FW: 1969 AMX 390 with M12 Auto troubles

["John W Rosa" <JohnRosa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Please reply direxct to John G if you can help...

John W Rosa
http://www.javelinamx.com

-----Original Message-----
From: JGrychak@xxxxxxx [mailto:JGrychak@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 9:37 AM
To: JohnRosa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: 1969 AMX 390 with M12 Auto


Hi John,


      I don't know if you can help me, but here goes.  My engine was
rebuilt, and tweaked mildly to put out about 400 hp, since car was put
back together I have had a problem with the following, at idle with
brake on the car feels like it wants to stall, and it has a very lumpy
idle, seems to want to surge forward all the time, in park or neutral
position the car is ok, my mechanic thinking it was the torque convertor
sent it out twice to different people to have it rebuilt to a stall
speed of 2400, but all involved are saying it cannot be done with this
torque convertor, so now my mechanic wants to replace transmission, I
just don't think that's the problem(torque convertor), the problem is
only at idle, it runs fine otherwise. Is there anyone that you know that
can help me with this ongoing problem? 

     I have contacted a few AMC people they all say it doesn't sound
like the torque convertor, as one guy said he's running the stock
convertor in his, and it's well over 500 hp, and he's never had a
problem, I don't want to go through the elimination process, only to
find that it was not the torque convertor after all. Thanks for any help
you can provide.


 
John Grychak

 
Sebastian, Florida 32958


jgrychak@xxxxxxx