Re: 65 American 232 stalling questions

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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" Gary below is having some problems with his American. I mentioned to him
" that I would forward his dilemma to the amc-list and see if anyone here
" can help him out. Should you reply, please copy your reply to Gary also
" who is not a member at this time but may join. Thanks in advance to all
" who might reply.

eddie, you forgot to include gary's email!

" ----- Original Message -----
" From: Gary L. Kirk
" To: Eddie Stakes
" Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 6:26 PM
" Subject: 65 American 232
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" 
" Hi Eddie,
" Thanks for calling me back the other day!
" I've decided that my question is not that urgent that I can't try to put
" it into text. My 65 american stumbles and stalls sometimes. I have
" rebuilt the carb and the base/throttle plate is all tight. It still
" stumbles. The previous owner tells me and gives me proof that the engine
" was rebuilt by "Jasper Engines"
" There is a guy on ebay who claims that with the fomoco carb kit he sells
" for around 300 bucks, that he can solve the problem. I have read that
" this stumbling might be a common problem.

you could well have a vacuum leak between the intake and the head -
those bolts are notorious for loosening.  on my first car ['66 199] i
had to chase them constantly.

" All the ignition system is original- points ect. I was thinking of
" upgrading it to maybe an expensive electronic system. But now, I am
" wondering if you have had or heard of remidies for this engine?

you have three relatively cheap electronic ign choices:
1. '75-7 amc prestolite
2. '78-'90 amc duraspark
3. '75-'80? [ecm-free] chevy inline hei

#1 has a bad rep for sensitivity to contact corrosion, but that was
before contact cleaner and especially contact grease were widely
known.  you can juice it up with a mopar coil.  i don't know years or
apps to look for though.
#2 can also be juiced up, with the 'tfi tuneup'.  it requires a
ballast resistor though, which amc six harnesses didn't include until
'68.
#3 needs a drive gear change as the chevy gear has the opposite helix,
but you can reuse your original points dist gear; i did.
surprisingly, chevy inlines are an exception to the general hei rule
of thumb; most of them -don't- have the coil in the cap.  i wouldn't
be surprised if this could be remedied with a parts swap but i don't
know.  the coil-in-cap ones are a slick one-wire hookup.

all of these bolt in; all use parts available at any auto supply store.

with #3, and #1 or #2 after 'juicing up', you can regap your plugs to
.045-.050".
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