I may have missed this but why do you suspect a bad cylinder? Could be just a 'tossed' pushrod. Ken Quoting Richard Estermyer <javelinman74@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > Got the 82 Clean Loaded Concord w/bad piston in the garage! Trying to > calculate the least expensive way to go... have 304 which would need valve > job, bearings and rings and minimum rebuild, plus the cross member > conversion. Or- a 4.0 Jeep 6 banger (love that torque) and an early head > (rebuild one available) and whatever else needed in that conversion. > Or-replace the piston and gaskets on original (105,000 mile) motor. Of > course not a lot of funds available at this time, but some, and the need to > get this running so as to sell the 80 Wagon per what I told my wife, in case > she was listening to me. Yeah, she was... Suggestions and opinions welcome. > Than You All!!!Happy New Year Blessings,Richard Estermyer > javelinman74@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _________________________________________________________________ > Send e-mail anywhere. No map, no compass. > http://windowslive.com/oneline/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_anywhere_122008 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20081229/993fdd98/attachment.htm > > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list