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I think the coarse threaded bolts go into the block and the other fine thread bolts either thread into the machines plate or get nuts on the back.  Those are the bolts that basically make up the lower 50/60 percent of the timing cover perimeter.   Regarding the cork seal at the front, the new timing cover kits all come with that cork "washer" as well as a front timing cover seal.  I think I have an extra packet with those parts.  If you are not in a big hurry, PM me with your address and I will send that packet to you.  Joe
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Originally posted by IowaTom IowaTom wrote:

On my engine there is no washer 'cap' just under the crank bolt and I found the cork seal inside the balancer.  Hmm...  The end of the crank is being cushioned.  Obviously someone has been in this engine before.  I also noticed five of the cover bolts have coarse threads and eight others; fine.  There was only a bolt and thin washer I had to remove before using a puller on the balancer.  I was a little surprised not to see an oil slinger or a groove cut into the balancer, leading the oil back.

yeah, someone was in there! in the last decade or so i've collected i think 5 195.6 OHVs from various places, and everyt single one had been rebuilt, except the last one, a '65. all bets are off!


Quote Mr. J, with your experience and helpful website on that little engine, I'm surprised you let someone else build it! 

i paid a goodly sum for the machine work that i can't do. i'm fine with assembly, but the machinist found all sorts of awful things -- the crank bent .004", wavy deck and head surfaces, valve seat and valve issues, the wrong valve springs and the new Kanter springs that were binding (i never once checked springs in compression).

but i do stupid things with this engine...

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I'll take your website's lead and replace the cork in front if I can find a cap washer that would work.

today i went through that BLOCK (and the OILING) page from top to bottom and fixed a lot of things. i put the order-of-assembly in there (from old notes).

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This is yet another example of a previous less-than-meticulous reassembly I've encountered.  I'm rebuilding a GM 283 small block and found three of the rods replaced 'backwards' in that the stamped numbers were facing the other way and there was no gasket under one of the heads.  How it even ran, I have no idea!


just amazing what one can find in old cars!
1960 Rambler Super two-door wagon, OHV auto
1961 Roadster American, 195.6 OHV, T5
http://www.ramblerLore.com
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