Re: AMC's in IH trucks....??

[JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

And the AMC 304 was NOT used by IH.  

Regards,
Joe Fulton
Salinas, CA
--- Rocky Lear <rockylear@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 258's definitely did make it into the 1/2 ton
> pickups. I have seen many. IH 
> V8's had distributors in the front too but they
> stick into the block at a 12 
> o clock position as opposed to the 10 o clock
> position of a AMC v8. It is 
> very easy to tell them apart there are so many
> differences.
> 
> PS: there is a 304 AMC AND a 304 IH engine. Other
> than both having 304 CI. 
> nothing else is the same.
> 
> Rocky
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "JOE FULTON" <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 4:34 PM
> Subject: Re: AMC's in IH trucks....??
> 
> 
> > I'm not an expert but I have looked under a lot of
> > junkyard hoods the last few years.  AMC 258 was
> used
> > in Scouts (and maybe pickups, but I doubt it) in
> the
> > 70s and early 80s.  AMC 401 was used in anything
> BUT
> > Scouts in the 70s.  The IHC engines are much more
> > common (304, 345 and 392) as you would expect.  IH
> V8s
> > all have the word "international" stamped into
> their
> > valve covers.  If the valve covers are missing, I
> > think the IH distributor is located on the back of
> the
> > engine.  At any rate it is not canted to one side
> in
> > the front like the AMC engine.
> >
> > Joe Fulton
> > Salinas, CA
> > (who has vacationed many summers in Arkansas and
> had
> > to check myself for ticks after coming in from the
> > field.)
> >
> > --- imfatdad@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >> Anyone know of a net reference link (or other)
> that
> >> has a listing of what year IH trucks had what AMC
> >> motors??  I walked my favorite yard yesterday to
> see
> >> what the ol guy crushed last spring (Summertime
> yard
> >> walks in Arkansas is not my favorite thing,
> snakes,
> >> chiggers, tics....  no thanks!!!).  He pretty
> muched
> >> raped the AMC's he had there, of all things he
> saved
> >> the Spirits...   A number of IH trucks were not
> >> taken, trucks are not wanted by the crusher boys
> as
> >> they have little weight to them..  Was wondering
> if
> >> any motors in these are worth picking up??  Most
> >> trucks would have less compression-able motors
> >> yes???  Worth saving??
> >>
> >> Any advice or ridicule is accepted.
> >>
> >> J.
> >>
> >>
> >
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