Re: [AMC-list] 64 Classic engine swap Frank, Tom?

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

That sounds like good forensics to me.  Makes sense.  I'll let you know more when I've had more time to pull the transmission.  I disconnected the linkage from both shift rods yesterday after I posted and the 2-3 shift is indeed murky while the 1st-reverse shift is crisp with a positive detent for the neutral position.

I'm working on two project cars now (65 american and the Classic) and I have to move another car offsite nest weekend and repair the lights on my car trailer etc.  I may have time to pop the top off of my spare transmission in the next week too, and see if it looks like it would be worthwhile to swap it into the Classic without doing any work to it.  Thanks,

Joe Fulton

--- On Tue, 5/26/09, Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] 64 Classic engine swap Frank, Tom?
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 6:27 AM
> > From what you said about the way
> it shifts, I bet they ran out of adjustment on the 2-3 rod
> and thought that pushing it "a bit futher into gear" would
> solve some of the problem. Apparently it did help for a
> while, but then the extension could have been recent
> compared to when it was parked. 
> 
> If there isn't a lot of slop between the two shift arms on
> the shifter I'm with you -- the shift rails are messed up in
> the trans, or the lack of a detent ball is the culprit. It's
> more likely that ball, as that holds the shifter arm in
> place. I bet they just lengthened the linkage so it would
> push the arm further past where the detent would have held
> it, and the arm would more than likely stay in place at that
> angle. The missing detent ball says a lot! If the trans had
> been rebuilt and they lost that ball, thus leaving it out,
> you might be able to replace it and have a good trans.
> Something to look at after you swap the known good one in. 
> ----------
>
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