Re: [Amc-list] OHV 195.6 Stuff

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>From what I can remember I would not be surprised to hear that the casting could go 080" if pistons could be found.
IIRC, the cylinder was way thick on the one I put a rod through! 

I'd at least tear it down and salvage those pistons as being .040" they will allow the saving of a standard bore engine if they are still good.

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
" I was different before people dared to be different" 

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: 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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