216 0r 235

[jason meade]

Thanks guys by all accounts I would say i am lookng at a 216, I just got the drive train home last night and am just trying to find everything and see every thing works.
I will add up a photo or two today.
Jason

[jason meade]

Here is a few photos of the cmp
Jason

[Grant Bowker]

Jason,
From your photos it looks like you probably have a 216 and it looks like it has all the "right" parts to be CMP.
Is there a chance you can post photos of the way the oil filter is mounted? I think the bracket to mount it came with my truck in the boxes of parts (it was a project abandoned by others). I have checked the parts book which seems to list two special cylinder head bolts, double ended to support and secure the bracket, which hold the filter bracket and may end up making my own "specials" from 2 bolt's welded head to head (perhaps with a spacer for clearance). Since my engine is a later 261 I will probably have to do a few more fakeups to get the look right for my truck.

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

One other difference that I would bring up in spotting original CMP 216 and auto or light truck 216 or 235 or 261 is the oil pan.

Original Chevy CMP 216s that I have seen had a deep oil pan made of two sections mated horizontally above the sump area. I'll have to find some better photos of all 3 types. One thing to obviously watch for if you are installing a later 216 using the original CMP oil pan with the longer oil pick up and dip stick.

The deep sump pan has a lot of advantages.

Cheers Phil

[Bob Carriere]

Look at the pictures I took a while back at CC4

We may have to fabricate two special head bolt......

Bob