Hmmm. According to that chart (and thank you for highlighting sir) I have a 55-57 261 head on a 58-62 261 block? With a passenger car rocker box! And it's green. The bulbous oil filter housing appears to be yellow. I'll clean it up and get some pictures. It's starting to smack of John Deere.
--- In old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com, <corval...@...> wrote: > > http://tinyurl.com/2af7e2l > > .bill in corvallis > > _____ > > From: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:old-chevy-tr...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of fahrbach51 > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 5:20 PM > To: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [old-chevy-truck] Re: First look inside my "new" 261 > > > > > > Nate: I haven't been out to check whether I can turn this baby over yet, > I've been under the weather and I know if I go out in the shop I'll be out > there after midnight, and I need the rest. > > I live in south-central KS near Wichita, so I doubt this engine has tasted > sea air much. Can't figure out why the whole thing was painted some shade of > green, does that mean anything? > > The head # is 3836850, haven't had much luck matching that up anywhere. > > I think I stumbled onto a web page that showed where to drill steam holes, > but not sure I'm qualified to take the head off, let alone be drilling on > it. I was told to take the flywheel off before I remove the bell housing, so > I need to figure out how to do that so I can get it up on the engine stand. > That's when I'll see if it will turn over. Somehow, I can hear all the > experienced guys out there reading this, rolling their eyes and saying, > "this guy doesn't know ----". And you're right, but I'm having the most fun > I've had in years, and appreciate all your hard earned knowledge. I'm amazed > at every post you write. My '51 3600 was built in Nov. 1950, about 3 months > before I was born. Haven't named him yet, but I'm sure when I die I'll still > own him. > > Mike Fahrbach > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Ole Chevy and GMC trucks rule! To unsubscribe, send an email (with no subject, no body, just the email), to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: old-chevy-truck-dig...@yahoogroups.com old-chevy-truck-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
