Re: [AMC-list] 64 440-h ques, and a 327 to boot

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

if you wnat the ration, live with the big nut.
It really is not that big of deal if you clean it all up and follow the book to tighten it up properly. I know several on here have splurged on the wrenchs.

AMC 15 twingrip, before you get all excited be sure it WORKS!
its a cone type and wear defeats it, say simply getting stuck and smoking the one tire for a good while or running two different tires sizes on the rear. not rebuildable, from the factory anyway.

I ran a search out a while back and found a company that had devised that by machining the small end of the cone it will engage them again and return the unit to as factory specs or even a but tighter.  I do not have that site bookmarked, sorry, but it was any easy site to find with a search...

  All that being said my 107K mile 3:31-1 amc 15 still functions fine.

Pretty sure there is a breakaway torque spec for checking the units.

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: "Sandwich Maker" <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Saturday, December 4, 2010 3:57:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] 64 440-h ques, and a 327 to boot
> 
> " From: russ hathaway <russh97309@xxxxxxxxx>
> " 
> " 
> " I just picked up a 196-OD combo with a posi rear. The brakes are
> " frozen so I can't count the turns but there is a tag on the fill
> plug
> " id'ing it as a posi. Before I tear it apart I have some questions.
> " The size should be about 4:10, right?
> 
> 3.78 maybe; certainly not taller.
> 
> " Can I put the brakes from a later year 15 on this puppy? I have
> " several complete brake set-ups that I can put on. I should be able
> " to pull the axles and plates and just pop on the newer set.
> 
> afaik no reason why not, though there may be some reason i don't
> know.
> nicest would be the 10" used on everything from '73 v8 cars to '89
> cherokees and wranglers, but also '80-ish concord wagons and spirit
> amxs [and a few others] with amc15 axles - you'd need those backing
> plates.
> 
> " Can I drop in the whole posi innards into a late year housing? That
> " would be ideal, that way I get rid of that big ol' nut.
> 
> also afaik no reason why not.
> 
> " Also, I am looking at a 57-62 327 engine and push button tranny.
> The
> " engine turns over, a little too easy. I get just a faint hint of
> " compression when it is turned with a breaker. He says it came from
> a
> " runner (we've all heard that before) but shouldn't I feel some
> comp?
> 
> i think so.  it could be somthing minor like valves that would free
> up
> with a little heat and oil.  or...
> 
> " It spun real nice.
> 
> that's a positive, at least!
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