The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Engine Shop Torque Specs...HELP!

I'm needing to know the torque settings for the following on a 216 38 Chevy Pickup motor:
Flywheel Bolts, Pressure Plate Bolts,
Clutch Bolts, Exhaust Manifold (if needed),
Spark Plug Distrubuter (if needed), Water Pump (if needed), thermostat (if needed), Bell housing (if needed), transmission to bell housing bolts (if needed), and the fuel pump (if needed). Sorry about all that, just want to make sure I have all the bolts tightened where need be. Thank you!

Nevada

Read thru this for help.

http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/shop/1938/index.html

I didn't see anything with torqing the bolts to a certain lb.

Thanks for the help though, I learned other things!

The 1938 manual does not seem to show any torque values. The 1941 manual has some in the text. The 1947 Shop Manual has the engine torque values summarized on one page. It seems that that these should be good for a 1938 216 also. Does the 1938 engine use 10-mm spark plugs? Those torque numbers may not be correct.

This topic about torque values came up earlier this month. A Motors Manual that covers 1938 may have the information.

Hoyt

If you can't find any other sources specific to your truck model I might suggest another trick.
If you can identify the bolt you can obtain recommended torque values... granted the values are for new bolts.
Identify the bolt thread diameter (not wrench size), the thread pitch and the bolt grade.
Then go to the torque calculator to find the recommended torque value for that bolt.

Identify the bolt thread diameter

Identify the thread type (course or fine)

Identify the bolt grade

torque calculator

NOTE: The ASTM A307A and Grade 2 bolts are both soft and the ASTM A307A values can be used in the calculator.

This stuff should work for any application.

Jerry