Re: [AMC-list] Frank's truck arms and asst rambling.

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

anybody know a way to hack past the automatic Blackberry tag?
Wouldn't be so bad if it did not look like I wrote that line to brag!

I will do a little brag, my work is paying me a stipend for it :)

It's now required :) 

Sweet :)

hey Frank, I will sell you that ragtop, come and get it!
It'd be perfect for truckarms!
Especially if you built yourself a rotisarie to spin it around and build on.

You could just take it down there and do the truck arms....
Then I will take it back :)

That's my dream for it.
327, 4bbl, Turbo 400, gear vendors O/D, suitable rear axle on truck arms using the stock springs/mounts and trackbar.

I'm sneaking up on things, one little project at a time.
Got my new HD radio/CD/USB/player in the Jeep tonight, sounds AWESOME!
I got to get a bigger USB drive so I can dump ALL my music on it.
To think what 10 years ago if some had said you could do all your music, in your vehicle on something the size of a thumbdrive with no moving parts for less than $200 we'd have told them they were CRAZY! 

Mark Price
Morgantown, WV 26508
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
"I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens!"

----- Original Message -----
From: wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: "Rambler AMC, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 5:16:33 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [AMC-list] MOTOR WENT BYE BYE!!!!

I mIght know where there is an equally rusty,overpriced conv. 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>

Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:31:39 
To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-list] MOTOR WENT BYE BYE!!!!


Hmmm... didn't you have a head gasket leak shortly after, or am I thinking about Bruce Giffiss (who I KNOW had head gasket leak problems...)? I was also thinking that maybe the assembly lube was a problem, might have just been too thick, though I'd think it would squeeze or "melt" out before damaging the bearings even if it had been axle grease! Could have been a reaction though. 

In any case, if you know you're not going to run it long may as well re bearing it and go. There's not a big demand for 196s out there, rebuilt doesn't seem to help much when someone DOES want one. They just want a running engine. Cost $1800+ to build one right, but you can't get more than $400-$500 for it later -- if you can find someone close enough to come get it that wants it at all! Usually when the 196 is about to go (or gone) I start getting lots of "what else fits" questions, especially on the AMC Forum and a couple hot rodder boards I frequent. Mostly "how hard is it to stuff a V-8 in". I need to build that bolt-in "truck arm" kit for the 63-66 Classic/Ambo/Marlin. Too bad a fellow around here who had one wanted too much for the rusted out thing! I could have still used it for a mock-up mule. 

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Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:18:12 +0000 (UTC)
From: Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Typically pitting is caused by antifreeze or other non oil type contamination.

It is possible the new assembly lube reacted to the old, varnish and sludge causing the clearances to go away.

-- 
Frank Swygert
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