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Re: [oletrucks] 235 in my 51 Burb

To: rchansle@us.ibm.com, oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] 235 in my 51 Burb
From: "Dave Shier" <daveshier@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 23:16:52 +0000
I did a similar thing when I put the 292 into my 48 Chevy truck.  So far so 
good.
Dave Shier


>From: "Bob Chansler" <rchansle@us.ibm.com>
>Reply-To: "Bob Chansler" <rchansle@us.ibm.com>
>To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
>Subject: [oletrucks] 235 in my 51 Burb
>Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 16:26:39 -0600
>
>I came across a '51 suburban I couldnt pass up (I already own a 49 that is
>dissassembled all over the shop).
>It came with a running 235 that I expected to be from a 53 or at least had
>the short water pump installed. I checked the casting number and found it
>was from a 58/59 truck and had the LONG water pump installed. I was under
>the impression that the only way to install a newer 235 into an AD truck
>was with the shorter water pump. The short water pump measures 4 inches
>from the block to the face of the pulley, whereas the longer pump on the
>newer 235's measures 5 inches.  What I found might help others use a newer
>235 in an AD truck.
>
>The radiator is usually bolted to the firewall side of the U channel
>radiator support. What the PO had done here is drop the radiator into the
>middle of the channel and bolt it on from the grill side instead of the
>firewall side. this moved the rad back about 3/4 inch. The fan blade is
>only 1/4 inch from the  radiator, but it seems to work fine. Seems like an
>easy  solution.
>
>Bob Chansler
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959




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