Originally Posted by bartamos
Well, this sounds like an ongoing issue. Hope this does not step on any toes.

Don't see a tip regarding adapter plate method. I do see a tip from Stovebolt Engine Company/Langdons and another from Barry Weeks. Very well written.
I hope that Dave can write a tip for his method. No reason not to. He has shared it here already and everyone likes it. His method is cleaner and better for the reasons he describes.

Don't know if Langdons is in business and don't know if Dave's site sells them. The point is that members are buying parts that are wrong. If they don't search Stovebolt they don't know what's out there....or in here......or here within.

Dave's write-up (at his blog) is at the link in my third post in this thread. However, I do not see a "contact/purchase" link there.

An Internet search on "216 235 water pump adapter" comes up with several sources for buying the plate.

"Well this sounds like an ongoing issue"??? laalaa
Seems so - it has been mentioned in over 900 posts since 2004. ohwell

Tim
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1954 3106 Carryall Suburban
1954 3104 5-window pickup w/Hydra-Matic
The 216 and early 235 engines are not "splash oilers" -- this is a splash oiler.