Re: T5 Questions (and AMC data in general...)

[farna@xxxxxxx]

If you take a look at www.amcyclopedia.org, you will find that there is a way 
for anyone who registers (a simple process) to post "articles". These articles 
can then be reviewed by the site moderators and turned into permanent pages or 
used for info for a page. That was the intent of the site -- to allow ALL AMCERS 
to participate in building a true "AMCyclopedia". It hasn't happened. A few of 
us put a lot of effort into getting it started, and NO ONE ELSE has made any 
effort to participate. You don't have to be a writer to post, just post yourr 
knowledge on something, whatever you found out! If you want to start a "research 
project" like Tom mentioned, post an article on what you want, we'll make a 
permanent page of it, then when others visit they can post additional info as an 
article. The editors will then add that info to the appropriate page and before 
long there will be a great info data base. But it takes PARTICIPATION!! And it 
isn't there. 

--
Frank Swygert
Publisher, "American Independent 
Magazine" (AIM)
For all AMC enthusiasts
http//:farna.home.att.net/AIM.html
(free download available!)
			

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Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:03:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: T5 Questions

It's "been discussed" on this list but there's no solid table
of data on bellhousings that I know of.

It's the sort of thing that John Mahoney rants about, rightly
so, but it's a tough problem.  You either have to have access
to a large installed base (to glean compatibility from actually
installed combos) or have the information in the form of AMC
parts catalogs, and tabulate and cross-reference bells to "what
ought to fit" which even if occasionally wrong would be 100%
better than what we got -- nothing.

Parts catalogs are rare and hard to come by and expensive. I have
one, for 1963. Cost me $50 for a xerox, in 1989! I think people
hoard them out of a misguided sense of power and insecurity.
I realize there are copyright issues, but practically speaking
hand-made copies for non-commercial hobbiest use are unlikely
to get caught in anyone's radar. Also, making copies ain't cheap.

I would x-ref stuff like this on a item-by-item basis if I had
the data, but it's a tall order, 1972-1988 parts catalogs is
a lot of dead trees or fiche.

When my T150 comes from Amer. Parts. Depot I will record the
casting number.