Grant, et al:
Yes it is the cast date code above the starter, not the casting #. A
couple of other things I have questions about. My carb is a Rochester
BC (C=automatic choke) and has a factory heat riser setup from the
exhaust manifold. Would this have come out of a car? I didn't think
that truck carbs came with auto chokes. I had a slightly bent pushrod
so I purchased a new one from NAPA. The man asked me if it was a
powerglide transmission - told him no. Now powerglide 235's had
hydraulic lifters correct? were the pushrods different for these? The
pushrod I bought matches the existing ones.
Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Grant Galbraith [mailto:trks@javanet.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 1999 10:30 AM
> To: MIKE RAHL
> Cc: Antonio R. Tijerino; 'oletrucks'
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] 54-235?
>
>
> The # you gave sounds like the casting date which is located just
> above/behind starter. If so you correctly deciphered it. The
> casting # is
> different from this-it has seven digits and is usually
> located forward of
> distributor and behind fuel pump.
> I also though all '54's had the water pump located the same
> as the 216.
> The plane of the head should be in the middle of the pump. I
> was waiting to
> hear if anyone else had any idea's. Wonder if the '54
> Corvette used the
> later style block block.
>
> Grant 50 3100
>
> MIKE RAHL wrote:
>
> > Antonio,
> > Does the casting numbers on the ouside of the block also
> indicate that
> > it is a 54? What style water pump do you have?
> > Mike
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Antonio R. Tijerino [mailto:antonio@innercite.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 1999 8:52 AM
> > > To: MIKE RAHL
> > > Cc: 'oletrucks'
> > > Subject: Re: [oletrucks] 54-235?
> > >
> > >
> > > Last week I took my engine to the machine shop, the machinist
> > > showed me
> > > inside the engine, inside the crankcase next to the breather
> > > tube there is a
> > > stamp mark with the actual year of the engine. My engine
> was a '54.
> > >
> > > Antonio,
> > >
> > > MIKE RAHL wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > > This past Sunday I pulled the motor out of my 46 1/2 ton.
> > > It has a 235.
> > > > The casting number on the motor is I214 (September 21,
> 1954). I was
> > > > under the impression that all of the 53-54 235's were of
> > > the older water
> > > > pump style where the pump rises above the block deck. On
> > > this motor the
> > > > top of the pump does not rise above the deck and is in the
> > > same place as
> > > > the 235 which is in my 56 (original motor). Does
> anyone have any
> > > > insight on this?
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between
> > > 1941 and 1959
> > >
> > > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between
> > > 1941 and 1959
> > >
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between
> 1941 and 1959
>
>
>
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