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Re: 258 header (Mark Price) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 13:44:16 +0000 From: "dan whitehead" <freebird_58@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [AMC-List] Sunday car show To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <BAY111-F288BC2C54FA30D8C7EBD4994570@xxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Anyone close to the southern Wisconsin area, there is a show in Brodhead (40 miles south of Madison, 40 northwest of Rockford) Sunday from 11:00 - 3:00. This is a non-judged show, just for fun as it is Brodheads 150th birthday party. There are things going on all around town this weekend and it would be great to see more than my Javelin there. Brodhead is on highway 11 approx. 20 miles west of Janesville WI. Dan Whitehead ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 13:49:14 +0000 From: "dan whitehead" <freebird_58@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [AMC-List] This must not stand To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <BAY111-F1212277B9C1C546397F40794570@xxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed If anyone has read this magazine, I've noticed a few errors such as this. But all in all, this is one of the best mags that I've seen on the shelf out there today. The variety of cars and in depth articles are normally excellent. Dan > Thanks to Eddie Stakes for pointing out that I >neglected to mention the particular issue of Super Rod >magazine to which I was referring in my earlier post. It is the September >issue, currently on grocery store shelves, probably due to change any time. The name of the article was "Alternatives under 5K". At least they recognized that AMC was a good choice in this range, but the black eye they put on it sort of negates that, in my humble opinion. Hey! I just figured out what the hell "IMHO" means... mike ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 10:15:46 -0400 From: "Richard Estermyer" <javelinman74@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [AMC-List] On the way to Dayton Nationals 2006 To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <BAY106-F6EE29235DCBE1388F3541DD570@xxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Hey Gang, Just had to relate my AMO Nationals experience as I have a lot of people to thank! Also a lot of left over pre-printed t-shirts and a couple AMC Javelin parts are going on e-bay today. Richard Richard Estermyer 6235 S. Mohawk Avenue Ypsilanti, MI 48197 javelinman74@xxxxxxxxxxx I have a 1975 Matador Station wagon. 7 passenger car I bought in Richmond, VA in November 2005. I brought it back to MI and have been driving it ever since, paying only $250. Before Dayton Nationals I replaced the radiator and water pump. Went and replaced all hoses, belts and put everything in its place. I left Thursday around 5pm and as I got to Toledo, I stopped for gas and it would not start. Well, I had left the cooler plugged in and thought maybe the battery was not up to par. I got a jump and was on my way. It started to rain hard so on went the headlights and windshield wipers. Boy, the wiper motor must be getting old, cause it was barely wiping. Now it is also starting to run poorly, what gives? When the rain stopped and I shut off the headlights, zoom, it ran better! Oh no, the alternator must be bad. I got off at Bowling Green in hopes to find an AutoZone. I came to a stop at a light on State Route 25 right across from the Chamber of Commerce. Immediately, a man and his son came up. They pushed me back from the intersection out of the way. They said they just got their dinner with their family and if I was still there afterwards they would drive me to wherever I needed to go. I got on the cell phone to my wife to get the number for road service. A city police officer came up and got out to help. Officer Rot?? Told me about his first car was a 77 Monte Carlo and could relate to big boat cars. As I got the call back from the towing company, saying they would be a bit later because of needing the flat bed truck, I mentioned I was fine as an officer was with me and I was OK. We?ll be right out if it can be towed with a traditional truck, it can. Tow guy was there quickly and very helpful and I called AutoZone (#1969) and they said it would be fine to drop it on their side lot. We got there and as always, for me, the AutoZone people were more than helpful. Looked up every possibility and the only thing they could get for it would take three days to order. They then called Advance Auto to see if they had one. They did, and AutoZone help took me down there. Well, it turns out that that wasn?t the correct one and he looked up 1973 and had a picture that matched mine, but not in stock. AutoZone (I apologetically cannot remember his first name) got the phone number of the place in Findley that rebuilt alternators to call and go to Friday morning. FYI?in 1975 AMC used the last of the Motorola brand alternators ?and- Delco brand. Well it didn?t look good for that night and they took me to a local motel and waited to make sure I had a room. Best Motel was available and very affordable. Friday morning I started calling around to all the parts place in Bowling Green and they all had the same answer. I contacted the company in Findley and they had one. I then found the auto junk yard parts store in State Route 25 also that had one on the shelf. I went to the office to see if there was a taxi service phone number. Sooney, the husband owner of the motel offered to take me where I needed to go! We went back to AutoZone to get my old one and headed to the junk yard. The owner pulled it down and started to change the face for me. Through the normal interruptions of business, we found that it would work the way it was and it was being a bit stubborn to come apart. We were on our way. Returning to the AutoZone, I put the new alternator in and of course the battery was dead. They brought their company truck and jumper cables and gave me a jump. After running a few minutes and they were putting the