Pat & Patty,

Here are a few helpful sources. If you do not have an Owner's Manual and a Shop Manual, they come up for sale regularly on eBay and are readily available from most reproduction parts vendors (listed in the Links section).

http://www.secondchancegarage.com/public/362.cfm
http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/chevyowner/48tom30.htm

http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/chevyowner/48tom64.htm
20 or 30 weight (detergent and multi-grade oil are OK if the engine is relatively clean inside the valve cover. Otherwise, detergent/multi-grade oils might loosen caked-on internal crude and clog oil passages.

If/when you have read the above information, and still do not feel confident, keep asking questions.

Tim


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.