Re: [AMC-list] Last 401

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

I found 1 at wreckers with a 304 (thought I'd hit the jackpot but alas, no) and
my IHC guy found a 360.

Ken


Quoting Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> 
> good point.
> Always need to remember to check the block!
> 
> Mark Price
> Morgantown, WV 26508
> 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: "Todd Tomason" <jayscore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Rambler AMC, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 2:28:11 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Last 401
> 
> You will also see some IH's with 360's or 304's.  AFAIK, they did not come 
> from the factory that way, but were swapped in for the 401 at some point. 
> Don't assume that an IH vehicle with an AMC V8 has a 401.
> 
> Todd
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Glen Hoag" <hoag@xxxxxx>
> To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 11:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Last 401
> 
> 
> > Just be careful; at one time, International had its own 401, which is
> > a big, heavy monster.  IH called the AMC 401 a "V400", to distinguish
> > it from their own engine.  The article on the Scout in Wikipedia
> > states that "some 73/74 pickups and Travelalls received the AMC
> > engine due to a shortage of IH V-392 engines."  IH already had a
> > contract with AMC to use the 258 in their light trucks (including
> > Travelalls and Scouts), so the 401 was presumably an extension of
> > that agreement.  The IH 401s were supplied with a 2-V carburetor and 
> > manifold.
> >
> > IH was a leading supplier of cab & chassis units to the school bus
> > and motor home markets, so it may be possible to find 401s powering
> > those vehicles.
> >
> > --Glen
> >
> 
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