I think I have a photo of the way we did it but cannot find it this morning.
We need to find the photos of the 292 installation for two people so are
looking for them today.
Dave Shier
Trinidad, Colorado
>From: "Bob Chansler" <rchansle@us.ibm.com>
>Reply-To: "Bob Chansler" <rchansle@us.ibm.com>
>To: "Terry Stellman" <STELLMAN@noex.com>, oletrucks@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: [oletrucks] 235 in my 51 Burb
>Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 09:27:43 -0600
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>Terry,
>I don't have a digital camera or I'd take some pix, but everything looks
>normal except the position of the radiator. The hood latch looks like it's
>never been removed (it still has clutch head screws with no gouges in them
>holding down the latch). Looks like they just slid the radiator down the
>center of the U channel. Someone else responded that they had the same
>thing, maybe they can help.
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>Bob Chansler
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>235 in my 51 Burb
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>Bob,
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>Do you have any pictures of this installation? I have heard of this before
>but when I look at mine, the radiator can't move forward because of the
>hood latch plate being in the way. Has that plate been modified on your
>truck?
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>Terry Stellman
>1949 3600
>Missouri City, Texas
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bob Chansler [mailto:rchansle@us.ibm.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 5:27 PM
>To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
>Subject: [oletrucks] 235 in my 51 Burb
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>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.
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>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.
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>Bob Chansler
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