Not sure when they changed over, but my 82 setup came with the new improved liteweight plate!!!............... -- Mark Price Morgantown, WV 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> > On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Jim Blair wrote: > > > Come on guys someone out has to have a shim plate out of 6 > > cylinder > > Jeep that you could measure the thickness for me. Help a guy out > > & > > throw a mic on it & let me know. I would like to get this J > > truck on > > the road/off the road this summer. > > > Not a "jeep" part but an AMC six block-to-bellhousing plate > from a pre-72: > > steel part 0.090 - 0.95" > aluminum part 0.090 - 0.092" > > Starrett dial caliper. I measured in a couple of places and made > sure there was no mushroomed edge, etc. The range indicates > my measurement error (dirt, whatever). As we used to say, > 'good enough for government work'. I assume that would be 0.90" > if I steel-wooled it spotless. > > Yes, one of them is aluminum, which I think is odd too. It > doesn't look homemade, it is absolutely identical to the steel > part in all ways (apparantly including thickness.). > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list