Re: [AMC-list] 6.2/6.5 Diesel in FSJ

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: Greg Taylor <amundaza@xxxxxxxxx>
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" Hi Andrew,
" The GW donated to Tim is an '87 with AMC 360, TF727 auto and NP229 t-case.

hmmm

a diesel swap probably isn't economic unless the present drivetrain is
worn enough to need rebuilding.  more likely you're best off just
running it as is.  there could be other considerations though - does
guatemala have unleaded gas yet?  not that it would be hard to remove
the cat.

" --- On Wed, 5/27/09, Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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" From: Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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" " From: Greg Taylor <amundaza@xxxxxxxxx>
" "
" "
" "
" " Hi Andrew,
" " Thanks for the input on the diesel swap.  It would be great to do that
" " conversion for running in Guatemala, which would be fine, we just would
" " need to get the donor engine/trans/t-case parts for it.
" 
" what year is the waggie?  in the '70s they used gm th400s.  a
" judicious mixture of gm and amc parts would hook the diesel to the
" t/c.
" 
" for a later one, you might be best served by an advanced adapter setup
" to marry a gm tranny to the original gw nv228 [?] t/c.  early versions
" of the th700r4 aren't highly thought of, but later ones were quite
" good and all the tranny places know the strength mods.
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