[AMC-List] Flywheel needed

[JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was working on the 64 Classic but had some bad luck
in the last couple of days.  The short story is that
someone has transplanted a 232 six into the car in
front of the T-96 tranny.  The shift linkage was toast
so I replaced the steering column and shifter.  Got
the car running and it at first ran well but I did not
try to drive it.  A few days later, after sitting I
restarted it and it had no oil circulation to the head
and the dry valves clattered.   I connected a
mechanical oil pressure gauge to the engine and it had
50 pounds of oil pressure with the oil cold, but still
no oil to the head.  Then later it had good
circulation to the head again. Something is
periodically blocking circulation to the head.  Yes, I
pulled the shaft rocker bolt and the suspect head bolt
and tried to clean out the passage. I also used engine
flush.  

I thought I would try to move the car without letting
it run too long (dry valves) and there is a terrible
racket when I depress the clutch.  So there are two
(possibly connected) problems which need further
investigation.  

In short, I will pull the engine and tranny and check
everything out before proceeding further.  However, I
have a 196 engine ready to go in the car and a good (I
think.) T-96 with O/D.  

I need a flywheel for the 196. This engine had an auto
tranny behind it in a previous life so it has a
flexplate now.  Does anyone have a 196 flywheel they
will part with?

This will hopefully be a project for this summer, as I
need to shift my attention to another car right now.

Maybe not so short after all, huh?

Joe Fulton
Salinas, CA
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