Re: [AMC-list] AMC-list Digest, Vol 31, Issue 24

[Joe <jgray_55@xxxxxxxxx>]

Aramand. Any photos of the Javelin hood script?? What $$$ do you need? thanks alot

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>    1. Rebel & Ambassador Nash for sale
> really far SOUTH! (Eddie Stakes)
>    2. AMCs in Cuba (Eddie Stakes)
>    3. 304 factory 4 bbl? (Jim Blair)
>    4. Re: 304 factory 4 bbl? (Ken Ames)
>    5. Re: Need a 401 Crank (Armand
> Eshleman)
>    6. WTF files (Eddie Stakes)
>    7. 70 AMC Ambassador DONK (Eddie Stakes)
>    8. Re: 70 AMC Ambassador DONK (Ken Ames)
>    9. Re: Javelin hood script needed (Armand
> Eshleman)
>   10. Remove flexplate from '68 232 w/ automatic
> (Bruce Griffis)
>   11. Re: Remove flexplate from '68 232 w/ automatic
> (Joe Fulton)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:25:13 -0500
> From: "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <baadassGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [AMC-list] Rebel & Ambassador Nash for sale
> really far SOUTH!
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> http://carro.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-201773295-amc-rambler-rebel-1967-v8-302-alcool-_JM
> 
> http://carro.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-201344998-nash-ambassador-1951-impala-belair-buick-ford-1929-sp2-_JM
> 
> Eddie Stakes
> 713.464.8825
> eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.planethoustonamx.com
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:27:32 -0500
> From: "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <baadassGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [AMC-list] AMCs in Cuba
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> http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2387802860054188876qYjiOY
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> http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2840318270054188876MRbyXX
> 
> http://www.cubaautos.org/car/index/brand/rambler/year/1957/model/custom/id/99
> 
> http://www.cubaautos.org/car/index/brand/rambler/year/1959/model/custom/id/20
> 
> ole! Damn, how do they keep them looking timeless?
> Eddie Stakes
> 713.464.8825
> eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.planethoustonamx.com
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:46:49 -0700
> From: Jim Blair <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [AMC-list] 304 factory 4 bbl?
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> I can't find my '71 Jeep Honcho catalog showing 304 4 bbl
> as a factory option (I just remember it was VIN code D)
> Anyone got a CJ catalog with that or did AMC only have the
> SP2P in special packages?
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:14:51 -0600
> From: Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] 304 factory 4 bbl?
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> My files show VIN 'M' for the 4bbl.
> 
> Ken 
> 
> Quoting Jim Blair <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> > 
> > I can't find my '71 Jeep Honcho catalog showing 304 4
> bbl as a factory option
> > (I just remember it was VIN code D) Anyone got a CJ
> catalog with that or did
> > AMC only have the SP2P in special packages?
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> From: "Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Need a 401 Crank
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> Agreed on that experienced machinist thing.
> 
> When asked of a hometown machinist to work on AMC engine
> pieces, his comment
> pretty much went like this.
> "You mean this isn't a chevy 350? I'm not sure what you're
> talking about,
> AMC? All the engines around here that we work on are 350
> chevies. I didn't
> know any other engines ever needed a
> rebuild.............OH, wait a minute,
> we work on tractor engine parts here too. We mostly turn
> cranks, size rods
> and do heads cause those blocks usually have wet sleeves.
> but wait I'll ask
> 'turbo' if he knows anything about AMC."
> response from 'turbo', "Yeah I heard of AMC, that's
> American Movie Classics
> on channel 69"
> 
> Sigh, I finally did find a great machinist in a little town
> South of here
> who knew exactly what an AMC is and said, "Yeah bring it
> down we'll work on
> it for you."
> 
> Armand
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marc Montoni" <Freedom@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 9:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Need a 401 Crank
> 
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> > markprice242 <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> said:
> >
> >
> > >>WOW, we are cheap...and paranoid it seems!
> ROFLOL.
> >
> >
> > <snicker> Yeah, but paranoid from long
> experience with shop monkeys
> trained at the local Vo-Tech high school whose only
> interest was Chevys (or
> more recently, ricers).
> >
> > Few are the experienced machinists any more who 1)
> actually know how good
> the AMC block really was and 2) understand that it can't
> just be "slapped
> together" like a 350...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > MARC MONTONI
> > Harrisonburg VA
> > http://FreeVirginia.blogspot.com/
> > Freedom.  Responsibility.  www.LP.org
> > Cu vi parolas Esperanton?
> > I'd rather push a Rambler than drive a Toyota.
> > Visit www.AMCRC.com or www.AMONational.com .
