hi guys, can anyone tell me the best way to alter the linkage to my carberater.I just changed my old 216 cid in favor of a 235 cid and the linkage stud is in a diffrent location this is an all stock 1950 chevy car, any help would be great. thanks so much.
Dear '50';
I remember them as being the same.
Exactly what part doesn't fit??
John M..........
There should be 2 threaded locations on the block, which one to use depends on application. Move the stud to the proper hole and thats it.
gearhead ,thanks much for the infromation on the secsond stud locaation, this may give my gas pedal linkage more roomit was too long before.
Gearhead checked for the secsond hole and did not find it just the one above the oil sending fitting 50chevy in omaha
john H the rod that goes to rhe gas peddle is too long now, also the linkage to the carberator is different, so it will clear the manifold 50chevy in omaha
I ended up having to shorten my gas pedal rod when I put in my 261 in my '50 truck, since it was a 62 block and neither pivot location corresponded to a 216. The easiest way is to go to the hardware store and get a little ball joint that you can thread onto the cut off end of the gas pedal rod. Just use a die to cut threads on the rod and spin the ball joint on to give you a bit of adjustability, and put the end of the ball joint through the bell crank. You may find that you need to bend the rod a bit so it doesn't bind. I had to take some of the bend out of mine so I used a vise to squeeze it flatter. Adjust it so the gas pedal is to the floor stop when the carb throttle is open all the way, and that should take care of it.
Heres what I did to fix the same problem when I added a Rochester B model to my truck from a holley .
http://community.webshots.com/album/132285490kvjGkS Hope the pictures help .
(I could have sworn I posted this once already though?)
Got a welder? then just measure the distance difference between the old and new blocks, and cut out that much from the rod and weld back together. If you need to lengthen it, go to the hardware store, pick up some round bar stock, and splice it into the old linkage.