Re: [AMC-list] moar 195.6...

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

I hope you take some pics before you stick it in!! 

The trans probably won't like the thinner oil. I've tried that before -- much thinner than designed for and it balks. Throw about half a quart of Lucas Oil Stabilizer in and it might be okay though. That stuff sticks to the gears and bearings and will quiet things down too. I have to run it in my motorcycle trans or it would be noisy. Engine and trans oil is the same in that. I use one quart of Lucas and three quarts of oil every other change. The in between change gets just oil. 

That clutch linkage is designed for grandma to use. You'd have to re-engineer the linkage to change it. Rather than that, I'd adapt a hydraulic system to it. If you can place the master cylinder an external slave cylinder should be easy enough.

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:17:02 -0700
From: tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>

With the head, valve cover, trough plate, adapter and Weber on, the motor
sure looks cool and silly on the stand.

Also popped the top on the trans, cleaned off the two magnets out that I'd
installed on the oil return troughs (minor crud) and changed the oil for the
hell of it. Put 20W-50 synth in it this time, I'll see how it behaves with
such runny juice. Cleaned up and inspected the flywheel, clutch parts,
linkages, etc for reinstall.

I still find it odd the way the clutch behaves, all in at the top of the
pedal, and one-finger pedal pressure. From what I hear from everyone this is
totally normal, but it's disconcerting. I momentarily contemplated moving
the pushrod or pedal pivot position to change the leverage but I came to my
senses before any needless work was done.

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