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!" ----- Original Message ----- > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://list.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list-amc-list.com/attachments/20100710/88e66f4f/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > AMC-list mailing list > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com