Back in the 70's when I lived in California, I installed a FMX tranny in our "Were Gone" 12-second street-strip 69 SC/Rambler. It has been so many years since I did it that I have forgotten exactly what we had to do to install it but the FMX held up to the abuse we gave it! On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:27:40 +0000 farna@xxxxxxx writes: > Unfortunately none of the parts mentioned in the article are > available any more. But there is one way to increase internal > pressure -- replace the Primary Regulator Spring with a slightly > stiffer one, or put a couple washers/shims under the retainer. The > spring is easy to find -- there is a clip on retainer on the side of > the valve body. It's near the electric downshift solenoid, but on > the main body. > > You mean the FMX Ralph (not FMC), but I'll forgive you since you > have "AMC" on the brain -- like many of us here!! ;> > > The rebuild kits are only slightly different for the Ford FMX and BW > trans. Gears, clutch plates, and bands are the same. It also has a > separate bell and main trans body. If the bolt pattern is the same, > the transmissions could conceivably be exchanged. I know the Ford > units have a different valve body, but I'm not sure about input and > output shaft splines. I have been told early in my AMC days about > Hornets with Ford FMX auto transmissions, but even then I knew the > BW was realted to the FMX. When I corrected one person, they got > irate and told me they knew it was a Ford because Ford parts were > used by the rebuilder. I didn't press the issue -- but BW and FMX > transmissions share most internal parts. > > -- > Frank Swygert > Publisher, "American Independent > Magazine" (AIM) > For all AMC enthusiasts > http://farna.home.att.net/AIM.html > (free download available!) > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > Message: 13 > Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:10:47 -0700 > From: "RetroRalph" <retroralph@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [AMC-List] BW M12 tran question > To: <amc-list@xxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <003001c667db$2d5e2080$6400a8c0@ralphs1> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; > reply-type=original > > Here is an article on the M-11 and how B&M beefed up this > transmission. I > don't know how close it is to the M12. but maybe there is some info > there > for you. > > Toughening AM's Automatic - (From Hot Rod Magazine May 1969 -/- Text > and > photos by Bud Lang) > > July 2001 newsletter as posted at: > http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/classicamx/index.htm > > > Go to this web page link and look on left sidebar for the > newsletter. It is > about half way thru the newsletter page... > > I heard of local trans shops replacing BW autos with FMC autos. > Don't know > if was entire Transm or if just the FMC guts in the AMC case. > ______________________________________________________________ > Ralph Ausmann > _______________________________________________ > AMC-List mailing list > AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.wps.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > or go to http://www.amc-list.com > > Jock Jocewicz - President/Editor NAMDRA NAMDRA@xxxxxxxx 8537 Antioch Rd., Salem, WI 53168 (262) 843-4326 JOIN NAMDRA, the best AMC club around!!! '06 AMC NATIONALS - SEP. 14-16, 2006 - CORDOVA DRAGWAY PARK, CORDOVA, IL AMO#19, NAMDRA#46, AMCRC#974, NHRA#41915, IHRA#6766 _______________________________________________ AMC-List mailing list AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.wps.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list or go to http://www.amc-list.com