truck back, when I shut it off and it would not start. They came back and jumped it again and went in to get their tester. The engine needs to be running and after they left, it stalled, so the battery was bad. I went in and bought a new battery and was on my way again, Before getting to Dayton, later that day, it started running bad again. I pulled into the park at 3:30pm and that day was over for the show. I checked around and found a vendor, Kennedy American had another original for me. I bought it and put it in and was back to near normal. It still did not sound quite right. I had a AMC friend that offered me to stay with him at the Super 8 as the other Super 8 did not have even record of my reservation, which I called about the previous day to let them know of the car trouble. I did find a charge on my credit card and I have written to see if I can get it reversed. During the show I had a friend under the car to tighten up the exhaust as it also came loose. A bit later I reached in to try it and low and behold it would not start. I have one family of friends from Wisconsin who I know from previous shows, who said he could come over after loading up and help me out. I did have one friend from my local club check on me before leaving. Shannon got all his large items packed up and came over to spend some time before the dinner banquet. He determined that there was a dead short somewhere in the system somewhere. I have another club friend who loaned me a voltage regulator to try and we determined that it wasn?t the problem. Another AMC?er came by and dropped off 2 Delco alternators to try. Well, the Delco has a single wire and that bypassed the the problem and would cause no more problems. Shannon also took out the battery from his race car for us to use while working on it. Then suggested that I take my previously new battery to AutoZone and get it recharged before putting it back in so as not to ruin another alternator. AutoZone was busy, but very friendly and helpful. There was another battery charge in front of me and it looked to be about a 3 hour wait. They suggested that they check out the battery first, just in case. Well, it turned out bad and I was able to get a replacement and be on my way. I dropped Shannon?s battery off at the motel parking lot and was finally, safely and securely on my way home. I just have to write this long story because of ALL the kind and generous people who took out their time to help me. I did not have to have my wife come 1 ½ hours from Michigan nor anyone come 2 hours from Dayton to help me out. God sure sowed me that there are great people around that are ready to help out a stranger, especially one from Michigan. They assured me that I would have been treated the same during Michigan Ohio football time too! Sorry it is so long, but the story has to be sent to Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce, AutoZone headquarters and anywhere else the needs to know that their people are the best. From the family at dinner to the last AutoZone employees, Thank You Very Much and God Bless you as you blessed me! Richard Estermyer Ypsilanti, MI ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 07:39:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Bailey <route66rambler@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [AMC-List] AMC-List Digest, Vol 7, Issue 9 To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <20060807143914.50735.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Quote: From: Miguel Yetman blackbirds20@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Suspension/brakes Hello I wanted to know if you had any suspension or brake upgrades for an **1961** rambler classic? If you dont can you possible point me in the right direction. I having a hard time finding any aftermarket parts for this car. So any bit of infomation you can give me would be great. Also can you help me on finding infomation on the rambler? I have litteraly spent hours infront of my laptop with no avail. Thanks a lot Miguel End quote mike sez: ----->Miguel, There are a few informational links at: http://route66rambler.bravehost.com/ http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~afleming/ http://www.canadiancontent.net/dir/Top/Recreation/Autos/Makes_and_Models/AMC/ http://www.mattsoldcars.com/ http://www.amcyclopedia.com http://www.arcticboy.com http://www.planethoustonamx.com http://www.amcforums.com http://amccf.com/main.html http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/classicamx/51rambler/51Rambler-Vance.htm http://amcrc.com http://faculty.concord.edu/chrisz/hobby/67-DataBook/DataBook.html http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=1966+Rambler+American&sm=Yahoo%21+Search&fr=FP-tab-img-t&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8 http://nashparts.com/Techman/techman.htm http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGkk5fS9dEYIYBFrpXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTE0MGtwNmhxBGNvbG8DdwRsA1dTMQRwb3MDMQRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZANCVlRfNg--/SIG=11benq96b/EXP=1155046623/**http%3a//www.pnwnash.org/ http://www.ramblerrogue.com/ http://www.skidmore.edu/~pdwyer/amc/ There are many, many more places on the web, and this will give you a little start at least. Here are a few parts places: http://www.planethoustonamx.com http://epage.com/js/browse/1106040.html http://cliffordperformance.net/ http://southtexasamc.tripod.com/ http://www.blaserauto.com/ http://www.ramblerparts.com/ http://www.ttdmotorsports.com/ There are many more, and this will get you going. Be careful and double-check anything you are not sure about with your Rambler, as there is much contradictory information, and you must reason your way around it. mike __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 08:47:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Bailey <route66rambler@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [AMC-List] Rust solution To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <20060807154722.9994.