Re: [Amc-list] Amc-list Digest, Vol 22, Issue 75 (rod knock on 196)

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

Yeah, the sad story is, with an antique motor, of unknown history, with 
Bad Noises from the bottom end, there is no, zero, easy repair. The sort 
of things you could do when it's "only" 20 years old are fairly hopeless 
when it's 40 years old.

If you have substantial experience, or a lot of time and a good home 
shop, you could probably do old-style in-car repairs, but I think in the 
end, the "savings" will get you a year of use, with the threat of 
catastrophic failure merely deferred a bit.

I forget, if you said, what car this is in. If it's anything other than 
a 63 or older American, you can put a 232 right in far cheaper than you 
could rebuild that motor.

If you're a dedicated AMC nut like most of us here, then you might wanna 
go the whole 9 yards and do the job right with the old Nash motor you have.

If a rod exits the block that's the end of that block and crank. Very 
hard to find parts for this motor! But if you fix it before it fails, 
it'll be a lot easier. And if you pull it out and swap in a 232 (if 
that's possible for your chassis) you can part out the old motor, 
recover a few bucks, and extend the life of other people's motors.


The 199/232/258, now that's a totally different story. Parts are 
plentiful, they're easy to work on, and AMC solved all the problems 
inherent in that old motor which dates to the 1930's. It's a nice old 
motor, but you have to be wedded to it to put up with it!
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