WARNING! Re: AMC 6cyl flywheels (more info)

["Mark Price" <mprice@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Good/Bad thing. If you use a 4.0 Flywheel you must use a 4.0L Starter!!!!!  Other wise it works fine. Ring is placed different to engine block on 4.0L Closer I think. You can use spacers, but I wouldn't recomend it. A 4.0L flywheel will be easier to come by and if you buy an 91 up flywheel and decide to go EFI you can add the CPS by drilling a hole later... If you ever thought you might want the Jeep EFI. I'd just get the 4.0L flywheel. It will be easy to locate. Starters will be on every parts store shelf for years! A win /win situation!

Mark Price



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From: farna@xxxxxxx
Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Fri, 19 Nov 2004 12:14:50 +0000

>Tom, you can use a 4.0L flywheel with the late 258. It will work just fine as it's the same diameter as all 72+ 232/258/4.0L flywheels. Takes the big clutch too. You could use the Jeep pressure plate and get the correct big clutch disc for the trans. The trans should fit the bell you have, or at least the 79-83 multi pattern bell. All six bells are the same depth, the late ones are just bigger diameter. 
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>> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:17:18 -0800 (PST)
>> From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
>> To: AMC List <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Subject: Re: AMC 6cyl flywheels (more info)
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>> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 TABunsey@xxxxxxx wrote:
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>> > The PRACTICAL answer to your question is NO, you cannot.
>> > ...
>> > Bottom line, you could bolt the 1969 flywheel onto the 1982
>> > crank, but your starter would not mesh with the ring gear.
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>> > But, what is your problem that creates your question?
>> >    Late style flywheels aren't hard to find.
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>> I know about the bellhousing change...
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>> Here's the whole story: I have a '69 232, a used motor, installed
>> presently, T14 manual trans, in the '70 Hornet project car.
>> 
>> I go over to Mark Rippe's place, he's got the '63 Classic
>> wag he's restifying, and found that he's decided to stick a
>> Rambler 327 in it, freeing up his built '82 258 -- "forged
>> everything". It's got 6 hours of run time. I bought it after
>> a bit of delay. It's got a Clifford cam, which I don't really
>> want. It came from someone's project Jeep so I need a pan too.
>> 
>> Clearly I'll just yank out the old 232 and stick in the 258. I
>> know I need a bellhousing, but those can be UPS'd, they're light.
>> Flywheels are heavy, and I'm not likely to find one locally,
>> and I have two of them laying around (pre-72) one drilled for two
>> clutch diameters. Didn't think of the ring gear diameter though!
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>> When I yank the 232 out, I'll get to measure side by side,
>> but I want to get parts collected before I get to do the work,
>> which might be months at the rate I'm going.
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>> I can't tell if the 1969 T-14 has the same nose (shaft, pattern)
>> as post-72 manual trans's, I really want to use that T-14 in
>> this car, I'll be bummed if all that trans install and shifter
>> linkage work I did was for nothing and I have to get another
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>> transmission.
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