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| | | | Joined: Jun 2023 Posts: 235 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2023 Posts: 235 | My 1954, 235 sitting in a 1950 3100 with new mounts and installed per the manual sits about 4 degrees to the rear. Do I need to allow for this when mounting in a run test stand ? Seems this may have something to do with oiling, or can I install it level for break-in and or testing. I need to test 2, 235 engines I recently purchased. I will start with the article for bringing a dead engine back to life.
Thanks Red | | | | | Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,685 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,685 | Oiling has nothing to do with it. If it did, you'd be suffering all kinds of problems every time you drove up or down a steep hill. It's angled for the drive shaft.
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2023 Posts: 235 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2023 Posts: 235 | I can’t stop laughing at myself. Sometimes I just over think it. Level it is.
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