235 engine Evan: Thank you for the response. I have decided to overhaul what I have, but if there is a serious engine or head problem, I might recontact you. You are within driving distance, 6-7 hours one way. I hope we will not be in touch. Thanks again. Kent
Olds engine just sitting on the cross member ? No , you gotta swap the plate over , not a big deal as it allows you to scrape all the gooey sludge out of both sump and the oil intake screen Yes , there was a 235 option back in the day but it came with this plate too, _ALL_ the inline engines had this single mount and yes , it bolts to the frame in all cases . I think if you go over to Chevrolet Obsolete (or is it Obsolete Chevrolet ?) they're the folks who use old parts book illustrations , this is they typ of info that makes it so important to have and use , assembly manuals , factory shop manuals and parts manuals ... the exploded views are priceless , there's a part that's nearly always gone missing fromthe front mount after all these years . use the red polyurethane front mount BTW . Should be lots of detailed posts covering this over on the Stovebolt Page...
Hi Nate, Thanks for the reply as usual. Yeah, that's right. The inline 8 in my '40 Olds used to just sit on top of the rubber mount. It kinda freaked me out, but that was the design. Cast piece mounted to the engine and it kinda sat on top of and covered the rubber piece that mounted to the cross member. Naturally, there were two rather sturdy mounts in the back on the bell housing, but the front was gravity. It was a solid design that definately would not slip off, but it wasn't bolted down, that's for sure. Been looking on the stovebolt page for some insight into finding one of these plates for my 235, but haven't spent a lot of time. Guy I bought my junker from has several old 235's in his barn that are seized up. He is going to look for the plate. He knows exactly what you are talking about. Wish my damn shop manuals would come in the mail already. I just spoke to Patrick over at "Patrick's". I'm sure you know of him. I was looking to maybe get the plate in question from him. He says to just drill some holes on the existing flange that is on the plate that already exists on the '58 engine between the timing cover and block. He says it will mount right up. Sounds a lot easier than drilling blocks and finding obsolete plates from dead engines, although that certainly can be done. Any thoughts on this from anyone? Andy
Sounds like maybe you had a ' parted ' front mount where one side , the metal plate ripped off the bonded rubber then wobbled about untill it looked polshed like it never was attached , you'd be surprised how many I've seen like that . Patric sounds right on , get the parts in hand then you'll see how simple it is .
