DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
casting GM 3836435
CK5
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Identify GM bellhousing???????
- Thread starter DEMON44
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Is it aluminum or cast iron?
Looks iron to me.
Looks iron to me.
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
its cast, I found it with some SBC exhaust manifolds and an oil pan with some carnage holes in it in a scrap pile. I don't have any other info, but it looked like it may be useful for something so I picked it up.
looks like an I6 bolt pattern on the back though. as all of the lower bolts are internal not external like the v8s.
looks like an I6 bolt pattern on the back though. as all of the lower bolts are internal not external like the v8s.
I'm betting Dorian or Scott will chime in and let you know what they think.
That looks really old...like "stovebolt circa 1940's" old. 
Rene
Rene
I'm not sure what it is, but from experience, its no I6 bell housing. At least not from 68 on. The earliest I6 I've had any dealings with was a 250 from a 68 Chevy C10. We pulled it and bolted a 307 right back in its place.
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
you know.......you might be on to something there. theres a guy up the street, with a '48 caddillac, and 2 '55 chevys. He might have turfed some stuff......I dunno.
Keep us posted, you got my curiostiy going now. 
Rene
Rene
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
for sure........it looked to be in good shape and free so i took it. But right off the bat I knew enough to know i didn't know what it really was 
but...might be useful at some time. Kind of why I have soooo much crap in my garage i can bearly fit the Z-28 in and thats it
but...might be useful at some time. Kind of why I have soooo much crap in my garage i can bearly fit the Z-28 in and thats it
That is a cast iron bell housing from a 216 and/or 235 GM that was used from the 1930's until about 1959. It also appears to be out of a car since it doesn't have the angled mounts for the crossmember like the trucks used.
A very quick search and this is what i found. That particular casting number is a 1954 vintage.
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]3836435, cast iron, [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]11",10.5, side mounts, small trans, car bell, 1954[/FONT]
A very quick search and this is what i found. That particular casting number is a 1954 vintage.
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]3836435, cast iron, [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]11",10.5, side mounts, small trans, car bell, 1954[/FONT]
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I rest my case.
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
Thanks! I plugged that # into a couple online GM parts pages.......nothing ever came up for that #.
I just did a google for, "casting number GM 3836435" and the 3rd link down got me covered.
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
Cool. Now the $64,000 question what the hell am i gonna do with it 
Cool. Now the $64,000 question what the hell am i gonna do with it
You either throw it in the scrap pile or you sell it or you buy a 216/235 and put it in something.
The choice is yours.
