The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Driveline 1938 pikup request schematic on 216 to stock tranny boltup

Hi Guys.
I pulled my 216 and tranny apart .. due to my clutch being stuck despite my best efforts to free it.

Its been a minute since i have tried stabbing it all together my carefully written notes were shredded by my husky.

Can you guys direct me to an exploded diagram.

Thanks for your time

Dino,

Would suggest you take a look at these two online reference resources to find answers to your question:

1938 Car and Truck Shop Manual

1929-1957 Chevy Master Parts & Accessories Catalog

Both have various illustrations, part listings and procedures that describe what you need.

All credit to the provider of these resources that support our community.

That's a first for this site "My dog ate my Homework".. GM Heritage site has FAM available for download, you my be able to find an exploded parts breakdown there as well.

If you pulled the clutch apart to get it unstuck, then you may not have gotten the disc centered when putting it back together. That will prevent you from getting the input shaft of the tranny back thru the disc and into the pilot bearing in the flywheel. Even with guide pins in the bolt holes in the bellhousing, it may not go in. I had issues even with guide pins and using a plastic alignment tool and had to pry on the clutch release lever to get the disc to line up when stabbing the transmission.

Craig, are you sure you meant the GM Heritage site having the FAM for the '38's available for download? I'm not familiar with that, and GM has been updating the site and even the Vehicle Information Kits weren't available to download for a while (they are now.)

Dino, If you're looking for an exploded diagram of the clutch, the 38 Vehicle Info Kit has a rudimentary one. It's on Page 50 of the PDF file. You can download it HERE

First pet the dog ..... he is keeping you active!!!! Then I would ask what is the issue here......putting a bunch of loose gears back together aqain..... in the right sequence...... or just "stabbing" that crash box into the bell housing/clutch plate???

If you need to re assemble the loose parts........ nothing beats having a spare tranny to take apart and redo the good one while it is fresh in your mind........ around here old crash box trannies are worth pennies and some times come attached to the 216....... if you were closer I would give you one.

If you need to do the stabbing part you may need a friend to work on the topside while you do the bottom side........ at times I have had to loosen all the bolts of the clutch pack and have my helper support the tranny from above will I shake the clutch disk from below...... a good short strap around the tranny held by a strong upper helper is a great benefit.......

The last job I did was on an old army (40 Chev) truck and the engine rear support partly covered the access from below...... so to remove the clutch remove the tool box frame mounted behind the cab, undo the cab from the frame, remove the floor plates and move the cab back 9 inches (help greatly by an overhead electric crane)......then get to remove the tranny, remove the shifting fork and the mounting pivot, then undo the clutch pack and slip out the clutch disc out than the pressure plate........ to re-assemble...restab the tranny in place....... I needed a 3 man team....two on top... me underneath and reassembled the clutch pack from the inside of the bell housing...... took a whole day...... BUT now I know why the military shop manual indicated to remove the engine/tranny as a whole assembly to change the clutch disc......and it finally worked!!!! I was too stubborn to follow the manual and refused to remove the top cover from the tranny for clearance.