Got a really good 216 in my truck whick is all orig. This apparently was the first full pressure engine chevy had. I thought -cool! Then I ran the numbers and found it was a 235 from a '53 car with a powerglide. When I got it unloaded and looked it over the first thing I found was a brass plate rivited to the block which says "Strout Automotive Engine Rebuilding, San Bernadino, Calif." And gives the bore at. I got this from a guy who is rodding a '49 truck so I figured it was probably a babbitted 216 like the one in my '48. ![]() ![]() The oil is free of coolant and the engine turns over so I think it's probably all external.?. It runs from about 4" in front of the petcock foreward to near the front of the engine. Right in line with the petcock at the back of the block. It is just at the bottom of the vertical part of the block, just above where it flares out. Thanks a ton!! The crack is on the outside of the block, left side, and runs horizontally most of the length of the engine.
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