Re: [Amc-list] 7 Main Bearing engine into 62 Classic

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: "oldcars@xxxxxxxxx" <oldcars@xxxxxxxxx>
" 
" Hey Gang, 
" 
"     I have been looking at my 62 Classic, and trying to figure out what to
" do with it.  As you may remember, the T96 is jammed into 2 gears at once,
" and I figure it is a writeoff. 

it can be unjammed.  my second american used to do this until i
readjusted the shift linkage.  i drove it without further problems for
some 8 years after that.

"     I have a T96 out of a 67 American, and was figuring on taking it and
" using the gearbox (front part) from it and the tailshaft housing from the
" 62, but as was pointed out, the front face of the T96 got changed when the
" cars went from 4-point mounting to 3-point mounting, so that the 67 gearbox
" will not bolt up to the 62 clutch.
" 
"     Sitting next to the 62 is a pretty rusty 75 Gremlin, with a good
" running 232, and it has the multi-pattern bell so it will bolt up to a
" T96 (the Grem has a 150-T).
" 
"     []
" 
"       So....if I take the gearbox from the 1967 and bolt it to the 62
" tailshaft housing, and bolt that up to the 232 and multi-pattern bell, and
" get the extensions welded onto the middle crossmember (would need to make
" some kind of jig up, so that it would hold them at the right distance apart
" and and the right angle of rotation relative to the horizon looking at it
" from the front), and if I could find some kind of really thin insulator to
" go between the multi-pattern bell and the rear cross member...would it work?

maybe you could fab some steel 'elephant ears' that would bolt to the
big ford [t150] pattern on the bell and hook to the rear 4-point
mounts?  but the bell is as you say bigger, so the mounts probably end
up wanting to be inside it...

idle speculation - wonder if later big car or jav crossmembers would
bolt in?

"        One question is the clutch bellcrank - can I use the inner pivot
" (mounted to the bell housing) from the 75 with the 62 bellcrank? They look
" like they would line up. Can I just use the clutch internals from the 75?
" It looks like the input shafts should be compatible.

are you sure the grem has a t150?  iirc amc's last t14s went into
grems as late as '76 while big cars got t150s as early as '74.  if it
is a t14, a shame you can't [easily] use it - geared like the t96 but
full synchro; stronger too - but you'd need something like a jeep t14
t/c adapter, then you'd have to mill up a block to go between it and
the tt donut and take the torque rods...

afaik the 9" pp was used from the late '50s / early '60s up to the
late '70s, so that'll bolt up, but the disk for the t150 has a 1 1/16"
spline vs. the smaller - 15/16" or 1", i've heard both - t96/t14
spline, so you'll need a different disk.  if you already have a 9"
clutch, you have it.

you could also go hd with a 10" pp and perfection rcf446 disk or
crossmatch, if one's still available.  [on the '71-earlier bells the
pp  - at least b&b type - has to really be 10", but you don't have to
worry]
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