Folks, I won't be really ready to fix up this 63 Classic wagon for some time, but the aluminum engine is "stuck" as the farmer's say on the tractor mail lists. The car has sat in the Nevada dessert since the early 1980s. It has 60,000 miles on the odometer which I believe is actual. It is the aluminum version of the 196. There is no evidence of water in the oil. I have put the following in the cylinders since getting the car: transmission fluid, PB Blaster, and diesel fuel. These fluids have been added over the last couple of weeks. Still no joy. I recently cleaned up the original battery cables (which were made by Whitaker for all you restorers out there) and put a well-charged battery in the car and bumped the starter. The engine still won't budge. If anyone else has any other good ideas to free it up, short of pulling the head and pounding on the pistons (which I will do if nothing else works) let me know. Regards, Joe Fulton Salinas, CA _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list