Re: [AMC-list] I know why 195.6 ohv heads need re-torquing

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

well, if you think about it many metal shops have lazer and or waterjet cutting machines.
It should not be a horrendous deal to get a sheet of copper cut to fit.
Might be best to go somewhere that does not do this all the time.
Just take a composition gasket and ask them to duplicate it in copper?

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!"

----- "Joe Fulton" <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: "Joe Fulton" <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Rambler Nash Jeep and familyAMC" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 6:10:49 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] I know why 195.6 ohv heads need re-torquing
>
> Well Mr. Thermal Expansion, you have ruined my thoughts of nice drives
> to work this spring with my 195.6. 5.8 microinches per inch indeed. 
> Now I'll lie awake nights worrying about how those little thermal
> gremlins (excuse the word) are working to release the torgue on my
> head bolts every time I drive.  Maybe I'll get a sign made for the
> back of my car that says:  Caution, the vehicle makes frequent stops
> to torque the headbolts."
> 
> Seriously, you know I might investigate getting a copper head gasket
> made.  I understand that it is common in the old equipment world (like
> gasoline powered Caterpillar equipment) to have head gaskets custom
> made because there ain't no factory gaskets no more. 
> 
> Joe Fulton
> Perplexed in Salinas, CA
> 
> --- On Tue, 2/2/10, tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > From: tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [AMC-list] I know why 195.6 ohv heads need re-torquing
> > To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 2:05 PM
> > I know why the 195.6 OHV head needs
> > to be retorqued, and maybe how to solve
> > it.
> > 
> > Thermal expansion.
> > 
> > 
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