Re: rear diff needed for Pacer

[Ken Ames <amesk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gee, thanks for the compliment. :)

Ken Ames

Quoting Ralph Ausmann <ralph.ausmann@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

>  It's kind of a shame but they don't go out of their way to check and
> determine any cheaper alternatives and they often get people to say OK to
> their "full bore" quotation and they pay the $1100 repair bill for a car
> that cost them $300.  Time is money to them and most of them are too busy
> with stuff that pays well to waste amy time on your old project car.
> 
>  Besides he may not have the AMC experience and just trying to discourage
> that business.    He should just go find a "goodguy" mechanic with the
> proper experience.
> 
> He should live next door to Ken Ames or Mark Price or well-versed similar
> someone and he would not have problems like this.  If you have old cars and
> don't do the repairs for yourself you need some friends close by to help you
> along with things.
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> ------original message-----------
> 
> From: Justin Shelton <justinshelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: rear diff needed for Pacer
> 
> Howdy:
> 
> A friend of mine caught the AMC bug from me and just bought a '75 Pacer DL
> with auto tranny.  It has a whine in the differential, and his mechanic says
> it will cost about $1100 to rebuilt!  He was shocked and sad that his new
> toy needed so much money put into it
> right up front, so I told him to just stick in a used one.  He is in South
> Bend, IN, and I do not know the local parts yards that have AMCs in them.
> 
> Questions:
> 1. Anyone have a spare diff laying around they'd be willing to part with?
> 2. What other AMCs of that vintage share the same differential?  I hope that
> Gremlins and Hornets use the same, maybe even the Matador??
> 
> Thanks, guys.
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