Re: [AMC-list] Fore and Aft is Set

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

ahhh, subdivision rules, BITE ME....
One of the reasons I love living outside city limits in WV.
There's a one car non-op rule that they don't enforce and nothing else.
We have to file building permits, but only so they know to wander by and raise our taxes or force flood plane victims to buy insurance or move.

Bruce, I can send you my address if you have to much home brew, 
I just finished up my 64 rear bumpers retrofit and the shop is such a mess I did not even take pics.  It is sweet. The rear bumpers from 64's have no backup holes, so I rebuilt the front brackets and have two rear bumpers on the 69 now. If you look at those rear bumpers you see they have bolt holes in the ends. So I put in the led fitted 7/16" bumper bolts, Amber up front and red in the back and wow they look sweet! $30 a pair but sweet outweighs the ole RM on this one!
  One bumper is a rechrome and the other a NOS. I put led 3.5 X 4.5" LED amber truck turn and park lights in some home made ABS housings behind the grlle, I'm not as wild about their look, but it is sufficient.
  So, I'm pretty much done with the project list for this summer!!! Time to drive it!

Have to help my oldest put a header on his 2002 Sentra SER to replace the front manifold and cat. They tend to fail and the egr ingests the debri and kills the engine, so we want that front cat GONE. Nissan recalled them and supposedly "fixed" ones with problems, but owners say they still have them fail, Nissan shrugs and says, "oh well" so we are pulling it. There's still a secondary cat so its not like we are stripping the emissions away.

  He has nailed a summer internship in his field and its a 45 minute commute from grams house so we need this thing solid and dependable. Four brand new tires at $560, new rotors, blocked and cleaned up new pads, oil change. Got a good deal on it from Tewells estate and it only has 41K on it still.

  Last weekend was Jeep weekend, did both of them, rear brakes and oil change on the 97 and oil change on the 04.
 
   At some point I hope to catch my breath!

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: "Bruce Griffis" <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Rambler AMC, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 7, 2011 5:13:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Fore and Aft is Set
> 
> That sounds like a great day! Much better than raking leaves, trimming
> hedges and getting ready to put down pinestraw. Have you posted any
> pictures of your '64?
> 
> Subdivision living worked okay when the kids were younger. It was
> great being close to the ball field for rec league baseball, and
> having a pool and tennis courts. My middle son was a sports nut and
> made the best out of being on baseball teams, basketball teams, the
> swim team and hanging with friends. He is off in seminary now. My
> youngest son isn't into sports, swimming or tennis. Now subdivision
> rules (limits on number of cars, no travel trailer outside, gotta keep
> up with the lawn, hedges and wild areas) - er, yeah - subdivision
> rules no longer make sense to me.
> 
> Anyway - sounds like you made a lot of progress. Hope you get it
> moving under it's own power. That has to be great! And I'm very upset
> that I have to pop $2,400 to get trees taken out Monday. I'd rather
> use some of that on my Rambler. Darn rotten subdivision and covenant
> rules and trees and stuff.
> 
> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Well, while Bruce is having a homebrew I'm sitting here with a Pepsi
> rewarding
> > myself for getting the bolts in the torque tube bracket on the 64
> Classic.  I
> > was ready to finish this job last week but hurt my back last
> Saturday morning
> > and I was just able to get back under the car today.   Although the
> throttle
> > linkage has caused in interference with the engine position in the
> past, I
> > discovered that the ultimate problem was that I had loosened the
> homemade motor
> > mounts installed by the PO and that allowed the engine to slip
> forward and be
> > out of position.   I tightend the mounts first thing this morning
> and was able
> > to line up the TT bracket bolts without much hassle.
> >
> >
> > Now on to the shift linkage problem and perhaps a litle rewiring for
> the
> > mid-sixties delco starter with the solenoid on the wheelhouse
> instead of the old
> > fashioned Delco that was on the 196.   The car might finally move
> under it's own
> > power this afternoon.   I got the shift rods from Los Angeles and
> two more shift
> > rods from a Rambler in the Seattle area so I have several choices
> now and I hope
> > one fits with minimal customizing.
> >
> >
> > Joe Fulton
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