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#44084 01/29/2002 6:34 AM | Joined: Jan 1970 Posts: 365 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 1970 Posts: 365 | I was feeling pretty abitious tonight. The oil pan that came with my 261 was crushed so I dug out a pan off an old 235 I had sitting around. The 261 has an oil pickup tube similar to a small block, so the baffles in the 235 pan would not clear. No problem, I reconstructed the baffles and brazed them inside the pan. I set the pan on the engine when I noticed the bolts on the left side of the block didn't line up with the holes in the pan. OOOPS!!! Now, the $20 question--my 261 is a 58-61 according to the casting number. The 235 I got the pan from I think was a 54 or 55. Would a pan from a later 235 fit? The 261 has a jog in the block where the 235 pan is straight down both sides. I sure wish I had not scrapped the original pan from the 261 now  | | |
#44085 01/29/2002 12:05 PM | Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 1,586 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 1,586 | I have a 59 261 , the oil pan is off a 56 car 235.Fit on no problem. I also used the oil pick up tube off the car engine.The 62 261 engine has a weighted swinging oil pick up.The original pan on that engine looked the same as the other 261 .Must be an early engine difference. | | |
#44086 01/29/2002 3:43 PM | Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 962 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 962 | The '53-54 235 1'st series oil pan flange is straight all the way back, like the older engines. The 55-62 235/261 2nd series pans have that "dogleg" in the pan flange toward the back of the engine. The block is the same way. No idea why...
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#44087 01/31/2002 5:35 AM | Joined: Jan 1970 Posts: 365 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 1970 Posts: 365 | I do have another pan I can use--it is attached to the 'running' engine I have in my 51. I'll check around at the local wrecking yards--I might come up with one without tearing apart the 51. Gotta get the tractors fixed so I'll have money and room to work on trucks and pickups...
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