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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: overdrive (Mark Price)
   2. Re: Rear disc brakes (was: pulling an axle) (Mark Price)
   3. Fact (Mahoney, John)
   4. Re: 64 American (alternate to 196) (Mark Price)
   5. Re: 64 American (Mark Price)
   6. Re: Rear disc brakes (was: pulling an axle) (Tom Jennings)
   7. Re: Fact (Sandwich Maker)
   8. Re: Rear disc brakes (was: pulling an axle) (Sandwich Maker)
   9. Re: overdrive (Sandwich Maker)
  10. Re: Rear disc brakes (was: pulling an axle) (Mark Price)
  11. Re: overdrive (BUS-ENG)
  12. Re: Rear disc brakes (was: pulling an axle) (Mark Price)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:48:24 -0700
From: Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] overdrive
To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <28492603.1161812905002.JavaMail.root@web18>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

Does the T89 have the short or long input?
I'd be interested, but the next build is set on an automatic.
I've been doing some heavy reading on truck arm rear suspensions.
I'm thinking of using one to de torquetube the Ambassador.
If I decide to get that involved with it.
The recovery from the neck brace coming off is going to take more time then I thought. Very tiring to try and hold ones head up after that long in a brace.
Anyone want to buy a bike??? :]
--
Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV


---- Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> " From: d stohler <das24rules@xxxxxxxxx>
> " 
> " i saw something about overdrives. i didnt have time to read. if someone
> " is looking for an overdrive set up, i have a T-89/R-10 o/d set up with
> " torque tube mount on it for a v8 rambler. it is newly rebuilt. i have
> " access to the governor and sollenoid if they are also needed. i am only
> " able to get online for about 30 min at a time so i dont really have
> " time to read the amc list. if there was someone looking for a setup
> " like this, email me directly. das24rules@xxxxxxxxx and i will be more
> " than happy to send pics and work with. 
> 
> frank, weren't you looking for something like this when you were
> building your '63 classic with 4.0?  i know you're settled with an aw4
> automatic, but anyone else contemplating something like frank's swap -
> iirc the t89 has the same front side as an amc t10, so it'd bolt to a
> late v8 t10 bell, which in turn would bolt to a 4.0.
> 
> the t96 used with the 196 is -not- strong enough for a 4.0, as frank
> found out.  if you want a stick you need a v8 setup, either the 287's
> t86, the 327's t89, or the rare torque tube t10.  that's if you don't
> want the extra work of re-engineering the driveline and suspension to
> eliminate the torque tube.
> ________________________________________________________________________
> Andrew Hay                                  the genius nature
> internet rambler                            is to see what all have seen
> adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                       and think what none thought
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:58:24 -0700
From: Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] Rear disc brakes (was: pulling an axle)
To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <25298322.1161813504758.JavaMail.root@web18>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

Good question!
I'm thinking on this swap myself if time, health will allow.
I need to do brakes on the 97 XJ. I have new rotors and pads from Rock auto for the front. I'm hoping the rears will be good enough to wait a bit till I have enough time to do the disc swap. If not I'll end up fixing the drums.
  I was not sure what to do for pads so I went with Raybestos Quiet stop ceramics.
I hope the choice is good, no real idea, anyone want to tell me I screwed up?
  I've been thinking if time allows of resurfacing the front rotors that are on it and using them on the rear with some calipers to be decided. While searching for truckarm info I stumbled on clamp on rear caliper mounts! They wrap arouund the rear axle tube in two pieces and bolt together, then use waht appears to be a 3/8" bolt drilled to actually enter the axle tube to stop rotation. I'd add some weld after finishing the install to be sure, but it sure looks like an easy setup to allow for aligning things before welding!
  Does anyone know what GM calipers I would look for to gain an ebrake??? and be not to god awfull expensive!
--
Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV


---- Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> " From: "Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> " 
> " A: I was looking at either a Grand Cherokee D35 ebrake and disc brake 
> " assembly (shoes inside the "drum" of the rotor) or 8.8" Ford axle with disc 
> " brakes (common XJ conversion)
> 
> will the zj e-brake cables work on an xj with the zj disks?  xj cables
> won't without mickeymousing as the cable ends are different.
> ________________________________________________________________________
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:00:17 -0400
From: "Mahoney, John" <jmahoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [AMC-List] Fact
To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Re: SUVs/trucks/etcetera: SWs and HBs make sense, but most have vanished from our roads.  Grow up, America.  SUVs are big wagons, on car or truck platforms, two or four wheels driven, and wagons are squared-off hatchbacks.

