Re: [Amc-list] 66 American Questions

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

Sandwich Maker wrote:
> " From: "Marc Merkle" <merkle123@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> " 
> " 
> " Hi Folks,
> " 
> " I have a 66 American 220 wagon that I am looking to convert from manual 
> " steering to power and also from a 3 spd std. to a Borg Warner auto. out of a 
> " 68 American.  I have the tranny and a steering column for the automatic.  
> " and a power steering box from an AMC product of unknown origin.  I also have 
> " the brackets, pump, hoses etc. to fit the 199. I don't have a steering 
> " column shaft that has a rag joint at the steering box (mine is a solid 
> " shaft).  Can anyone tell me what shaft will fit my application and If 
> " someone may have one.
> 
> '64-6 converts commonly had the rag jointed shaft.  you could also
> swap a '67-9 column in without too much work, mostly wiring; afaik
> they all had rag joints.
> 
> if you didn't already have the sill plate ps adapter, i'd have
> suggested a chevy vega ps box; it has the pre-'75 manual box bolt
> pattern and should need no adapter.  in any event the ps box doesnt
> have to come from an amc; gm units over a wide span of years are
> identical and it's still in use with trivial variations.
> 
> " I also need to know if the speedometer gear from the 
> " T-96 will fit the BW.
> 
> i think so but i'm not sure.

The speedometer driven gears (the ones on the cables) are the same. One 
thing you may run into is that the drive gear (the one inside the 
transmission) has a different number of teeth than what's in the car 
now. I don't know if those gears are the same or not but it would take 
some tranny surgery to find out.

I have a transmission gear chart on my web site at 
http://www.mattsoldcars.com/techinfo/gearteeth.shtml and a write up on 
power steering conversion at 
http://www.mattsoldcars.com/RestoreAmerican/powersteer.shtml.

One thing to make note of with the steering column swap is that 1967 - 
69 cars use a collapsible column that has brackets specifically designed 
to allow the column to collapse in an accident. I've never seen a 1966 
dash to know for sure but there may be differences in the dash where the 
column attaches.

Matt
-- 
mhaas@xxxxxxx
Cincinnati, OH
http://www.mattsoldcars.com
1967 Rambler American wagon
1968 Rambler American sedan
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