Re: [Amc-list] aluminum 196

[tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

Are aluminum engine gaskets not available? Kanters? It couldn't be
that hard to cut your own, could it? Tedious though. Copper is a PITA
to work and keep flat, it's a bit gummy. If it was under .010 I'd etch
it out. You could problaby etch it through .020 but that would lose
edge definition. (Printed circuit board techniques work really well
but the chemicals suck. I've done a lot of it for PC boards and
artwork.)

Someone's gotta have on somewhere..



On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 5:30 AM, Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I looked at the pictures and yep, that is what my foggy memory from circa 1978-9 recall!
>
> I wonder, instead of fighting a battle to find a replacement gasket. What would a copper head gasket do in this situation?
> It would be sandwiched between aluminium, iron and steel liner?  Any thoughts?
>
> The worst part would be getting one spec'd out, the new cutting tech should make it pretty easy to get one made up.
>
> Mark Price
> Morgantown, WV 26508
> 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
> "I realize that death is inevitable.
> I just don't want to be around when it happens!"
>
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> From: "d stohler" <das24rules@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 11:52:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [Amc-list] aluminum 196
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>
> not sure why the earlier post only came as "a", but anyway. ran out and got pics to compare. i see no way possible that the cast iron head could fit an aluminum block. there is much more than just the right side being wider. the entire water jacket all the way around the block is wider. maybe to help disipate that cylinder heat away from the aluminum? and also, all the cylinders are joined together by a chunk of cast iron between the pairs. they are as pairs as in the cast iron, but they have a nice thick chunk joining #2-3, #4-5 also. so they are all 6 joined together. i am quite facinated by this little block, and the things they did with their limited technology then. i REALLY hope to save this motor just because of how rare, and different it is.
>
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> dave stohler
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