Re: Vibration dampeners for 66-67 cars?

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I don't have the TSB's ,but have seen similar vibration dampers mounted on various newer models. A lot of the imports use them. Look under the front of some cars in the yard. Also they hung some from the exhaust on my truck while searching for the rattle noise it has coming from the Engine Balance shaft. You could try finding somethign similar and hanging it from the tail of the transmission to see if it helps.
I can try and look at mine and see if there is any thing resembling a number on them. Or the old Ford C-4 trans used to have a big heavy weight arm hanging off it's tail. That may help too.
Last thought. Have a shop spray the trans tunnel with Rhino liner, bedliner material to help absorb vibration. Maybe try that type coating in the rear cargo area under the carpet to help stiffent he area and absorb sound?

Mark Price
mpriceAtwestco.net
Morgantown, WV
69 AMC rambler, 4.0L, EFI, 5 speed 
65 Ambassador Conv, 327 AUTO, Basketcase
01 S-10 CREWCRAP 4X4



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From: farna@xxxxxxx
Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:59:17 -0400

>I thought about that too. Only the 63-66 V-8 models used a CV type joint. All others (including 56-62 V-8s) used a single joint at the front. I thought driveshaft angle too, but nothing I do to that helps. I have the same angle at the front and back, or at least within 1 degree of each other. It's backwards, with the trans end a little lower than the axle end, but that shouldn't matter as long as both angles are pretty much the same. Vibrations were a problem in some of the cars, that's why AMC engineers developed the body mounted dampeners. I've seen the TSB, just don't know if I have a copy I can get to in a few days. The TSB stated the dampeners were only to be installed if customers complained and didn't accept "that's normal" from the dealer technicians. Well, something to that effect anyway. Matt, do you-- or anyone else -- have the 66-67 TSBs? 
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>On April 12, 2005 andrew hay wrote:
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>> my first thought - driveshaft u-joint misalignment.  didn't the tt
>> have 'cv' [double] u-joints?
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