Re: 1971 AMC Hornet SST 2 door, assistance please

[farna@xxxxxxx]

We're on the same page Andrew. The starter ring gear was made onto some of the BW torque converters, I know it was for the 63 195.6 in an American (M35). The GEN-1 V-8s were both ways (on TC or on flex plate) depending on year -- the early ones I believe were on the TC. I'm almost positive the M37 has external cooling line fittings, but the M35 doesn't. I had a 63 and a 65 or 66 case, neither had cooling lines available. I'd bet if you ordered external cooling you got a M37. That would make sense, as you'd really only need external coling for towing apps, which would need the bigger engine (232 vs. 199) and tougher trans (M37 vs. M35). Just speculation at this point though. 

On April 1, 2005 andrew hay wrote:

> yes; it's obvious the bell and converter are very different between
> air and radiator cooled models, but i'm working on the assumption that
> front pumps are the same.  that would be amc's way...
> 
> " I'm not sure about depth of the bell either, though I suspect M4x
> " trannys all used the same bell whether behind a six or 290/304.
> 
> sixes had the small bell pattern all through the warner auto years...
> but the front pump would make sense.
> 
> i vaguely remember seeing 232 and 290-2v torque converters listed
> together in the mitchell master interchange, indicating they were
> identical externally at least, and maybe internally too.  yes the v8
> has more torque, but at a much higher rpm peak - 2800 vs. 1600 for the
> 232 - so perhaps one spec would fit both apps.
> 
> " I think the M37 was a heavier air cooled model, but it might be
> " radiator cooled (M35 modified for radiator cooling?).
> 
> my '66 01 tsm has m35 - 199, m37 - 232.  my '68 tsm shows m36 - 199,
> but nowhere do they mention air or water cooling, not even for the
> 290-2v - m40.  otoh they do say a trans cooler in the radiator is std
> with v8s and optional with sixes...
> 
> " There may be bosses that can be drilled out for converting the M35 to
> " radiator cooling. I know there are external pressure test points. I'd
> " thought about using one of those then drilling a hole in the edge of
> " the case just above the pan lip for a return. I never did as I was
> " afraid it would reduce pressure to much.
> 
> hmmm...  i wouldn't want to try this myself, without first having both
> types of tranny case side by side to compare similarities.  i would
> want to route the fluid cooler the same way as in normally fluid
> cooled trannies.
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