The most sensible of those in America once had names like Saab, Scorpio, Sterling, Sportabout, and Rover (and with a V-8, it was UK PDs' Caprice, Crown Vic, or Matador of choice); America had a Mopar 5d HB* that was so good looking, it almost didn't look like a HB.  But since most 'Mericans thought (still do) that any roomy HB --- no matter how big and luxurious and powerful --- must be a [yuck, yuck!] economy [Rambler?] car, that H-body HB did not succeed.  The P-body did not see enormous success either (despite lower price points); so it was outsold by A- and L-bodies, and its superstar successor, gen one Neon, offered with bad rear visibility instead of good rear liftback.  Even trusty Toyota stopped making sense: remember when a Camry was offered to America as both 5d wagon and 5d HB?  

Had AMC proffered it to us, Lerma would have been another LeBaron GTS: just another smart car that N. Americans were too dumb to want to own. 

*And if you know -all- your AMC history, you know why it was cancelled.

How 'bout you tell us?


>>
I don't think many will buy
anything bigger than a Navigator!
<<

Or bought and then sold.  Hubby of Demi supposedly sold his semi-semi

http://tinyurl.com/y88stm

so, like some Golden State Green do-gooders, might drive a Prius now. 

(Punk'd, Pimp'd, or ?: who cares what cars celebrities/athletes own?)

http://www.barris.com/gallery_cars/Kustoms_HotRods/gallery_prius.html

(OK, there might be exceptions...)

http://www.barris.com/gallery_cars/Kustoms_HotRods/gallery_amx400.html


>>
I'd like one of those Cadillac Pick Up Trucks -
with those 22" 'Bling"  spinner rims - to haul
my Trailer Queen White Packard Hawk & Eagle
Kammback between Summer Homes.........
<<

Closed carrier, of course, to keep the exterior leather armrests dry.

http://starterkithaven.com/picture1.htm


>>
what was great about America...we can CHOOSE what we WANT to do???
<<

We can; we do, and, we hope, we will --- at a cost:

http://tinyurl.com/ymrw4a

http://tinyurl.com/yjl6mr

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0505/p01s04-usfp.html

http://broadcast.forio.com/pro/oil/index.htm?FD_rand=1036

http://www.worldnewsstand.net/history/your_debt.htm

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

Do you take responsibility for your choices?

Don't complain when you have to pay a price.


Do you take responsibility for your postings?

Don't complain when you turn myth into fact.  
  
>>
I saw one of those Navistar monster pickup trucks
on TV. I believe it belonged to Jay Leno.
<<

No, it did not.  He only test-drove one; he did not BUY one.

http://www.internationaldelivers.com/mycxt/?mtcCampaign=3016

His Warner lot/Burbank FD '41 American LaFrance 600 is a big enough truck; moreover, its 754ci V-12 is bigger than a CXT 466ci diesel, is bigger than the 456ci V-12 in his '32 Packard (similar to this '34),

http://www.earthflix.com/stories/packard.php

bigger than the '31 Pierce 462ci V-12 (which had seven bearings, not four, as did both Packard and Cadillac --- whose 1930 V-12 was 368ci when Franklin's was 398ci; and Lincoln's V-12 ci 414  

http://www.motorcarportfolio.com/site/product.cfm?id=2274

Buffalo body; Zephyr's V-12 was only a plus-four Ford V-8 flathead... --- and nearly as big as the 2003 Cadillac Sixteen Concept Car's 829ci (which, for Navistar-nots, Mercedes-mavens [if '06 CLS is a coupe, '80 Spirit was a sedan], and Mopar-maniacs [if 300C is the "most awarded", its judges are blind] was, of course, as name clearly states, a V-16]      

http://k41.pbase.com/u39/xl1ken/upload/25286246.DSCN7502.jpg

I'd like to take that thread further: why didn't Nash, Hudson, Chrysler, Studebaker, Cord --- not to mention Duesenberg --- build V-12s or V-16s?

It's very interesting and it relates to what AMC did and didn't do.  But for now, them's just the truckin' facts.  "Enough!" said Sarge.  Yessir.


If 265/40s on 24s aren't enough big bling, drive an EMD: AT&SF F7.

http://www.sdrm.org/roster/diesel/emd/history/sf-347.jpg


And BTW, whenever you see the "coves" on '69-up Ambassador "Power Dome" hood stampings, consider how close American Motors came to continuing a significant strand of automotive history.  A '16 Twin Six is considered the world's first production V-12 (424ci).  A little green plastic copy of this exact car -model- was, oddly enough, my first -model- car.  Age three or four, I wanted a Chevrolet Bel Air hardtop model: I had no idea what that funny looking old car might be.  Something only old men liked, something I found wholly uninspiring.  Who cared about dumb old things?
         
http://tinyurl.com/yfxau8

Dumb kid.         


