Re: [AMC-List] Band adjustment, little aluminum Borg Warner auto

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 8 Jul 2006, Matt Haas wrote:

> I'd call the 199 and auto combination in my American wagon barely adequate 
> until you get over 60 mph and then it's okay. My sedan has a 232 and 3 
> speed and is much more pleasant to drive.

Mine too. It's sort of counter-intuitive, but at highway speeds
my classic does just fine. Getting up to 60 in LA freeway traffic
is not that much fun, I feel like farmer John in a tractor,
with a big orange triangle on back.

But at 60 - 70 mph it doesn't seem to be working hard, very
smooth, (rubber isolated crossmember!). Clearly not an accident,
just the way the factory designed it.

I can imagine the manual trans would give it just a bit more
drivetrain looseness at speed though.
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