Re: [Amc-list] clutch questions

["Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Downshifting is definitely not a lost art..........
Both of my sons learned to drive manual transmission equipped cars when they
were 9 yrs. old.
When old enough to own their own car, actually their second car...both chose
5 speed manuals.
Ask either one of them to do a downshift, and they will routinely rev the
engine to match the rpm and then
re-engage the clutch, with a very sweet throttle back off rev down sound
coming from the engine.
I always know when my sons are almost home.............
ahhh lifes simple pleasures........
Armand
AMC content, I ordered a dash crash pad from Kennedy American today for my
70 Javelin. Mr. Kennedy told me that they had sold probably 300 of them this
past summer. That's good news. A lot of people are working on their
Javelins...







----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sandwich Maker" <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Amc-list] clutch questions


> " From: Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>
> "
> " All splines on the small BW trannys are the same IIRC -- even the
> " M-35 yoke will fit a T-96... I think.
>
> definitely yes.  i put many thousands of miles on my 2nd '66 199/t96
> with a '67 auto driveshaft and rear.  caused me hell looking for
> u-joints - every possible drivetrain combo is different!  and i'd
> forgotten about the swap by then too, but with a helpful counterman
> and process of elimination i finally homed in on them.
>
> " The old T-96 isn't designed to downshift for engine braking. It
> " just wasn't done in the 30s-50s. That's the main reason the
> " synchro doesn't last today -- people shift it like a modern
> " trans. You should only downshift with your foot on the brake and
> " speed falls to the point you need second to start back, not
> " "early" and let clutch out for engine braking. You have to think
> " 40s-50s, and maybe grandma/pa driving.
>
> i downshift all the time!  i never rush it and i almost always rev the
> engine to match speed at least approximately, not things drivers today
> are used to i'll grant.
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