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 John, here's another one. http://www.orisonmarketing.com/corrosion/evaporust/evapo-rust.html I have no idea if any of these products work as claimed, but I issued and used something in the Army that was simply called "rust remover" that did exactly that. You hosed in on in the wash rack with a solvent gun and a sump, sort of like a big parts washer. We would treat those M880 series Dodge pickups all the time by putting the body on a rotisserie, turning it upside down, and hosing this stuff into the seams for abut 24 hours. Chassis parts from deuce-and-a-half and 5 ton etc. would take about 4-6 hours of running solution. I don't know if these products work as claimed, but you have seen my Javelin. It is a perfect experiment for this stuff. I'll buy a gallon of this stuff before Christmas and try it out. I'm going to use a simple bathtub/shower insert. Drain out the normal drain into a aump tank with a pump. That will hold a fender or hood, allow the solution to recirculate and be changed, aimed etc. In the meantime, how much does Rust-Mort cost? I want to try that also. My car is a tragedy which I dug out of a field. No rot, but someone removed all the exterrior paint with aircraft stripper, then got bored. They left all the paint under the hood, door jambs and engine compartment. Any place you couldn't walk around and slap it with a brush. The whole thing is covered with surface rust. If not for the Sonoran Desert, this car would have disappeared long since. http://s80.photobucket.com/albums/j186/route66rambler/Nashin%20on%20my%20Rambler/the%20Alamosa%20Project/ At the bottom of the page you'll see two pictures where I experimented with the SST rally wheels. For this I used a $5 bottle of gel in a blue and white 8 oz bottle I bought at Wal-Mart. The results are satisfactory enough for a cursory application, but the elbow grease on this is another matter entirely for a whole car. mike __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 10:48:14 -0500 From: Peter Marano <PMarano@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [AMC-List] Rust Solution - www.weremoverust.com To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <44D760BE.3000400@xxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Brien, John, I also felt that it looked to good to be true, so I did a little research and found a someone selling a similliar product in dry form. For ~$225.00 I got five gallons of powder that I mixed with water (25 gallons). I have cleaned a 1968 AMX fuel tank (it did not remove the undercoating), wheels, exhaust manifolds and other assorted parts. I am pleased with the results, sometimes you have to gamble! Peter Marano Kenosha WI Message: 11 Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 21:17:44 -0700 From: "John Elle" <johnelle@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [AMC-List] Rust Solution - www.weremoverust.com To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <000a01c6b9d8$724b74a0$ebdd0d82@john1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" SNIP now there is not much excuse to not save what once was a rust bucket - [ if you're good at welding ! ] milnersXcoupe NEW YORK SNIP Brien, To play devil's advocate a bit here a couple of thunks! Thunk 1, If it looks to good to be true, it probably is! Thunk 2, Looking carefully at objects in the slide show, there seems to be a lot of sheet metal etc. in the after shots that did not have the deep rust pits in them they did in the before shots. Example; Before and after on the carburetor, Jaguar wheels, Blue Lincoln rear axle and also notice that the exhaust pipe is just as rusty in the after then it was in the before but the pictures showed the pipe dripping with solution. Thunk 3, even if it is as claimed or something that approaches that type of result; it does not neutralize the rust. Rust will start forming again after a period of time. This is not good if one wishes to stop the rust formation such as in the seams of a spot welded uni-body car. (Such as a Rambler or related vehicle) Yup, not being acidic certainly has advantages, enough to make me wonder anyway, but Rust-Mort a SEMs product has always worked well for me up to this point in time even if it is RASPY, as it neutralizes rust. Rust-Mort (and probably others but it is the one I use) can be applied with a generic spray bottle, brushed on, in the case of blind areas such as the inside of boxed sheet metal unibody construction it can be poured through and collected if required and re-poured through and will even work if the blind area is wet. This stuff basically seems to work with the same requirements but must be constantly recycled and collected, a questionable process at best or parts soaked in it for an extended period of time. At it's worst, Rust-mort takes about 3 applications for maximum benefit. I dunno, but it sure seems to be too good to be true. Wonder what the cost of a gallon of this stuff is? Oops, found out, $25.00 a gallon. I wonder how many gallons it takes to soak a wheel in? John ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 08:52:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Bailey <route66rambler@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [AMC-List] Front end parts To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <20060807155232.32884.