Re: 66 Classic parts for sale & 327/390 items wanted

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
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" The T-96 is a very weak transmission. I sheared teeth off of a
" newly-built T-96 with a 232 in my '63 Classic wagon, cresting a very
" steep hill. I was in gear, not clutching, and teeth went pop-pop-pop
" from straight-up torque.

that sounds a -little- extreme...  wasn't it the base tranny in 232
ambos about '69, and 258 hornets in '71?  but perhaps those combos
were strictly for the purpose of pricing optional drivetrains and not
intended to actually be ordered.

" It's sized for a 196 in an early American and nothing more.

the earliest app i know of is the '46 cj2, even lighter and lower
powered than the nash rambler.  besides amc, it was also used in the
170-cube stude lark.  early/mid '60s 144/170/200 falcons et al had a
'2.77' tranny that sure looks like a t-96...  i don't know of others.

i keep wondering how hard it would be to modify a t-14 for the torque
tube driveshaft.  suppose you start with a car t-14, but replace the
tailshaft housing with a 4wd jeep t-14 one.  then machine a block with
the t/c bolt pattern on one side and the rubber tt coupling pattern on
the other.  maybe it could also have the tranny mount on the bottom.
the mainshaft is still ~2" shorter than the t-96 one, but if the tt
u-joints are the '65-'70 open-drive 232 ones and not the tiny 'big nut
driveshaft' ones, then '73-6 fine-spline mainshaft with the early/mid
'70s '7"' yoke would work, as it does replacing a t-96 on my '68
american.

a tranny with o/d could be trickier.  i'm under the impression -
perhaps wrongly - that each amc tranny-o/d combo has its own output
shaft and housing.  that makes more parts to replicate, to copy the
factory setup.

i've also been told that the stock - and afaik rare - t14-o/d is
exactly the same length as a non-o/d t-96.  if a setup could be found,
those parts could be duplicated...
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