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

[tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

Umm I have a friend (acquaintence) with one, he heads up one of the vintage
rally events... email composing in my head now. News at 11.


On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 15:22, Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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