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| | | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 26 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 26 | Newbie Here! First post!
I just purchased my first restortation project. Picked up 1951 1/2 ton with 216 engine and 1953 3/4 ton with 235. dismantled the 3/4 ton as it seems to have the best frame and 235 already installed. Used some Marvel Mystery Oil to unstick the pistons, very clean cylinders, looks like a rebuild recently.
My question : The oil pan on the 235 has a big dent in the bottom and the 216 has a very good looking oil pan. Are the oil pans interchangable?
235 started right up after cleaning the points, checking the timing, and an oil change. cylinder psi around 100 to 110 per cylinder cold check.
I am sure I will have a lot of questions as time goes on.
Thanks,
Tim
Richmond, Kentucky
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 684 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 684 | The oil pans will not interchange. Just knock the dent out. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,867 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,867 | Now Im curious, whats the difference in the oil pans?
And would it make a difference if the 235 was a babbited engine?
Jeff | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 684 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 684 | OK, If it is a babbited 235 it could probably interchange. As they both have the nozzles in the pan. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 | Tim, 31, 32, 33, most like said "no" because the Master Parts Book says "no". [Hoyt is reading the MPB correctly (below). I was not reading it correctly. The 1953 oil pan is the same as earlier years.]Be careful and look quite carefully at the depth of the pans and the oil pumps on each block. For some reason 1953 was a one-year oil pump, even for the 1953 babbitted-rod blocks. Maybe the oil pump pick-up tube/screen-head was at different heights for the two years that you have. The alignment of the array of oil-spray nozzles/tubes should be the same. Tim | | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 388 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 388 | If I'm reading the Master Parts Catalog correctly, it look as if the 1953 low-pressure pan and all 40-52 216 pans are interchangable. In any event, do what tclederman says and make sure that the troughs, baffles, depth, etc. are the same. Hoyt | | | | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 26 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 26 | Thanks for the replys. I have the engine running and feel comfortable enough with it to start removing it and the transmission. Then I can start disasembly of the suspensions so I can clean the frame and get it ready for paint. Looks like about 2 to 4 year project! My son just joined the Air Force and I told him I would have the old truck ready when he got out. He signed up for 4 years........
Tim
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 388 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 388 | Best wishes for both your project and your son.
Hoyt | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,393 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,393 | TRK,Definitly the best to your son. My neice went thru AF basic earlier this year and loves the Air Force. She's currently stationed in Texas in Diesel Mechanic school,hoping to get to jets eventually.When she's home on leave we talk trucks! 
Drew
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