Since no one will bother --- again --- to answer, I'll do your work.  

*In order to obtain Jeep, Chrysler had to guarantee to sell a certain quantity of AMC-Renault cars, to buy a certain amount of AMC-Renault parts, and to abstain from direct model competition in certain areas.  Its mid/large "euro-sedan" market would be filled by the Renault-AMC Eagle Premier (a later Dodge Monaco was badge-engineered in hopes of raising volume and lowering per-unit production costs) and its mass-sales mid-sedan market would be filled by solely by Chrysler models.  The H-car was killed for America's R25; the LH-car followed; K-cars entered the last stretch of their lives: the AA-body met the masses. When it had no more Spirit and garnered no more Acclaim, it, like a proud Packard had about 50 years before it, it was sent to the Reds.

Not to Boston, Cincinnati, or to Rochester [whose Red Wings are AAA], but Beijing, where it was to be built by Jeep.  But, unlike the 180,

http://mkmagazin.almanacwhf.ru/venicle/zis_110.htm

http://www.automir.biz/articles/?art=170

(Don't click, lazy mice; scroll 'em around!) 

http://www.ladaparts.ru/hotrods/ZIS-110.jpg
       
unlike Saratoga (no, not this Saragota,

http://nybclub.org/factoryliterature/1952/Brochure/images/page02.jpg

http://www.plan59.com/images/JPGs/chr59dash.jpg

but the "forgotten" Mopar of over there:

http://tinyurl.com/yxmwjm
http://tinyurl.com/y98lg9

(so much for not competing with Renault...

http://tinyurl.com/vd2jv

and so much for competing with Mercedes...

http://tinyurl.com/y3tpy5

http://members.aol.com/phw1auto/sarat_18.jpg

[at 200km/h on the A7, if you're asleep...]), or even unlike certain AMCs, 

http://photos.imageevent.com/mmm_mag/ikaamctorino/icons/_DSC4206_ae.jpg

(ask Richard for password, if you want to see this and more fine photos)

that lived on after we "lost" them, the tooling from NJ and Mexico that was sent to China was scrapped.  No modern "Rambler" re-issue was built.  Maybe that steel stamped your refrigerator or TV chassis.  Or maybe it's in the same place the senior Packard dies are.  Or maybe you simply don't care.  That's that.




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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:13:51 -0700
From: Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] 64 American (alternate to 196)
To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <12034702.1161814431278.JavaMail.root@web18>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

My personal preference for any engine swap into the 64-65 would be the 4.0L based six. It has a lot of advantages over the older sixes.
A few off the top of my head.
Aluminum valve cover [they did go to steel in 90's]
Serpentine belt system [ignore the others here, run an elctric fan setup!]
Modern trans hookup is easy, AW4 overdrive automatic, or T-5 swap are good choices.
Easy addition of EFI if wanted. [not real easy, but worth the work]
Carbed intakes are failry easy to install also.

If your a hotrodder you can install a 258 Crank and rods and stroke it.
It will out perform a stock 290 or the 287 any day of the week!

If you want the original appeal
and a V-8 the 287 would make a nice retro swap. I'm hoping to do a 327 swap into a 65! If you don't know I already have the 4.0L, T5 combo in my 69 Rambler [American].
  

