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

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

FWIW,
The twingrip tag survives because it is soft and adheres/melds with the threads on the drain plug.
 You have to peel the tag off, it does not fall off.
The ratio tag just falls off and is gone.

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: "Frank Swygert" <farna@xxxxxxx>
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, December 5, 2010 9:35:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] 64 440-h ques, and a 327 to boot
> 
> Russ, assuming the OD setup came from a 64 American the rear axle
> ratio could be a 3.08 (standard with 196 OHV), 3.31 (optional w/196
> OHV), or 3.78 (only one for 196 L-head, also standard w/196 OHV
> Twin-Stick). Hopefully it's a 3.31. Should be a tag on one of the rear
> cover bolts, but that might have been removed when it was rebuilt. Odd
> that they lost that tag and kept the one on the drain bolt though.
> 
> The problem with changing from the "big nut" driveshaft is the pinion
> shaft. I'm not sure the splined end is the same diameter and spline
> count as the later open drives. The pinion shaft also isn't drilled
> for a bolt to hold the later model yoke on. Any machine shop can
> remedy the bolt problem, you'll have to check the splines with a yoke
> from a later model. Check the length also -- the big nut pinion may be
> a bit longer, but I think it's the same length as a later pinion
> shaft. The bearing diameters need to be checked also.
> 
> 
> 
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> Frank Swygert
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