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#13112 04/01/2004 1:48 AM | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 4 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 4 | Hello, I have a 1951 Chevy 1&1/2 ton truck that has a low oil pressure babbit bearing 235 engine. My question is, what modifications would I have to make to put a later model, insert bearing, high oil pressure 235 in this truck? Thanks. | | |
#13113 04/01/2004 2:02 AM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 975 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 975 | None....use a short shaft water pump to avoid hitting the radiator. Check the tech tips and also go to www.inliners.org. That site also explains the process in detail. Welcome to the stovebolt page by the way..... | | |
#13114 04/01/2004 3:01 AM | Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 35 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 35 | its pretty easy since most things line up, your going from a 235 to a later 235 so i cant say that you will run into the same minor problems that i did going from a 216 to a later 235, but here are the problems that i ran into.
1. i had to fabricate a bracket for my alternator out of some stuff i had lying around in the junk pile that i call a garage, took me longer than it should because the more beers i had the worse my fabricated bracket fit, i left it until the next morning and made it fit pretty quick.
2. i had a clearance problem with the intake manifold and the column shift linkage but was able to grind a little off the manifold to solve the problem. the 216 manifold didnt have as much meat on it as the thicker 235
3. my 216 didnt have an oil filter so in order to mount the 235 oil filter i had to relocate the horn to the inner fenderwell.
4. the waterpump change that was mentioned earlier is also necessary, i had some alignment problems with this also but they were caused because i bought a new 2 groove harmonic balancer and the grooves on the new one were not the same distance from the snout of the balancer as on the old one.
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