> > http://RichmondRambler.tripod.com/
> > http://Hasdrubal.tripod.com/Index.htm
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> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:21:20 -0500
> From: "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <baadassGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [AMC-list] WTF files
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> Dad needs to kick the kid out of the house:
> 
> http://lafayette.craigslist.org/pts/2645807355.html
> 
> =========================
> CLASSIC UGLY-AS-DIRT BLUE AMC GREMLIN FOR SALE, SHINY BLUE
> BENCH SEAT, ENOUGH ROOM TO FIT 
> AT LEAST 3 PEOPLE AND MAN, YOU'LL NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
> THIS CLASSIC BEING STOLEN! 
> SITTIN IN THE YARD, WAITING FOR THE RIGHT OFFER TO COME
> ALONG....
> 
> JUST TWO HOURS FROM LAFAYETTE, LA...
> 
> 
> 
> JUST KIDDING DAD!!
> 
> 
> 
>   a.. Location: LIVINGSTON, LA
>   b.. ===========================
> Eddie Stakes
> 713.464.8825
> eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.planethoustonamx.com
> 
> 
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:13:41 -0500
> From: "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <baadassGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [AMC-list] 70 AMC Ambassador DONK
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> I never knew AMC made a Donk.
> 
> http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/cto/2575853325.html
> 
> Eddie Stakes
> 713.464.8825
> eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.planethoustonamx.com
> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 01:15:28 -0600
> From: Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Eddie Stakes <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "AMC, Rambler,
>     Nash,    Jeep and family"
> <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] 70 AMC Ambassador DONK
> Message-ID: <1318662928.4e9933105da27@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> 
> Other d*nk words come to mind.
> 
> Ken
> 
> 
> Quoting Eddie Stakes <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> > I never knew AMC made a Donk.
> > 
> > http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/cto/2575853325.html
> > 
> > Eddie Stakes
> > 713.464.8825
> > eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > www.planethoustonamx.com
> > 
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> Message: 9
> Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:44:30 -0500
> From: "Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Javelin hood script needed
> Message-ID: <000701cc8b48$f34e4180$03fea8c0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> 
> I found a couple.
> One of them is still in pretty good shape, has all three
> mounting pins.
> Let me know if you want it.
> 
> Armand
> 
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> Message: 10
> Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:10:54 -0400
> From: Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [AMC-list] Remove flexplate from '68 232 w/
> automatic
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> cross-posted on theamcforum:
> I started working on my engine swap. I pulled the automatic
> off the
> 232. No problems. I removed the bellhousing. I'm trying to
> remove the
> flexplate but running into issues. When I try to turn the
> 9/16" bolts,
> the who flexplate revolves. Should I brace a screwdriver
> between some
> teeth to hold it still? Any tricks? If compression is good,
> should the
> flexplate turn as I try to remove the bolts?
> 
> Any hints and tricks? Or just hit all the bolts with
> penetrating oil,
> brace against the teeth (I'm not re-using the flexplate,
> I'm swapping
> to manual) and use a big ol' wrench?
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 11
> Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:49:10 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Remove flexplate from '68 232 w/
> automatic
> Message-ID: <1318693750.63493.YahooMailRC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> 
> Bruce,
> 
> Those flexplates are pretty fragile.?? I suggest that you
> pull on spark plug and 
> insert a long piece of rope (3/8th inch cotton or nylon
> will work).?? The rope 
> will act to cushion the piston against the cylinder head
> and jam the piston so 
> the crank can't turn.? Leave one end of the rope sticking
> out of the spark plug 
> hole so you can remove it easily when you have removed the
> flexplate.
> 
> Joe Fulton
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sat, October 15, 2011 8:10:54 AM
> Subject: [AMC-list] Remove flexplate from '68 232 w/
> automatic
> 
> cross-posted on theamcforum:
> I started working on my engine swap. I pulled the automatic
> off the
> 232. No problems. I removed the bellhousing. I'm trying to
> remove the
> flexplate but running into issues. When I try to turn the
> 9/16" bolts,
> the who flexplate revolves. Should I brace a screwdriver
> between some
> teeth to hold it still? Any tricks? If compression is good,
> should the
> flexplate turn as I try to remove the bolts?
> 
> Any hints and tricks? Or just hit all the bolts with
> penetrating oil,
> brace against the teeth (I'm not re-using the flexplate,
> I'm swapping
> to manual) and use a big ol' wrench?
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