Re: cracked exhaust manifold on 232
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Re: cracked exhaust manifold on 232



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.
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