Does Garry Jacobs tool work on the 63's for the springs? If so, I have his contact here somewhere, unless it's changed recently. I'm not sure he is able to make them now though. -- 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: WILLIAM SERCKIE <realtorbill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Tom, > > The spring on the damaged side appears to be fine. I'm going to go over > everything again today just to double check my findings. > > Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2 Jun 2008, WILLIAM SERCKIE wrote: > > > I just got out from the 1963 and found thet the trunions and tie tors/ends > appear to have been greased at regular intervals as the previous owner confirmed > with me today...What the problem appears to be is that the lower control arm > sheared at the outer bolts. It looks like a clean break, my assumption is that > it was due to age, rust and simple metal fatigue. > > Wow, you're lucky! You can grease the uppers OK? Personally, > I'd back of the nut a turn or two, then back out the bolt one > or two turns and retighten. If you can do that it oughta be fine. > > There's no ordinary way that the lower arms parted. If the lower > trunnion froze, or bent, or otherwise damaged, it the trunnion > nuts could have been rotating in the steel arms, rather than > the trunnion rotating in the nuts. > > I bet the spring has a scary twist to it right now. > > Sorry, I don't ahve those parts. I have no suspension spares. > > > > > Does anybody out there have a set of lower control arms that the are willing > to part with ? > > I'll even take all four (both uppers and lowers) if they are available. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Bill > > > > > > > > Frank Swygert wrote: > > Jamie, all my carbs have been on the "interior" of the car (under the hood). > Would look rather silly on the outside! ;> > > > > Bill, between Tom and I you'll have that front suspension right in no time! > After the springs are out it's really easy since each side will come out of the > car as a unit and can be rebuilt on a bench then reinstalled. I have a few spare > parts for it if you run into problems locating them. I don't really want to get > rid of mine, but will if you can't find any. > > > > > > ---------------------- > > Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 20:27:14 -0700 > > From: "Jamie Smith" > > > > They put interior carbs on those? How does that work? > > > > I couldn't resist. > > > > Congrats on the new toy. > > > > Jamie Smith > > Spokane, WA > > > > > > > >From: WILLIAM SERCKIE > > > > >Hello all, > > > > > > > >Today I unexpectedly scored a super cool 1963 American 440...It did not sell > on e-bay and the >seller was local (87 miles away) so I went ans saw and > bought...52xxxoriginal miles, new interior >carb and radiator. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20080603/ee408ff3/attachm > ent.htm > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list