Re: [AMC-list] Finally Made it Yesterday

[Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>]

You put a lot of work into that car, it must have felt great to get
some miles on it.

How did you learn all the mechanical work and body work that you do?
School? Friends/club? Trail and error?
Not to be nosy - a lot of guys on this list do a lot of their own
mechanical work all the way to rebuilding engines, transmissions,
suspension components and body work. Just wondering how a person goes
beyond changing sparkplugs to that level of skill.

On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It was a beautiful Friday here on the central coast and I decided to drive my 65
> Rambler to work.  It's about 28 miles driveway-to-driveway with only maybe four
> traffic lights.
> Traffic was Friday light and the car performed well.  That was the longest drive
> I've made in the four years or so since I bought it.  I have more confidence in
> it now.  I'll try to drive
>
> it to work at least one day a week.  The automatic transmission came out of a
> another 64 American.  I just replaced the front and rear seals and installed it
> so it was kind of a pig
> in a poke.   It shifts better now that it has some miles on it.  No leaks
> either.  One new problem that has cropped up is that the starter hangs up
> intermitently.  I know the ring gear
> on the flex plate is healthy and the drive teeth on the Bendix looked good when
> I installed it, but I suspect that the Bendix might have some corrosion on it or
> there's a problem with
> a weak solenoid.   I have a number of used starters so I can change it if I need
> to.
>
> Joe Fulton
>
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