About the bell housing
Couple of points to be made about the bell housing (some have been discussed before in other threads). Yes the 216 CMP bell housing will bolt up directly to a 235 or 261 engine. But be sure when ever a bell housing is fitted to a different engine that you follow the process for checking that the transmission will be centered as described in the manual. This is a fussy little process but does seem to be important (if it turns out that the new bell housing is out of center) effects shifting, bearing life, and transmission noise. Now if by chance the CMP bell housing is missing or cracked, one of mine had four major cracks, you can convert a lhd bell housing to a rhd without much difficulty. Take a look at the picture below you will note that the top is a standard CMP bell housing, then look at the lower bell housing you will note than it has two clutch fork cut outs. A little careful layout work a drill press, tap, and an air grinder was all it took to convert it.
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