Re: [AMC-list] kind of amazing (for 196 anyway)

[tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

When you consider what kind of care it p0robably had in the last few DECADES
and that it probably has a 'slap rings in it' crap rebuild 15 years ago and
that its a cast iron chunk as old as your parents, its hard to com0plain
about them!

from my handheld

On Apr 2, 2010 12:48 AM, <das24rules@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

so, i have about 3500 miles on ths engine in rosie that i got of "unknown
history". i picked it up only as an "usiezed engine". it ran, so i put it
in.
i pressure washed it real good, ran some (i think it was GUNK brand) engine
cleaner in it, and put fresh oil in it. ran it for about 1000 miles, changed
the oil, and had to put a valve cover gasket and groments on it. they were
leaking horibly. pressure washed it again. i have about 2500 miles since the
valve cover gasket change. changed the oil again about 400 miles ago again.
it came out actually fairly clean. tom j. and frank s. and anyone else like
myself who know the little motor pretty well know they always seep on the
lifter side of the head gasket. torqued the head before i ran it. retorqued
it at the last oil change. guess what. i cant beleive it, but there is NO
oil
seeping at the head gasket. i had an intermittent miss that was slowly
getting
worse. only under acceleration or load. around here, its nothing but hills,
so
that load is almost all the time. bad juju. i took a look at points. burnt
up.
now, i live 45 miles from town, so cant just run in and grab them. so i save
anything "just in case" that isnt competely shot. had an extra set of points
that were decent. cleaned them up, miss is gone. need to readjust timing i
think now tho. motor blows a lil blue puff when first started after sitting
for about 15-20 min or more, but overall, i cant belive how this thing runs.
still gathering parts for the (alu-mini-um as an old drag race friend used
to
pronounce it) motor. that crap is FAR more hard to find than the c.i. motor
stuff. anyway, just had to brag about how it wasnt weeping oil. WOO HOO. and
yes, i keep it full of oil. running 15-40 in it now, had 20-50 in it for the
very first oil flush.
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