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#10521 03/13/06 04:50 PM
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Hello all I'm new here.
I removed my 250 six and installed a 230 six in my 63 chev 1/2 ton pu. everything is fine......except my clutch cross shaft bracket will not work. a 250 has two bolt holes, the 230 I have is a 66 nova and only has one bolt hole. no clutch'ie... no go'ie. I am soooo sad

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Does the block have a boss in the correct location that can be drilled and tapped?


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the block has a boss hole already there. the nova had a 3 speed also. the problem is it is not lined up with my pickup..existing linkage.

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this is harder to explain than I thought. lol

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the clutch cross shaft is mounts on top of frame in my truck. to line up the cross shaft it has to be moved to center of my frame, or come up with a bracket for the motor. moving it to the inside of the frame will mis-align the linkage and it will be too short. with the problems I have had with this project. I think it would have been better to rebuild the 250. Any ideas will be really helpful. Thank you in advance
Ray

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I just contacted Chevrolet and they said they put a 230 six in the 63 chevrolet truck. Any Ideas where I can get the bracket, or cross shaft or both? Chevrolet named a few places I have already tried with no luck.

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Ray a 230 is not always the same 230 in a car and a truck. Some external mounting points can vary as in the case of the boss for the clutch cross shaft. In one application the block side in the area under #5 cylinder might be used and on another vehicle the location is at the tail end of the block next to the bellhousing. It's a pain when you find this out after going through all the work but it isn't hopeless. I would leave the truck frme mount and linkage as much alone as possible and make up a bracket coming off the side block out of 1/8 x 1 inch flat stock to get the engine side pivot ball into the clutch cross shaft. The engine side pivot ball may be screwed into the block. Remove it and after you make a bracket drill a suitable hole in it to install the ball and add a 1/2 - 13 nut on the ball stud with some locktite or a good lockwasher.
If your pivot is welded to a bracket you can add to the bracket with some flat stock and welding to reposition it or just get the threaded cross shaft pivot ball and build the new bracket.

The last thing I would do is modify the chassis location. You'll end up making more work for yourself as now the clutch pedal rod and the clutch fork rod will most likely need to be fiddled with too.

Using a car block in a truck chassis it is pretty unlikely you will find an original GM piece that will bolt onto the block and solve the problem.


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Mike
Somewhere in the back of my mind, I knew all of what you said to be true. I must have banged my head against the block too many times to make the thought process work correctly. I maybe thought there was an easy way. knowing me.....there IS no easy way lol. car to truck strikes again. I have a friend of mine that is a welder/fab dude that might help me out on this one. My bracket on the top of the frame is rivioted in place, with a ball and nut holding the shaft. My Fathers words haunt me... "Use your brain.......it's the little things that count"
Thanks again for all your help. And those of you that just smiled. Have a great Day
Ray

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you could have a nova block witch I am sure Is different clutch location then a normal inline motor. this is from an old guy with a soso memory. just my .2 cents worth

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Went through the opposite problem putting a 292 into a Chevy II. We took a piece of 1/4" plate to mount the pivot ball and in our case used two existing holes in the block with a couple of spacers to keep it parallel to the pan rail. If your Chevy II 230 has only the boss for the pivot, you may want to make a couple of small bracket to connect the plate to pan bolts to avoid any possiblity of the plate moving.


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Ray can you get us a picture of the side of the Block? This would help us Help you much easier. If you can't post Please Email it to me Or someone else.


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