Re: [Amc-list] 196 parts

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I sent Dave a reply earlier today but it did not show up on the list.  I have .040 over pistons on rods and a flat butt crankshaft if he needs them cheap.  Dave, PM me if you are interested.

Joe Fulton


--- On Sat, 11/15/08, Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Amc-list] 196 parts
> To: das24rules@xxxxxxxxx, "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Saturday, November 15, 2008, 3:30 PM
> I wish I could help you out.
> I'd just swap the crank, or perhaps, evil thought.
> Toss the standard trans in the American!
> I have heard the torque tube tail is not an issue, uses
> same seal, just has that larger square thing to bolt the TT
> to.
>  
> Then you have all the clutch linkage issues, which I could
> help you with if it was 64 or newer.
> I'm not much good at all with a 63 or a 196, sorry :[
> 
> You should have moved east, then maybe I could at least
> come over and comiserate...
> 
> --
> Mark Price
> Morgantown, WV
> 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
> " I realize that death is inevitable.
> I just don't want to be around when it happens! "
> 
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: d stohler <das24rules@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ok, so i went ahead and pulled the bullet out of
> casper. took all of an hour and 
> > a half. had plans of dropping that bullet into the 63
> 440H. the 440 is auto. 
> > casper is manual. got it out, pulled the clutch pack
> off, and flywheel. WADDYA 
> > KNOW!!!! i can tell  you for positivily sure, without
> a doubt, in 62 (car build 
> > date is feb, motor is jan) that they have the bulge on
> the crank.... what am i 
> > gonna do now??? the hole in the manual flywheel is
> smaller than the auto crank. 
> > and also has the bulge. does anyone have pistons/rings
> for a 196 that are .30 
> > over or more?? i just need some usable ones. and a set
> of bearings? i guess if i 
> > wanted to do it real cheap like, i could pull the
> manual crank out of caspers 
> > motor, and use some steel wool and clean up the
> journals on the auto crank, drop 
> > it in. i dont like using the old bearings, but i have
> done it once before on 
> > someone elses rambler. thats the way he wanted it
> done. it ran just fine for 
> > about a year till i
> >  moved. never heard from  him no more.
> > 
> > anyway, if anyone has pistons, rings and rod/main
> bearings they can stand to get 
> > rid of, id really appriciate it. i dont have money to
> buy new right now. just 
> > trying to get another car on the road to have to drive
> for winter. i got good 
> > snow tires that will fit the 440h. my little 03 peon
> SUCKS in the snow. its 
> > about that time of year so.....
> > 
> > dave stohler
> > my rambler pics@
> > http://picasaweb.google.com/das24rules
> > 
> > 
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