Re: [AMC-list] AMC factory engine balance

[Peter Marano <pmarano@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, I thought I had read about the selective fit in the TSM.  The 
letters corresponding to the letters on the pistons would be visible 
from the bottom of the cylinder block.

Peter Marano
Kenosha WI
> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:45:57 -0800 (PST)
> From: Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Rambler Nash Jeep and familyAMC <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] AMC factory engine balance
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> I think the only thing the TSM mentions is if the block had to be bored oversize and has oversize pistons in it.   
>
> Joe Fulton
>
> --- On Sat, 2/20/10, Peter Marano <pmarano@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   
> > From: Peter Marano <pmarano@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [AMC-list] AMC factory engine balance
> > To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 6:29 PM
> > The letters correspond to the piston
> > size.? The bores and pistons were 
> > measured and than selective fit.
> >
> > The Technical Service Manual describes this.
> >
> > Peter Marano
> > Kenosha WI
> >
> >     
> > > Message: 4
> > > Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:23:18 -0800 (PST)
> > > From: Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: Rambler Nash Jeep and familyAMC <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: Re: [AMC-list] AMC factory engine balance
> > > Message-ID: <992279.59455.qm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> > >
> > > I have a factory new short block 348 V8 which has A B
> > >       
> > C and D on the piston tops in ink marker.???A
> > assume these are weight ranges, but the pistons are not
> > paired or "matched" across from each other on the block with
> > the same markings.???The short block did not
> > come come with a balancer.? I can flip the engine over
> > on the stand tonight and look for balance marks (drilled
> > spots on the counterthrows) on the crank.? 
> >     
> > > Joe Fulton
> > >
> > > --- On Fri, 2/19/10, tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> > >       
> > wrote:
> >     
> > > ???
> > >       
> >
> >     





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