Re: [AMC-list] SoCal TT!

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

Sounds like the stock umbrellas! They are kind of hard, just a shield to deflect most of the oil away from the guide/valve junction. Some gets sucked in. Newer AMC six seals (well, 4.0L anyway) are positive type also -- sort of like a mini front seal. The top of the old guides could be machined for them if they weren't bad enough to require replacing. Just need to be cut down the right diameter, and maybe a groove to retain the seal? I forget exactly how they mount. Definitely a good thing you did there!! 

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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:03:29 -0700
From: tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>

My machinist managed to fit GM seals to it. Yeah, those umbrellas were
likely the problem. I forget if he put new guides in or not (you think I'd
remember that). The seals that came with the head gasket kit were very
stiff, by design or age I dunno. I threw them out.

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 14:24, Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Guides in mine must have had a lot more wear in them than I thought.[....]I
> think I had the old hard umbrella seals too, but not sure you can get newer
> type seals for the 196, not without machining or replacing the guides.

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