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I went to an auction sale last Saturday. About 50 old cars and trucks, plus tractors, trailers, boats, lawn mowers and junk. Most of the vehicles were in sad shape from being left outdoors for who knows how long. I wanted to bid on a 50 Chevy 3600 pickup with a hand operated wrecker mechanism in the back, but I resisted. Truck also had a cool grill guard with the bow tie emblem made in it. One of the other cool things was a Farmall F20 tractor with a Chevy 216 motor. Complete back thru the bellhousing. Sticking out of it was a short shaft to a U-joint and another short shaft into the transmission. It did not run and was so rusty...I think it went for $75. I should have taken a picture. I wonder what other strange or unique machines have been powered by Chevy 6's???

We've got an F20 with a stuck engine. Supposedly the tractor has done very little work. I had thought about putting an extra 302 into the tractor. What type of bearing arrangment was there on the bellhousing to locate the driveshaft? Is there much value in restoring this tractor? It seems that they are a dime a dozen.

I did not look inside the opening of the bellhousing so I don't know. I don't remember seeing any clutch linkage on the Chevy. It could have been there and I did not take notice. I don't know where the clutch is on a F20. Coming out of the bellhousing was a solid shaft about 2" diameter. Right next to this tractor was another F20 with the original type engine but the head was off. It went for $95.

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Yes Whizzerick! That is -precisely- what came to mind!