--
Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV


---- "Swygert wrote: 
> Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 06:28 AM
> From: L. D. Lyons <ldlyons@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I am considering putting something other than a 196 in my 64 440 HDTP,
> can
> someone give me an idea on what would fit, I would love to put a v8 in.
> also a 287 V8 sitting in my garage for 15 years, 199 i6 from 65 classic.
> Both complete except carb. I am in south central Nebraska.
> (edited for content)
> ------------------------------
> 
> The 199 (or a 232/258/4.0L) will fit nicely IF you don't have or want
> AC. You need an early 70s CJ-5 water pump and pulley though, or a 65
> American water pump and pulley. The pulley is the hard thing to find.
> Keep your existing radiator but reverse the mounts left to right. That
> will move the radiator forward 1.5-2". With the short pump/pulley and
> radiator moved forward the bigger AMC sixes will just fit. The 4.0L
> doesn't need a shorter water pump or pulley as long as you keep the
> serpentine belt setup. I think (but not certain!) that the later 258
> serpentine belt system will fit without mods too. You will need a
> Wrangler 4.0L (1990-06) water pump so you can mount a fan on it, the
> Cherokee/Comanche fan is offset and a fan won't bolt to the pump. You'll
> need a "reverse rotation" fan. Flex-A-Lite makes a nice one piece
> plastic fan that will work in the short space between the engine and
> radiator. No room for a clutch fan! You can find that fan in most mail
> order places like Summit or JCW if not locally. It might work well on
> the stock Cherokee/Comanche pump, but the bolt pattern isn't the same
> for the pulley on that pump vs. the ones made for a fan. 
> 
> The 287 will be a bit heavy and tight, but with stock exhaust manifolds
> can be squeezed in. The later AMC V-8s are a better fit as they are
> 60-80 pounds lighter and a little narrower. Since you have a 196 you
> have a crossmember with no perches for the engine. That makes it easier
> to fabricate them. I bolted two pieces of 2"x3" rectangular tubing
> between the engine mounts and my 196 crossmember to mount a 4.0L in a 63
> Classic. Make sure you have 11 gauge (~1/8" thick) tubing at least, 8
> gauge (~3/16") would be better. Bolt the tubing to the engine mount,
> lower engine in place, then mark where the original 196 bolt holes are.
> Drill and tap for a fine thread 3/8" grade 8 bolt. You can drill and tap
> from underneath if there's room under the car. Use a lock washer, and
> lock-tite if you're concerned. You need at least 1/4" between the oil
> pan and crossmember at the closest point. You might need some 1/8" steel
> plates the size of your tubing to shim it up, but I didn't. The V-8 may
> be in different height locations. Craft Rambler ran an American with a
> bored and stroke 327 (to 421!!) in 63-64 before AMC stuck a V-8 in. 
> 
> 
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:16:05 -0700
From: Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] 64 American
To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: "L. D. Lyons" <ldlyons@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <26890640.1161814565223.JavaMail.root@web18>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

I'd love to add that sheetmetal to my collection if I could figure out how to get it!
Anyone doing a drive by? :]
--
Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV


---- "L. D. Lyons" <ldlyons@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> I am considering putting something other than a 196 in my 64 440 HDTP, can someone give me an idea on what would fit, I would love to put a v8 in.
> 
> 
> 
> I also have hood,  both front fenders, trunk lid & doors from a 65 220 4door that I would like to find a new home for. I am in south central Nebraska.
> 
> also a 287 V8 sitting in my garage for 15 years, 199 i6 from 65 classic. both complete except carb.
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:42:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] Rear disc brakes (was: pulling an axle)
To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0610251641190.5213@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006, Mark Price wrote:

> While searching for truckarm info I stumbled on clamp on rear
> caliper mounts! They wrap arouund the rear axle tube in two
> pieces and bolt together, then use waht appears to be a 3/8" bolt
> drilled to actually enter the axle tube to stop rotation. I'd
> add some weld after finishing the install to be sure, but it
> sure looks like an easy setup to allow for aligning things before
> welding! 

TELL ME MORE!!! 


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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:17:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] Fact
To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <200610260017.k9Q0HK721527@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

" From: "Mahoney, John" <jmahoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
" 
"   
" >>
" I saw one of those Navistar monster pickup trucks
" on TV. I believe it belonged to Jay Leno.
" <<
" 
" []
" 
" His Warner lot/Burbank FD '41 American LaFrance 600 is a big enough
" truck; moreover, its 754ci V-12 is bigger than a CXT 466ci diesel

didn't that lafrance v12 come from auburn?  iirc it was acquired when
auburn went under.

" Zephyr's V-12 was only a plus-four Ford V-8 flathead...
" --- and nearly as big as the 2003 Cadillac Sixteen Concept Car's 829ci

it was?!?  iirc the -original- zephyr v12 topped out at 305 cubes in
its biggest version.  and 'ford' is right - the chassis was ford all
the way, only stretched from 112" wb to 118".

