Originally posted by Michael Kamer:
I would be inclined to believe the bolts are the same for a 216. Any idea how hard it is to take off the transmission and bell housing/clutch?
I just did this last night on a 1954 - 235 which has sat for years and was frozen up. Because it was frozen I took the head off first then I took off the starter, then the sheetmetal along the bottom front of the bellhousing, then the two bolts from the case to the bellhousing. then luckily I got it to turn over by using oil and wd40 in the pistons and a crow bar on the flywheel. Once it started moving it was a snap to remove the clutch, then the flywheel then the two bolts behind the flywheel. All in all I was amnazed that it came apart so easily. I had to use a breaker bar on the head but everything else was no prob.
