Re: [Amc-list] general mumblings

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Hmmm.
Why'd you rebuild it?
You could have just did the third gear pullout, then engage O/D! :]
All you needed was a new clutch :]

How's the leak with gear lube in it?

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

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> > If I was a younger more ambitous man I'd knock the whole thing apart one more 
> time.
> > Toss in the 258 crank and rods, but honestly it doesn't need them.
> > The 242 does just fine.
> > Still got 10 cu ins over the 242 with a better head and EFI.
> > Course 265 or is it 275/ would be more fun....
> 
> Today I accidentally pulled out of the gas station in 3rd,
> instead of first. The 1-R/2-3 Twin Stick gate is about 1/2"
> of sideways stick motion, it's easy to do.
> 
> In that split second I thought, 'damn carb, that off-idle flat
> spot is getting worse' then realized what I'd done.
> 
> Didn't bother to downshift to 2nd.
> 
> Old, heavy, gutlless motor, but it's got torque in weird
> places! I have never, ever heard it ping, and I've got it
> advanced to 10 degrees static instead of 7, stock. Slightly
> softer mech advance spring too.
> 
> 
> I'll photograph this 195.6 OHV block sitting in my lab on its
> pallet.  Man, is it old fashioned! You can easily picture the
> wooden mold it's made from. Everything is perfectly rectangular,
> nearly everything is square-edged, like even the detailing
> inside the cam-follower access cover. The ledge that collects
> oil for the cam followers is square. With a square lip. Round
> holes for the oil to fall to the pan though. There's not a
> modern idea within 6 feet of this motor.  What fun!
> 
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