" If 265/40s on 24s aren't enough big bling, drive an EMD: AT&SF F7.
" 
" http://www.sdrm.org/roster/diesel/emd/history/sf-347.jpg

bling, heck!  if it has to be an emd, i'd rather have a burlington e5a,
all stainless to match the passenger cars
http://www.irm.org/cgi-bin/image.pl?conf=img800&img=/gallery/albums/petep-diesel/adw.jpg
http://www.irm.org/cgi-bin/image.pl?width=300&img=/pictures/300/9911cbq01.jpg
http://www.irm.org/railwire/rw153-1.jpg
[none of which really do it justice]
or a rock island lwt12
http://www.sd45.com/rockisland/images/ri0002.jpg

btw, the lwt12 was the motive power for a lightweight 'talgo' train.
talgos didn't fare well over here, but i was in geneva switzerland
'71-2 - right by the tracks - and the -only- diesel was the daily
talgo express to barcelona, a very distinctive sound with its one axle
per car [each car hung on its predecessor like a trailer].
________________________________________________________________________
Andrew Hay                                  the genius nature
internet rambler                            is to see what all have seen
adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                       and think what none thought


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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:27:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] Rear disc brakes (was: pulling an axle)
To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <200610260027.k9Q0RFm21602@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

" From: Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
" 
" I need to do brakes on the 97 XJ. I have new rotors and pads from
" Rock auto for the front. I'm hoping the rears will be good enough to
" wait a bit till I have enough time to do the disc swap. If not I'll
" end up fixing the drums.
" []
"   Does anyone know what GM calipers I would look for to gain an
" ebrake??? and be not to god awfull expensive!

check out http://www.tsmmfg.com/Rebuilt_Calipers.htm

i think if you have a d35 rear with abs - maybe even without - the
easiest swap is the zj setup, complete with halfshafts.  it all slips
in and it's all stock parts [think repair].  my only outstanding
question is the e-brake cables, as the disks want a different end than
the drums have.
________________________________________________________________________
Andrew Hay                                  the genius nature
internet rambler                            is to see what all have seen
adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                       and think what none thought


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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:29:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] overdrive
To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <200610260029.k9Q0T3b21692@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

" From: Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
" 
" Does the T89 have the short or long input?

i believe it has a long input, like the t10.  i don't think any early
v8 trannies had short inputs.
________________________________________________________________________
Andrew Hay                                  the genius nature
internet rambler                            is to see what all have seen
adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                       and think what none thought


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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:13:53 -0700
From: Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] Rear disc brakes (was: pulling an axle)
To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <12769871.1161825233652.JavaMail.root@web29>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

http://www.stockcarproducts.com/rsusp4.htm

Scroll to the bottom of the page. Only problem I see is they are almost without a doubt designed for 3" tubes.
--
Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV


---- Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote: 
> On Wed, 25 Oct 2006, Mark Price wrote:
> 
> > While searching for truckarm info I stumbled on clamp on rear
> > caliper mounts! They wrap arouund the rear axle tube in two
> > pieces and bolt together, then use waht appears to be a 3/8" bolt
> > drilled to actually enter the axle tube to stop rotation. I'd
> > add some weld after finishing the install to be sure, but it
> > sure looks like an easy setup to allow for aligning things before
> > welding! 
> 
> TELL ME MORE!!! 
> _______________________________________________
> AMC-List mailing list
> AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list
> 
> or go to http://www.amc-list.com



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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:20:45 -0400
From: "BUS-ENG" <jay@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] overdrive
To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <02cb01c6f89c$f9a11d30$0400a8c0@ts800>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="iso-8859-1"


I want to thank everyone on the list who
took so much time to make suggestions
and to document the options I have to 
upgrade my '69 American SW.

It seems that the T-14 w/ OD is the way
to go, in terms of reliability and 
simplicity to swap for the existing T-14
(behind a 232-6).

The issue now, is where to find one?  If
anyone has any leads, please let me know.
I live in SE Georgia, just north of
Jacksonville, Florida.  I am flying to 
Baltimore this weekend to drive a Dodge
pickup back that I bought there.  I also
have vehicles in New Mexico and 
Colorado that could be used to haul the
tranny back if somewhere in those 
areas.

Again, thanks!

Jay Honeycutt



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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:28:36 -0700
From: Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] Rear disc brakes (was: pulling an axle)
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http://www.stockcarproducts.com/rsusp4.htm

Scroll to the bottom of the page. Only problem I see is they are almost without a doubt designed for 3" tubes.
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Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV


---- Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote: 
> On Wed, 25 Oct 2006, Mark Price wrote:
> 
> > While searching for truckarm info I stumbled on clamp on rear
> > caliper mounts! They wrap arouund the rear axle tube in two
> > pieces and bolt together, then use waht appears to be a 3/8" bolt
> > drilled to actually enter the axle tube to stop rotation. I'd
> > add some weld after finishing the install to be sure, but it
> > sure looks like an easy setup to allow for aligning things before
> > welding! 
> 
> TELL ME MORE!!! 
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