Re: [AMC-list] A little activity on the list

["Ross Guistino" <rossg@xxxxxxxxx>]

What a drag about your LA visit for an engine that was misrepresented.  Oh
well, that's how the ole AMC ball bounces I guess.

Question for you or the list, if I ever win the Lotto and have some extra
cash, and wanted to have my tired 304 overhauled, what kind of costs would I
be looking at?  Currently it doesn't smoke when driving but does smoke
considerably at start up.  I was told new valve seals would remedy that.  Is
it worth the effort to rebuild it?  Of course I have no skills so I'd have
to find a knowledgeable shop or person to do it.

Ross

-----Original Message-----
From: amc-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:amc-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Fulton
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 9:09 AM
To: Rambler Nash Jeep and familyAMC
Subject: Re: [AMC-list] A little activity on the list


Ross,

Yes Gremlins are chick magnets.  We all know that.  My 76 Gremlin had a 232
from the factory and I had the block machined and bored 0.030 oversize,
bought all the other new parts, but did not put it back together before I
found a factory rebuilt short block in Los Angeles that I thought was a 258.
I drove to LA and bought it only to find out that it was another 232 so I
decided to go ahead and use it. 

Good to hear from you.

Regards,
Joe
--- On Sat, 2/23/13, Ross Guistino <rossg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Ross Guistino <rossg@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] A little activity on the list
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, February 23, 2013, 8:10 AM Hi Joe, good to read about 
> your ramblings again.  Why did you decide on a
> 232 for the Gremlin?  Or is that one you happened to have hanging 
> around?
> 
> Not doing anything AMC related this weekend, although I really should 
> think about bringing Vivo down to the tire repair shop to take care of 
> the slow leak in my rear tire.  It's becoming a real pain in the dupa 
> to drag my compressor down the driveway to air it back up.
> 
> Drove her to the office on Thursday and at the end of the day had a 
> note on my windshield from a Janelle who wanted to buy her.  I think 
> I'll hold onto her for a while tho.
> 
> Ross Guistino
> Rohnert Park CA
> NorCal AMC Auto Group
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amc-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:amc-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Joe Fulton
> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 8:24 PM
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [AMC-list] A little activity on the list
> 
> The Amc list is kinda quiet these days.  I lurk and post on the AMC 
> Forum and watch the Facebook page but I miss the intelligent banter 
> here on the list too and I don't hear much from some of my favorite 
> gurus any more.
> 
> I'll be working on my 76 Gremlin this weekend and welding a new gas 
> pedal base onto the floor of my 62 Classic wagon.   The Gremlin has 
> been out of the paint shop and stored inside for over four years so I 
> guess the base coat clear coat paint is ready to color sand and buff.   
> Actually way past ready.  I have a new carpet and recovered seats for 
> it.  I have a fresh 232 and was going to put a t-150 with Laycock 
> overdrive in it but I discovered that it already has a 2.73 rear end 
> so an overdrive would not be practical I think.  If I could finda a 
> 3.08 AMC 15 rear or the next lower ratio I might reconsider the 
> overdrive.  But for now I'll keep it simple and reinstall the T-14.
> 
> What will you fellow listers be doing this weekend (bad keyboard, no 
> question mark).
> 
> Joe Fulton
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