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| | | | Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 201 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 201 | Something let loose inside my 235 the other day. I finally got the truck towed home and have started to open up the engine to see what's wrong. I took all the bolts out of the oil pan, but the last guy who was in there used plenty of gasket sealer and the pan won't move. I don't want to damage the pan or block. So the question: how do I get that thing off? Yes, the engine is still in the truck-I'm hoping it can be repaired in place.
Question 2: if this engine is a bigger job than I can do right now, what would be a direct, drop-in replacement? It seems that I can buy a used engine for just a few hundred dollars and that might be a way to get the truck back on the road quickly. Eventually, I want to rebuild the original and put it back in, but I need the truck running as soon as I can get it.
The truck is a '46 PW 2-ton grain truck that I use on my farm.
Thanks | | | | | Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,747 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,747 | For the truly stuck oil pan I have found that a putty knife, about 1 1/2 inch wide can be driven into the gasket to start cutting it loose. It won't bend the pan and won't scar the block. Start where you can and use a hammer to drive it into the gasket keep going until you can move it and it will come off. Then you get to clean all the goo off but it will come apart. Have fun.
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 | Any 1941-53 216 or 1941-49 235 will drop right in.
A 1950-62 235/261 will need a different manifold. 1955-62 will need water pump mods and some other small adaptions depending on the year of the engine.
See the USA in your vintage Chevrolet! My Blog | | | | | Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 201 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 201 | Thanks, Steve and Dave. I expect to be back with a lot more questions over the next few weeks. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | The putty knife is your friend here! | | |
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