[AMC-list] T-96 mechaneolontology

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I thought I'd better check out the transmission I was planning to put in the 64 Classic before I actually disassembled the car.  It's a used transmission, T-96 w/od, that came from a 64 classic last owned by a lady in Hollister, CA with a very tired 195.6 ahead of it.  

The transmssion appears never to have been tampered with.  There was some lancelot turquoise paint still on the bell housing and it appears to still have an old throw out bearing ahead of it perhaps original one.  It bearing is stamped Nice Bearing Co.  in Philadelhis, part no. 640X where the X might be a 9 or an R.  

The metal AMC part number tag is still under one of the tranny bolts.  It's a 317 series number.  The date code (presumably)  is stamped on top of the driver's side of the housing and is G313  3.  I'm assuming this means the 313th day of 1963 if you ignore the G.  That would be a correct assumption for a 1964 model car.  There's also a letter S stamped on one side of the housing and a letter U on the other side. 

The Borgwarner overdrive unit is an R10 which I believe was the unit used in many brands of cars in sixties.  The bell housing has a knockout plug in it to convert it to allow the throwout lever to be mounted on the right side, presumably for export cars.  

The good news:  I pulled the top cover and the gears and synchronizers and shafts look like new.  No chipped teeth or anything.  It doesn't look like it was ever run down the road, really.  

My questions:    

Can I replace the front seal and the rear overdrive shaft seal to prevent leaks without a whole lot of disasembly. 

I do have a TSM but if I do disassemble the tranny how do I pull the front bearing without damaging the gear assembly behind the bearing?  The TSM shows a special tool for holding the rear assembly in place while pulling the bearing.  

I'll post pictures on my photobucket account later. 

Joe Fulton
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