Today I finally got around to doing something with the '42. I got the 216 pulled and the bell housing removed to install on the 235 I have sitting in the corner. I looked real hard at installing the 261 I recently overhauled, but the 261 is not quite done and I don't have the extra cash sitting around to finish it right.

The 235 has been overhauled and ran good when a buddy of mime parted out his farm truck. If tomorrow is as nice as today, I should get the 235 sitting in it's new home tomorrow afternoon.

What really surprised me about the 216 is that the starter worked at all. In the 15 years the '42 set in a tree claim, the mouse nests in the flywheel area gathered enough moisture to rust some of the teeth off the starter ring gear. The clutch surface on the flywheel was deeply pitted. I guess that explained the 'chunk' noise I hear while cranking the engine over.

It will be nice to have a 235 under the hood, although the 261 (bored .030) would have been better had finances allowed.

Remember 9-11-01--God Bless the USA
JUSTICE, not REVENGE, will prevail

1951 Chevy 1/2-ton Pickup truck