[Amc-list] Finally got the T96 out of the 62 Classic - now a question

["oldcars@xxxxxxxxx" <oldcars@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all, 

I finally got the jammed T-96 out today. There was grease splattered in 
a pattern behind the trans, more on the passenger side, but still pretty 
well all under the car especially in a line with the trans. 

First, I had to figure out how to get the parking brake cable loose. It 
was rusted tight at the adjuster nut at the back of the front cable. I 
ended up deciding to waste the stamped steel boomerang-shaped tensioner, 
and cut it out with a Dremel. Managed to get it off without seriously 
messing up the rear cable. I think that the tensioners should be pretty 
well generic...it looks almost identical to a similar Studebaker part, and 
I may have a similar part elsewhere. I figure now that it is loose, I can 
either crank off the rusted nut on the front cable, or maybe resort to a 
nut cracker. 

Then I realized that the rear flex hose had to go. Actually, I ended up 
wasting it since I had another one, and had probably ruined the original by 
stressing it. In any case, I could not get the steel line from the master 
cylinder to come loose from the flex hose, so there was only one way out. 

Then came the tricky part: how to move the car body forward without 
moving the axle. I chocked the wheels, and then very carefully drove my 88 
Dakota right up behind the Rambler - the bumper heights matched. Very 
gently, I pushed the Rambler with the Dak. 
I had to do it a couple times to get the shaft separated far enough from 
the trans housing. 

After jacking up the car under the transmission crossmember, I had to 
crank on the shaft housing a couple times and finally got the shaft to 
shift towards the drivers side. With the pry bar, I finally got the shaft 
out of the housing, and then it was simple to get the trans out of the bell 
housing - it plopped down onto the pile of cardboard boxes which I had put 
below the trans. 

Having both of them out, I have come to think that it may be possible 
to use the 1967 gearbox with the 62 bell by simply bolting up the upper 
bolts, and making sure that the input shaft retainer fits into the hole in 
the housing. As for the lower bolts, the 67 has a lip on the front face of 
the trans, so I am thinking that the standard bolts which hold the trans to 
the bellhousing could be used together with washers, in order to grab on to 
the lip, and thereby provide the 4 attachment points. 

3 points determine a plane. The top 2 bolts fasten it to the bell, and 
the bearing retainer makes a kind of 3rd point. The bottom 2 points would 
still be needed but I am wondering whether the lip on the trans might be 
enough to hold the trans secure, at least if I can get it to grab with a 
washer. 

Let me know your thoughts... 

Jim 


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