Re: cracked exhaust manifold on 232

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There is or was actually a spray cleaner for carbon that worked well for this.
I think I read here a while back that you can get it from Chrylser dealers?
AMC had it and we went through a lot of it on Eagles. They would come in knocking and people would think the engien was blown. Spary this stuff down the carb throat at fast idle, Kill the enigine let it set for 5 minutes or so, fire it up and the noise was gone.
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: "Jay" <jciampi@xxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:45:19 -0400

>You are referring to the water trickle down the carb throat?  I haven't 
>tried that yet. I also needcto set my idle to 700 rpm in DRIVE, not Park.
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>Jay
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "amc" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 12:56 PM
>Subject: Re: cracked exhaust manifold on 232
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>> A: Higher stall converter? <G> I put the car in drive with the rear axle 
>> chained to something solid (V chained actually. IE: Hooked from axle at 
>> left leafspring and around the solid telephone pole and back to the RH 
>> axle/spring connection) with the Ebrake on and wheels chocked (don't want 
>> one of the monsters I built getting away from me! The one time I didn't 
>> chain one the throttle spring and motor mount broke, launching the car 
>> across the back forty and into the Serpetine river in BC. That would've 
>> made "America's dumbest videos" if we had a camera back when I was 12 and 
>> just learning about cars)
>>   Adjusting the idle mix, timing, but making sure first that the valves 
>> weren't carboned up or set too tight and compression was fairly even. 
>> Decarburizing is another thing to do to ensure even compression (water 
>> trickle) 90% of the cars I work on go smooth as glass after this, unless 
>> there is an underlying mechanical problem or carb trouble or they plain 
>> old have a lumpety cam.
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>> From: "Jay" <jciampi@xxxxxxxx>
>> To: "AMC LIST" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: cracked exhaust manifold on 232
>> Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:46:23 -0400
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>> Boy, I changed my maniufold yesterday on my American and the darn thing
>> about fell apart when I unbolted it from the block. It had all kinds of
>> cracks, some hair-line and some quite wide and long. Car sounds a lot
>> quieter now but doesn;t idle any smoother.
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>> When I set the idle in Park at a rather fast 700 rpm, when i put it in 
>> Drive
>> and the engine slows down, it almost gets loping and rough. I can't seem 
>> to
>> get a "compromise" setting that will be fairly smooth in Drive and still 
>> not
>> jump into gear when I take it out of Park and put it in Drive. Any ideas
>> what I might try with this situation?
>>
>>
>> Jay
>>
>> Laek Placid, FL.
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