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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 42 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 42 | I can not figure out how to remove the bell housing from the 1946, 235 6cyl engine. Can some one tell me how many bolts there are holding it together? I must be missing one that may be hidden. I would like to remove the clutch but the engine is setup and I can not turn it to get all the bolts holding the assembly to the pressure plate/flywheel. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,644 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,644 | You have to remove the flywheel to get to some of the bolts. Convenient, huh? | | | | | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,516 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,516 | Czechman is right. Theres 4 bolts behind the flywheel. Or maybe 2,but theyre there.
Good luck.................... | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | Gotta get the crankshaft turning, or unbolt the whole works from the bottom by disconnecting the rod caps and main bearings, and take the crankshaft out. Soak the cylinders with Kroil, and use a BIG pry bar on the flywheel. Maybe even heat the piston tops with a rosebud torch to make them move.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 443 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 443 | I just went through that last week. Changed out the old motor in my truck & what a job. Got the new motor in & found out the bell housing I got with the new motor was different than my old one so I had to jack the back of the motor up, take the starter linkage off, flywheel out & change bell housings. I got a break when the old motor that has been setting 30 years turned over with a pry bar.
Good luck with it. One way or another, you'll get er done.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,775 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,775 | Use some penetrating oil on the lifters too. I oiled the cylinders and the crank but no luck getting it to turn over. I shot some oil on the lifters and... blam! Away she went. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 388 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 388 | A few years ago I had a 1954 261 that had sat for 43 years, and it would not budge, even with Kroil in the cylinders for two weeks. I needed to remove the crankshaft gear, and then the crank and pistons would move. The clutch, flywheel, and bellhousing could now be removed. It seems that the camshaft had "frozen" in its bearings. The crankshaft would now rotate fairly easily and the cam broke loose after I attached a 36" bar to the cam. After cleaning up the engine and putting it back together it runs great. Thus, there are many reasons for the engine being "stuck": pistons, rings, rod bearings, main bearings, lifters, cam bearings, rocker shafts, etc. Always pull the rocker arm shafts.
Hoyt
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