Re: [Amc-list] 287/327 pushrods

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From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)
> " From: Archimedes <Freedom@xxxxxxxx>

> " Waitaminnnit.  The 287 used an iron Warner also.  It wasn't until the 290 
> " came along that AMC put a V8 in front of an aluminium case trans.

Well, now I maybe misspoke on the aluminum Warner, Maybe, What I used for my statement is quite likely incorrect for Dave's car. Easy enough for him to pop under it and check with a magnet though!!!
 What I was using is the fact that on my dad's shelf in his shed is an aluminum Warner pulled from a 1966 Marlin with 50k original miles on it.  Bonafide as neer as any documented original trans.  I will state as a fact it is a totally aluminum trans! I believe the engine and trans he put in came from a 66 too [Classic]. He said at the time that he had driven the rustbucket and the trans worked good so he swapped in both at the same time. He said they were, "The same anyway". I took that to mean both trans were aluminum Warners. I could be wrong. The one he put in could be iron. His Marlin was a one owner car, only serviced at the dealer my dad works for. Never had the trans out.
   Referring to what we have seen over the years, would lead me to believe that it is possible that at some time either going into or in the middle of the 66 model year they introduced the aluminum Warner behind the 287 with little or no fanfare.  
  Dave's car is a 65 IIRC, so he likely has an iron Warner and I led him astray, Sorry about that....

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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
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