Denny & Dave,
I wrote a reply about how easy it is to remove/replace a pan and how infrequently people with 216/235/261 truck engines (with metal cam gear) have to worry about replacing a cam, but I deleted it and moved on.
I converted the timing cover bolts on my last two 261s 3 years ago, but I do not know why I thought I should do it. I'll not do it on my 54 truck 235 that will get a 261 cam when I rebuild the engine.
Drilling the front of the crankshaft is another matter - I'll be asking to borrow/rent HRL's drilling guide jig.
