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Hi,

I have 235 motor with bellhousing on it, I am trying to remove the bell housing from engine block to swap to 216 bell housing. I removed 2 bolts on the top of the bell housing to engine block and 2 behind the fly wheel on a difficult place to reach, however the bell housing wouldnot even move. I am kind of lost where else it can be holding to the block. Any suggesstions, thanks in advance

Theres 2 more behind the flywheel. You have to remove it to get to them.
Marty

Thanks delux54panel, how to reach those bolts, cant even see where there located, any suggesstions

Thanks in advance

You will need to remove the flywheel to access the bolts that remain hidden.

Thanks Standonit, I am newbie to this, I thought flywheel is on the crankshaft and then clutch assembly will be mounted right, having bellhousing in place how do I remove flywheel, sort of baffeled

Sorry If I was not stating it right

Hy smokey_truck, you have to remove the clutch, if it's there, then you can remove the flywheel bolts and flywheel, now you have access to all the bellhousing retaining bolts, hope that helps.

Hey 3B

Thanks for answering , I will prey on it and update this message

Hi Smokey,,,As 3B said,,,remove the clutch assembly first. Then youll see the flywheel bolts. Theyll probably have "keepers" on them.
Just bend the little nubs away from the bolts.
Remove the flywheel and youll see the culprits that are still holding your bellhousing on.
Make sure when replacing the flywheel,those bolts should be torqued. Dont know the exact ft.lbs. right off the top of my head,but i'll look in my shop manual for ya.
Or if you have a shop manual,,its under,,"tightening specs".
Make sure to use a clutch aligning tool when putting the clutch assembly back on. And,those bolts have to be torqued also.
Marty

This drove me nuts when I rebuilt my 235 this past summer ! Certainally, the operation is easier if your engine is out of the truck and on the stand. I agree with the others. It is impossible to acess the other two bolts unless you remove the clutch/flywheel on this engine.

Thanks guys, I will check that out and update you guys, man what a PITA this two bolts are, they are driving me crazy and a hot rod mechanic wants 2 big ones to remove that one

will keep you all posted