Re: [AMC-list] 232 Water Pump Chapter 4

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Glad it is fixed, I did not see the one I thought was on my tool cart anyway, I think it got bored and wandered off!

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!"

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> From: "Joe Fulton" <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 8:44:42 PM
> Subject: [AMC-list] 232 Water Pump Chapter 4
> 
> I think it's chapter four at least.   The sage continues.   I went to
> the junkyard today and got the water outlet off of the 258 in a 77
> Hornet wagon.  It's the same as the one which broke; it's cast iron
> and has the long slot for the bypass opening.   I went to the most
> convenient auto parts store and got a water outlet gasket for a 232 in
> a 65 Rambler.   That gasket has the round hole of the water bypass
> opening but it is shaped very similar, bolt holes line up and it looks
> otherwise like it fit.
>  
> No joy, when I put it on.   Big leak near the bypass slot (driver side
> of the head).  So now I remembered that I had at least on complete
> overhaul gasket set here at home for rebuilding a 232/258 and when I
> checked I found that the gasket set contains both types of water
> outlest gaskets.  I could compare them to the water outlet casting and
> I could see that the gasket with the slot fit much better.    So the
> lesson learned here is that you need to order the gasket for the water
> outlet casting that came off of your motor, not necessarily the year
> of the motor.  
>  
> Joe Fulton
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