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

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The Ujoint used by the late 60's in the Americans is common as dirt.
I found a 77 Pinto station wagon shaft a direct bolt in to my T5 swap.
The Ujoint on the Pinto was identical in dimensions albiet the pintos are beefier!
IIRC I used the Pintos ujoint, rm strikes again. It was in perfect shape, so I washed it up packed it with synthetic grease and used it.
   I likewise am still running Timken wheel bearings in the front of my American that can out of a very rusty 68 American I parted that only had 43k on it. They too were like new, all the finish on the races shone like new.
  My rotors had new races in place, so I packed the 68 era Timkens and put them in. I'd bet they are made of better metal than half the crap you get now a days.

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

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From: 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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