Chev 216 loose piston pin - which one ?

[Mike Kelly]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Hi Mike

As you mentioned "I have seen the pump kit for the 235 conversion, I think the 235 engine is slightly longer than a 216 and the fan can be too close to the radiator in some vehicles " yes this is why I had to remove and press on a different pulley.

My experience doing the conversion on the 261 and 235 was that the block is not longer it is the extra 1/4" of the adapter plate plus the positioning of the and shape of pulley on the later 216 water pumps. The new or rebuilt water pumps that I was using all had the the narrow style pulley that I removed and replaced with the old style pulley flange and pulley.

As to the domed piston, ran into this when I rebuilt the engine on my HUP a few years ago, needed a new head because mine had some cracks developing, they had not leaked yet. The only NOS head I could get was for the flat topped pistons which meant I had to change pistons, not a problem as the cylinders were being bored which the pistons had to be changed. Pictures of the piston and head http://canadianmilitarypattern.com/H...May%20Work.htm

Be careful of how you remove or drive on the crank pulley real easy to deform the hand crank boss. Made a tool that fit in the center hole and put the driving force across through the hand crank slots this way when pulley is driven on it doesn't damage the boss.

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Cheers Phil

Ok Interesting

What type of carby do you run on your 216's ?

I have a Rochester model B on the C8 . It has been very good and trouble free but I just noticed it has been running rich , the plugs are black with carbon . I use the original oil bath air cleaner .

A lot of people here with old Chevys, use Holden Stromberg carbies with an adjustable main jet .