Re: [Amc-list] Good Rambler day!

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, JOE FULTON wrote:

> Ya' know, I'm starting to wonder about my decision to
> rebuild one of the 196s I have and get that 65 Rambler
> running.  It's probably wouldn't be wise to back out
> now, but I have heard of more problems with the 195.6s
> than almost any other engine except the Vega aluminum
> block beast.  I am rebuilding one now which had a
> turned rod bearing. Tom, you found that grenaded one.
> I have two more which are locked up (one cast iron and
> one aluminum block) which I have not investigated yet.
>  My roomate overheated one in college years ago and
> blew the head gasket.  Story of my life.  But I will
> perservere.

1941. I pretend it's 1941. They seem to be really sensitive to
maintenance. Even a 232 you can pretty much ignore and it runs
and runs.

But how many of them died when they were 5, 10 years old? I bet
all of these dying are oooooold! It's an old Nash lineage, it's
hard to believe Nash would have stuck wit a bad-by-design motor.

Turned rod bearing; any idea why? Gotta be an oiling issue.

Frozen: that's gotta be neglect/left to sit for years.

Overheated: I dunno, mine runs cool with a stock
radiator. Plugged up block? Crap radiator? Out of water?

Aluminum block: from all accounts, if the head was kept torqued,
and proper coolant was used and maintained, they lasted, but
it was a novelty, and dropped...

But it's really 1941. I worry about the oil supply and
cleanliness with all my highway driving. Believe me, I will
change the oil at 3000 miles on this motor!

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