Re: [AMC-list] '65 American 195.6 Fuel Pump to Carb alternatives

["Garry Nordstrom" <gasnordstrom@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok  group, be aware, had the fire, garage gone, 50k damage, insurance will 
only cover 5k of my amc collection, 5k on trailers.
Settled with insurance company on structure, settled at 50 k, as have loan, 
bank of america , been 30 days to get them to sign off and release funds, 
still nothing.  the public insurance adjustor's  I hired also have been 
helping,  Bank of America is so screwed up that they do not know how to 
endorse the check so I get my funds, check still in my drawer.  And we are 
bailing them out,,,ooooh not done.
Final inventory of contents is 137K, insurance company now wants proof of 
purchase, when bought, hell i am lucky if i call my wife by the right name, 
much less where and when i bought this stuff.
Today I moved the tub in for the cj8, wanting to get the matty, frustrated 
that i am being jacked around, i realized that most things bought for the 
scrambler are toast, banks not responding, insurance companies trying to 
screw me, me spending money for new tools, stablizing the building, fighting 
with the city on money escrowed because of lack of signature from 
contractor, now witholding 17k.
I am not radical, even tho I thought about taking the Lear Jet and my AK 47 
and visiting Bank of America.  I wish not for any of you to go throught this 
if you are a serious car collector.

Do whatever it takes, but prepare yourselfs to protect your assetts  from 
Corp.  I really mean this, the middle class blue collar is in danger.

I worked hard as a teacher, construction worker to get through college, farm 
boy, now it seems they want me to beg,,not gonna happen.
Please, Please be aware, protect yourselves, take a few min with your agent, 
a few bucks more a month will save alot of pain
not a lecture, just the truth.
Garry,,cleaning ak 47 in Minn,,,going  to get a wabbit
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tom jennings" <tomj@xxxxxxx>
To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: [AMC-list] '65 American 195.6 Fuel Pump to Carb alternatives


> Plain old rubber works fine, it's only 3 - 5 psi or so. Pipe sizes are
> measured by the INSIDE DIAMETER of the tube, not the threads, so a '1/8"
> nipple' will have a threaded portion about 3/8" wide.
>
> Then there's flare vs. pipe. There are flare fittings to accept hose, that
> will screw into the place where the steel flared line with nut go.
>
> Decent hardware stores often are better stocked, and less jumbled by 
> sloppy
> uncaring customers who tend to put the parts back in the wrong drawer at 
> the
> auto parts store! What I'd do is take a section of old steel flared line 
> to
> the store and match up fittings. You can find a flare female to fit your 
> old
> line; then use that to check that the hose fitting fits that female 
> portion
> (then put it back in the right drawer :-)
>
> A few feet of rubber fuel line and good worm clamps of the right size and
> you're done.
>
> You can even chop the ends off your old steel line, leave 1.5" of straight
> smooth steel at the nut, and put hose on *that*. That's Rambler Mentality
> :-) In that case I'd use two hose clamps, 180 degrees apart, since there's
> no bumpies to grip the hose, but that's paranoia, mechanical fuel pumps
> rarely generate more than 7 psi stalled, most unlikely to pop off a hose.
> I've done it without embarrassment.
>
> (I admit I tend to act with old car repairs like that joke about 'always
> wear clean underwear, what will the nurses think if you end up in the
> emergency room?'. If J. Random Carnut pops the hood on my funky-a** 
> Rambler
> wagon, I want nothing to embarrass me under there, even temporary fixes 
> that
> might be occasionally necessary!)
>
>
>
> > Next up: redo the electrical connections to the coil and distributor.
> > Something gave me a decent jolt when I stuck my hand in there! Need to
> > get the car moving again before I have to worry about the gas sitting
> > in the tank too long.
> You can get a good whack from the - or sometimes + side of the coil too.
> When the magnetic field collapses in the coil it also generates a voltage
> spike on the coil primary, a couple hundred volts, enough to jab you.
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