[Amc-list] OHV 195.6 Stuff

[JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am planning to sell a cylinder head off of an OHV
196 engine if it passes a crack test.  It will go to
the machine shop tomorrow. 

This engine came out of a 1964 Classic in a local
junkyard and I let it set outside, covered "most" of
the time, but it got water in #3 and #4 cylinders. 
The engine was locked up when I pulled the head today,
but good old Kroil (and waiting about three hours)
freed it up.  There is quite a bit of rust in 3 and 4.

I can still see the crosshatching on the cylinders and
there's no ridge at the cylinder tops so I am assuming
that the engine was rebuilt not long before the car
was parked.  All of the plugs were fouled with soot
and there was one bent pushrod.  So I'm assuming it
was parked because it wasn't running well and the carb
needed work. The registration I found in the car
indicated it belonged to a lady in Hollister, CA.

Judging from the marks on top of the pistons, they
have been bored .040 oversize.  How far oversize can
you bore a 196?  And can you get pistons for .060
oversize?   I might save this motor, minus the head to
substitute for an aluminum 196 in my 63 classic wagon,
if that aluminum engine turns out to be junk.

Joe Fulton
Salinas, CA
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