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Hey Gang, I just purchased a complete running gear (engine, tranmission, front end, rear end, exhaust system) out of a 1936 Chevrolet 1/2 ton pickup. This was a good running truck that the owner decided to street rod. I'm going to drop the engine in my 1936 Master coupe (it is a '36 engine block#836010) and I wanted to know if the pickup clutch pack and clutch fork will fit my Master transmission. Are they the same? He pulled the engine and transmission together. Will the pickup transmission fit my car? What else in interchangeable between the cars and trucks of these years? Any help would be appreciated. Dave

The flywheel and clutch are the same.The flywheel housing is different and the transmission is mostly different.The fork and clutch linkage is different.I would keep your original transmission and flywheel housing together as there were two differnt trans. used in 1936 and these parts must match.Just off hand I can not think of any other parts that intercahnged.Also keep your car generator.

Thanks for that information Gene. Just out of curiousity, why shouldn't I use the truck generator? I did receive that part also with the package and it looks the same. Dave

The 36 truck engines use a different carburetor to intake manifold insulator and riser sleeve than the master car. trucks use the same as 35 trucks for these parts.

The 36 truck & Standard car used a model 946-C generator and the Master 36 car used a model 935-V generator.

The car generator produces more amps...Its designed to work along with the passenger car feature--ie--if you pull out the head light switch 1/2 notch the charging rate is increased.This would be 1/2 way between off and parking lights.
I mentioned the intake restrictor in a previous post.If it is not removed the engine will produce only 72 horse power at 3200 RPM VS 79 at 3200 RPM.If I remember correctly the metal cone shapped sleve can be removed from the insulator (nec. to just remove carb)...other wise you may need to purchase a new insulator as removing the complete thing usually breaks it apart.The one sold by the Filling Station is a later bakelite block that works real well.
Also use the passenger car fan as the larger truck fan makes the engine roar at higher RPM's.

Is not the truck intake manifold different also, with a smaller section size? I purchased a 35 engine that had been in use in a truck and I had to use the intake manifold from my old scrap 35 car engine. Exhaust manifolds seemed the same.

He has 1936 engines and all 1936 engines had the smaller intake manifold.This was done to limit engine speed and to increase low speed torque.The 1936 engine gained power with the higher 6 to 1 compression ratio but lost power with the smaller manifold.It had 79 HP VS the 80 in 1935 Masters.The small manifold cut the 1935 Standard engine down to 74 HP VS 80 for the Master.

All 34 & 35 trucks used the Standard intake mainfolds and if you notice the Standard vacuum port fitting for the windshield wipers sticks straight up. The Master fittings were a 90 degree elbow pointing to the rear. The 36 truck also had the straight vacuum fitting. The exhaust manifolds on the 34 -36 cars and trucks are the same except the 34 has completely closed cover over the heat valve flat thermostatic spring and does not have an external pull back spring next to the weight. 35 & 36 are identical.

Ok, well I got all the parts and noticed that the front engine mount on the pickup is different thatn the car. It bolts two down straight and the car bolts two at a 30 degree angle. No bolt holes provided like this on the pickup mount. Rather than switch I'd drill new holes in the pickup mount to meet the car mounts. I did see and remove the restrictor on the intake. The trans mission looks the same and has the same casting #s as the car but the stick is different. It looks like it will fit but I'm not sure yet. The muffler looks the same as the car too. Will the pickup rear end fit the '36 passenger? What do you think?

oldndragon; The muffler is different car to truck all the 1934-36 trucks use a straight thru muffler p/n 373873 (tailpipe is in line with the exhaust pipe not offset as in the car muffler). A car (36) rear axle assembly will fit but there are differences in the housing and brake flanges. All the trucks use the same engine mounting as the 1932 cars (Master) all four mounts are the same as 32 car and are avilable.

Sorry,I for got about the front mount.Yes,drill the holes as necessary.The muffler is not the same but its difficult to tell what has been replaced in the last 70 years.
The transmission internal parts are the same.The case for the truck is the same as a 1933 Master car and truck but a different case is shown for 1934-36 Master cars, and I can't think why so be very careful.If the shift tower is taller on the car transmission its a Warner transmission which was used in some 1935-36 Masters due to a strike at Chevrolet...it will not fit the non-Warner transmission bellhousing.

Would not the 33 Master (car) transmission be different from the truck in view of the "Free-Wheeling" on the car?

Two truck transmissions were used in 1933. The 1/2 ton used the same transmission as the passenger but without the freewheeling unit bolted on. It used a longer torque tube, same length as the '32 1/2 ton. The rear was different because of the flanged axles on the '33s versus the tapered axles on the '32s.

The 1 1/2 ton trucks used a four speed transmission that was essentially the same well into the 40s or early 50s.

the transmission case is differant because of the mount of the emergancy brake leaver .