THE BOLT MAYBE LOWES OR HOME DEPOT MAY HAVE ONE,,I HOPE,ALSO WHAT SIZE MOTOR CAN BE SWAP OUT TO REPLACE THE 4100,ANY HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED

THANX
CEDRIC

Answer
Hello,

I honestly don't know. I do not know if it even had a bolt. Some of these balancers were just pressed on, even though they had threads in the crank.
I haven't had to do work on a 4100 for 20 years and I have owned many. If pressed, should have a key and we used to smack them on with a big hammer until they would not go any farther. The only issue you might have is access which may require removing the front suspension with the engine in the car. See, generally the bolt would be used to draw the balancer down, but I remember running across no bolt on some GM engines. Once seated, its not coming off because of the key. We would take a block of wood 2x4 and hit the balancer (damper) with a 5 pound mini sledge until it seated. Has to be an even hit in the center. Never on the edges!
If you have a frame rail or something solid in the area, you can use a pneumatic press you can rent known as a porta-power and press it on that way too.
Socket size was generally about 1 5/16 and please realize that is from a very rusty memory on GM engines, which equates to about a 1" bolt, but I don't even know if they used SAE or metric and sure don't remember the depth or if it was fine or course thread.

As for swapping engines, you are out of luck. Anything you find in the junkyard for aluminum engines is probably junk from being over heated. 4.1. 4.5. 4.9. 4.3 north star. People did not realize that by the time the hot light came on the engine was already melting and the head gaskets would blow as a result of overheating.
Good luck!

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With all this emission crap, you can't take a Chevrolet engine and stick it in. Bucket of worms so to say. Get that balancer pounded on and if the engine runs good drive it. Don't try to replace with something that has more problems. If you go above 1990 in an engine on a Deville, then you need the steering column, computer and VATS module with all the wiring harnesses. Nightmare!!!