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Comment by bob mitchell on March 18, 2011 at 9:56pm
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My boat originally had a Ford 172 (1967), but was replaced with a Ford 192 in 1977, which has 6 more hp (65 vs. 59). Another big difference was that the 192 was identical in every way to a 172 except the bore (cylinder diameter). So Ford kept the 172 block but bored it out to 192, resulting in a thin walled short lived block. And that's what happened to my block. Underneath the cylinder sleeve there was no block cylinder wall - it had all rusted away. Incidently, all 172 and 192 blocks came with cylinder sleeves from the factory. So I had to go block hunting down in good old boy Alabama - what a great afternoon it was!!!!! First real day of warm weather - everything in bloom. Anyway, it took me aboout a hour to pull the head of this 172 and see that the cylinder sleeves in this block appeared so good that I may not even have to rebore and oversize - only hone! Talk about saving some money. By the way, there are aftermarket parts available for a 172 in various oversize and standard sizes, but there weren't enough 192s made to justify the aftermarket, so you can only get original ford standard size parts for exorbitent prices for the 192.
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