Re: [Amc-list] 195.6 ohv head oiling

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom,

Put a picture of the 1958 block up on the web or send me one.  I'd like to compare it to several engines I have around here, which are all 1963 through 1965 blocks I think.

Joe Fulton


--- On Thu, 11/6/08, Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Amc-list] 195.6 ohv head oiling
> To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 2:04 PM
> Well you just never know what's been done to cars when
> they get this old!
> 
> I don't know why I looked, but the line from the block
> to the head 
> (where there's a T that takes half the oil to the
> filter in that crazy 
> old system) goes off the front end of the main gallery. No
> surprise there...
> 
> BUT! there's a boss with 1/8" pipe plug right
> above the gallery -- 
> directly over the front-most camshaft bearing. There is
> also a cast in 
> big "X" right after the block casting number and
> before the boss.
> 
> This engine is a swapped in rebuilder (there's a tag
> saying so, and it's 
> painted gold). Can't read the stamps on the driver side
> without some 
> disassembly. Who knows what year it is...
> 
> But the 1958 block I have does not have the boss or the
> hole or the "X".
> 
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