Re: [Amc-list] Bummer

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

The date/engine code on the 199 block will have an A or J as the 4th character.
A 232 up to 1970 will have a G or L.

Ken Ames

39Master85w.partscar,67Marlin,68AMX,70Machine,73Matador2drht,73Hornet4dsd,
73-74-75-76GremlinXs,75PacerX,76Hornet2dsd,77Matadorcpe,2-77AMXs,78AMX,
78Gremlin,78GremlinGT,79Concordhb,79PacerDL8,2-79AMXs,2-80AMXs,
2-80SpiritDL,80Eagle4dsdn,3-81SX4s,81SpiritGT,81Concord4dsd,82Eaglesw,
2-85Eaglesw,2-80J20,85J10,88Eaglesw,89Sentra4dsd   (41)

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Quoting Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> 
> Well, I wouldn't be so hasty to replace that engine. 
> My 64 which I thought had a 232 in it, has the same
> block casting number 3170721.  This engine was
> installed by a previous owner.  It has fabricated
> engine mounts.  I thought it was a 232.
> Yep, I just checked. It is an L code engine (date code
> includes and L not a J. so it is a 232.  AFAIK the
> same block would be used for a 232 and 199, at least
> in the mid-sixties.
> 
> Joe Fulton
> 
> 
> --- Thomas Garner <Tgarner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Well, I've been telling everybody that my 64 Classic
> > has a 232 engine because my car has the 232 badges
> > on both front fenders. 
> >  I found the engine block casting number on the
> > front driver side of the engine. It is 3170721.
> > 
> > According to
> >
> www.enginepartswarehouse.com/enginecatalog/AMERICANMOTORS.PDF,
> > I have a 199.
> > 
> >  I'm gonna find a 232 now and swap it. I don't like
> > having the 199 with 232 badges; this is one of the
> > reasons I didn't opt to put a V-8 in it.
> > 
> >  DANG!
> > 
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> > 
> > 
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