Dear Jay, Your vacuum diaphragm in the distributor is leaking. Check that and drop me a line. I will explain. Your AMC friend, Gary Walker ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay" <jciampi@xxxxxxxx> To: "AMC LIST" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 6:46 PM Subject: cracked exhaust manifold on 232 > 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. > > 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. > > > > > >