Re: [Amc-list] OHV 195.6 Stuff

[JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yep, if I need the engine (if my 196 aluminum engines
end up as junk) I plan to tear it down and at least
see if the cylinders can be cleaned up with just
honing.   If not, I have another iron 196 that I will
tear down and then build up the better of the two.  I
certainly won't want to waste those .040 pistons if
they are good.

Regards,
Joe
--- Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> From what I can remember I would not be surprised to
> hear that the casting could go 080" if pistons could
> be found.
 
> 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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