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| | | | Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 41 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 41 | I just pulled the 216 out of my 40 PU. I plan on putting in a 235 I have. After removing the clutch & pressure plate, I started wondering why the bell housing doesn't have all bolts accesable from the outside? You have to fight taking the clutch & pressure plate out and remove the flywheel just to get to the bolts on the bellhousing. I need to bellhousing to make the swap and have to take everything apart just to get the bellhousing. I probably will reuse the clutch & pressure plate, though, because they are new. It would be easier with the bellhousing off first. Just whining a little, I guess. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,792 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,792 | That's just the way they're designed, clutch & flywheel off first, then remove the bellhousing bolts trapped behind the flywheel. Be glad the crankshaft isn't locked up where the pressure plate bolts aren't accessible!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,377 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,377 | Try taking a bellhousing off one that had water in the motor for 40 years,it took me a couple saturdays to get it off and its a good thing swivel sockers are made. | | |
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