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 John, I need to look at my budget, as I'm getting a balancer this weekend, but I am planning on doing the front end for the Gremlin real soon. If I need something, I'll get in touch. Let me know what you find. mike __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 9:04:17 -0700 From: Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [AMC-List] Rust solution To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Michael Bailey <route66rambler@xxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <3163478.1154966657349.JavaMail.root@web30> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Now that car is a crying shame! Good candidate for an electrolysis bath! Have fun, Who said there isn't any rust in the desert? -- Mark Price markprice242ATadelphia.net Morgantown, WV ---- Michael Bailey <route66rambler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > John, here's another one. > http://www.orisonmarketing.com/corrosion/evaporust/evapo-rust.html > I have no idea if any of these products work as > claimed, but I issued and used something in the Army > that was simply called "rust remover" that did exactly > that. You hosed in on in the wash rack with a solvent > gun and a sump, sort of like a big parts washer. We > would treat those M880 series Dodge pickups all the > time by putting the body on a rotisserie, turning it > upside down, and hosing this stuff into the seams for > abut 24 hours. Chassis parts from deuce-and-a-half > and 5 ton etc. would take about 4-6 hours of running > solution. I don't know if these products work as > claimed, but you have seen my Javelin. It is a > perfect experiment for this stuff. I'll buy a gallon > of this stuff before Christmas and try it out. I'm > going to use a simple bathtub/shower insert. Drain out > the normal drain into a aump tank with a pump. That > will hold a fender or hood, allow the solution to > recirculate and be changed, aimed etc. In the > meantime, how much does Rust-Mort cost? I want to try > that also. My car is a tragedy which I dug out of a > field. No rot, but someone removed all the exterrior > paint with aircraft stripper, then got bored. They > left all the paint under the hood, door jambs and > engine compartment. Any place you couldn't walk > around and slap it with a brush. The whole thing is > covered with surface rust. If not for the Sonoran > Desert, this car would have disappeared long since. > > http://s80.photobucket.com/albums/j186/route66rambler/Nashin%20on%20my%20Rambler/the%20Alamosa%20Project/ > > At the bottom of the page you'll see two pictures > where I experimented with the SST rally wheels. For > this I used a $5 bottle of gel in a blue and white 8 > oz bottle I bought at Wal-Mart. The results are > satisfactory enough for a cursory application, but the > elbow grease on this is another matter entirely for a > whole car. > mike > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > AMC-List mailing list > AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > or go to http://www.amc-list.com ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 09:09:08 -0700 (PDT) From: JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [AMC-List] OT: Those Crafty BP Guys To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <20060807160908.986.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I just read where BP is shutting down a major portion of the Prudhoe Bay oil field due to corrosion in a transfer pipeline. They ain't so dumb. Of course they apologized to the citizens of Alaska for the lost tax revenue. Shutting down a line to PREVENT and oil spill: Good, even to ardent environmentalists. Helping Congress to realize that 400,000 bbls of oil per day makes a difference: Good. My bet is that they'll be drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by this time next year. Joe Fulton Salinas, CA ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 9:19:53 -0700 From: Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [AMC-List] 258 header To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <32509573.1154967593722.JavaMail.root@web30> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 IMHO, the 91-99 4.0L is closer to a true 3 into 2 into 1 header. Yes it will fit the two wheel drive cars! I don't know who started the rumour that it won't! It absolutely will! I have one in my American! It's not a bolt on to the 232-258 engine, but close. If you can weld and fabricate you can put it on. You can get flanges from Headers By Ed. or rework the 4.0L flanges. Mine is on a 4.0L in a 69 American. I had two manifolds, one was severely cracked at the rear, so I cut it off at the 2-1 junction and reworked it to have a 2.5" outlet then extended this 2.5" pipe down to just behind the bellhousing. At that point I installed a collector flange and ran 2.5" exhaust to the rear of the car. Note; Tried a glasspack at the rear stock location, real loud! I couldn't handle it. So, I picked up a second glasspack and installed it under the passenger seat area. I figured it would act as one long glasspack, No dice, still real loud! Third try was a quality 2.5" Turbo muffler at the rear position with the front glasspack still in place. This combo is acceptable for me noise wise. Just barely! The six with all that large pipe and practially straight thru exhaust will be loud! You have been warned :] Mark Price markprice242ATadelphia.net Morgantown, WV ---- Jim Blair <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > A: Probably the cheapest setup would be a 4.0L exhaust manifold from an '87 > to '90 Cherokee or Comanche. The 4.2L one for Jeeps hangs lower (it'll be > ground by the ground!) and it's known to fit Eagles so it should work in a > Hornet. I usually sell them for $40 or so on Ebay (when I can free them from > the "AMC vault of horror" aka my storage locker that's big enough to hide a > small bus in) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ray crossno" <carrera_rc7@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 7:35 PM > Subject: 258 header > > > >Hi, my name is Ray and I have a question about a 258 header. I > have a '71 > >amc hornet, and I have a offy intake with a 4 barrel on it. So > I wanted to > >find a header to put on it, but no one sells one to go on a > hornet. There > >is a jeep 258 header but will it fit on a hornet past the > mounting flange? > >I have called hedman, hooker, pace setter, jegs, and summit, > but no one > >knows if it will fit. Any help is very much appreciated. > E-MAIL is > >carrera_rc7@xxxxxxxxxxx, thanks. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee? > Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ AMC-List mailing list AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list End of AMC-List Digest, Vol 7, Issue 10 ***************************************