The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Engine Shop The old 216 roared to life after a long sleep

Help is a click away!

VEHICLE
INFORMATION
KITS

at the

GM Heritage Center
All the details are here.

Searching the Site - a click away

New here ??? Where to start?

Click on image for the lowdown.

====

Who's Online Now

7 members (Shaffer's1950, 54farmtruck, Southerntruck, Lightholder's Dad, Pre '68 Dave, Donf, rfs56trk), 126 guests, and 1 robot.

Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod

Forum Statistics

Forums66

Topics128,189

Posts1,057,337

Members48,469

Most Online14,466
Apr 26th, 2026

Step-by-step instructions for pictures in the forums

Brad Allen's photos

AD Chevy Trucks

Pictures galore

Over 6,000 pictures

Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips.

Check them out!

Lots of work on Brad's part ... pure enjoyment (and references) for you!

Big Thanks!

THANKS!

For helping keep this great
old truck web site
on the Internet for

over 30 years!

and not clogged down
with Ads!

Again, thanks!

Print Thread

Re: The old 216 roared to life after a long sleep Panhead59 #794539 11/02/2011 2:12 PM
Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 304 Roanoke, Va. P Panhead59 Shop Shark
Panhead59 Shop Shark P Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 304 Roanoke, Va.	Also make sure the engine will spin over by hand. If not, remove spark plugs and soak pistons with Kroils or some other type of oil to free up rings. '52 3100 "once a Marine, always a Marine!!

Entire Thread
Subject	Posted By	Posted
The old 216 roared to life after a long sleep	DavidF	10/31/2011 3:59 PM
Re: The old 216 roared to life after a long sleep	Hotrod Lincoln	10/31/2011 4:58 PM
Re: The old 216 roared to life after a long sleep	DavidF	10/31/2011 9:34 PM
Re: The old 216 roared to life after a long sleep	Tiny	10/31/2011 6:10 PM
Re: The old 216 roared to life after a long sleep	DavidF	10/31/2011 9:35 PM
Re: The old 216 roared to life after a long sleep	Tiny	10/31/2011 10:18 PM
Re: The old 216 roared to life after a long sleep	wildone1947	11/01/2011 2:26 AM
Re: The old 216 roared to life after a long sleep	brokenhead	11/01/2011 11:49 AM
Re: The old 216 roared to life after a long sleep	truckernix	11/01/2011 1:00 PM
Re: The old 216 roared to life after a long sleep	Spotbiltxo	11/02/2011 4:26 AM
Re: The old 216 roared to life after a long sleep	Mr. Lang	11/02/2011 5:09 AM
Re: The old 216 roared to life after a long sleep	Panhead59	11/02/2011 2:08 PM
Re: The old 216 roared to life after a long sleep	Panhead59	11/02/2011 2:12 PM
Re: The old 216 roared to life after a long sleep	DavidF	11/02/2011 11:08 PM
Re: The old 216 roared to life after a long sleep	oldchevytrucks	11/08/2011 11:52 PM

Moderated by Phak1, Woogeroo

Hop To

Link Copied to Clipboard