Re: [Amc-list] Source for early American clutch disc

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Park a search for one on evilbay.
One came across within the last year and IIRC it was a working fairly low mileage car.
I drove one in the mid 80's, belinged to an elderly lady at the time.
My dad was in charge of keeping it working.
It was rather fun to drive once you got over the trying to puch the clutch pedal with your left foot thing.
Just give it gas and go, let up and shift, gas it again, shift to high.
come to a stop and it would sit and idle nicely.
It had a handle you pulled when parking to engage the clutch when the engine was not running.

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> A working E-stick must have been an odd driving
> experience... from the sound of it we'll never see one
> working! but I spent at least 10 minutes thinking about what
> if you added a separate (belt driven? electric?)  pump for
> the servo, to decouple it from engine wear... clearly no one
> sensible will ever do this, it's too much work for something
> few care about, but it would be a fun, odd little thing that no
> one else on the planet would have.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Frank Swygert wrote:
> 
> > Funny, that's actually the E-stick clutch disc, but AFAIK it fits the standard 
> pressure plate (8.5" disc was standard). The E-stick disc itself is just an 
> ordinary clutch disc, nothing special about it. The pressure plate worked in 
> reverse -- springs released it, the fork arm applied pressure. A hydraulic 
> cylinder applied pressure to the arm. It used engine oil -- the engine had a 
> special high volume pump with 1/2" longer gears. As speed increased, so did 
> pressure to the clutch. The larger disc was used because the system naturally 
> slipped a bit more than a standard clutch. The only failing with E-stick was it 
> slipped enough that in heavy city driving the disc had to be replaced every 3-4 
> years, and as the engine wore oil pressure dropped and made it slip even more. 
> That's why the one E-stick car I've owned was converted to a standard clutch -- 
> it had 90K miles on it and the E-stick was slipping too much.
> >
> > ---------------
> > Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:09:53 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Nick ALFANO <71amx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > My catalog shows a 9-1/8" clutch kit for the 196.  I don't have any in stock 
> but I can check on it tomorrow if the person who was looking for one still needs 
> it.
> >
> > Nick,
> >
> > Alfano Performance
> > 4849-76 st.
> > Kenosha, WI. 53142
> > 262-308-1302
> >
> >
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