Re: [Amc-list] It's time for round tires (another Rambler on the road)!

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
" 
" On Wed, 5 Mar 2008, Bruce Griffis wrote:
" 
" > Okay - I'm guessing I've got a non-synchro first in the '65 American
" > 330 with 3 on the tree. It likes to go into first when I'm at a full
" > stop. That's cool. I missed a shift once or twice. It will take some
" > getting used to.
" 
" That's the infamous T96. It has a sliding first/reverse gear. You
" CANNOT shift it while moving (unless you get good at shifting
" into reverse, bringing the revs up to exactly what it will be
" in first, before shifting).

you mean double-clutching.  shifting into -neutral-, dropping the
clutch, matching revs, then clutching and shifting into 1st.  i
practised it for almost 20 years before i found a better solution...

" As far as I know, it is the only manual transmission that fits
" in that chassis short of hot rod modifications.

the t14 was std on '68 232s and all '69 sixes, maybe 2bbl 290s too.  i
put one behind my '68 199.  it needed no adaptation on the engine side
but it's ~2" shorter than the t96 that came out, and i had to lengthen
the 1-r shift rod to reach the tranny properly.

i was lucky on the length; my t14 was a '75 and by '68 even american
199s used common u-joints, so i was given a '73-ish yoke that fit my
driveshaft and was long enough to reach the tranny - longer by far
than the original '68 yoke.

afaik and fyi the driveshaft used with the '68-9 232s was also used in
'68-'70 232 javelins, and t14s had the coarse warner spline '68-'71 [a
fine mopar tf904 spline '72-6].  with the non-big-nut rear and this
matching driveshaft, i believe the t14 would bolt into any '64-9
american with a six.
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