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| | | | Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 33 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 33 | 1960 235 engine block #3769716 in my 49 3100. It appears to be a truck block. Does it have hydraulic or solid lifters?
Thanks | | | | | Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 4,476 AD Addict & Tinkerer | | AD Addict & Tinkerer Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 4,476 | The only way to truly tell is to pull the side cover and look at the lifter. You don’t know what was done to that engine. You can find out for the cost of a gasket.
Phil Moderator, The Engine Shop, Interiors and Project Journals1952 Chevrolet 3100, Three on the Tree, 4:11 torque tube Updated to: ‘59 235 w/hydraulic lifters, 12v w/alternator, HEI, PCV and Power front Disc BrakesProject JournalsStovebolt Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | 3769716 is a 1958-1962 235 truck (mechanical lifters) block casting code. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 | From 1958 on all 235’s are drilled for hydraulic lifters, even if they were not used.
Even a truck engine could have had hydraulic lifters installed at some point.
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