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Wrambler
AMC Addicted Joined: Jul/02/2007 Location: West Virginia Status: Offline Points: 4197 |
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Press is like $120 without coupon at harbor fright.
If you're going to build a few just go get a press and drink the beer yourself |
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Wrambler
69 AMC Rambler 4.0L, 5 speed 2015 Grand Cherokee Limited 2019 Chrysler 300 |
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71hornet6
AMC Nut Joined: Nov/18/2012 Location: Oakland, CA Status: Offline Points: 433 |
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'71 FrankenHornet:
'72 258 '95 4.0L Head Holley 390CFM AX15 with R154 gears 5 speed Hurst shifter AMC20 rear axle Detroit TrueTrac Dual Exhaust Concord Discs Spirit AMX sway bars |
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jpnjim
AMC Addicted Joined: Nov/25/2007 Location: New England Status: Offline Points: 2752 |
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not to pee in your Cherios, but most of the threads on Harbor Freight tools say steer clear of the 12 ton press and go right for the 20 ton. Either way I've heard enough complaints about their press plates not trust them. Good luck with the trans builds, I'm following this thread & really enjoying the tech |
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71 P-code 4spd Javelin/AMX
some Jeeps and some Fords |
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71hornet6
AMC Nut Joined: Nov/18/2012 Location: Oakland, CA Status: Offline Points: 433 |
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Yeah I know some of their tools suck but if it makes it through one build, for $100 I think that's a win. They had two types: this one had decent reviews. The main complain was it was flimsy. I have a couple welder friends so I think we can stiffen her up. I'm gonna have to set up a little shop the way I'm getting into this stuff. I hope people buy the package so I can make lots more. Edited by 71hornet6 - Oct/26/2014 at 7:15pm |
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'71 FrankenHornet:
'72 258 '95 4.0L Head Holley 390CFM AX15 with R154 gears 5 speed Hurst shifter AMC20 rear axle Detroit TrueTrac Dual Exhaust Concord Discs Spirit AMX sway bars |
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71hornet6
AMC Nut Joined: Nov/18/2012 Location: Oakland, CA Status: Offline Points: 433 |
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One more thing that may be applicable to AMC
The non turbo supra trans, W58, can be bolted to the AMC/Jeep 2.5L. This trans is plenty stout for the 2.5 as it was made for a 3.0L It needs a long pilot bushing however. Again the benefit would be gearing for a sporty passenger car rather than the truck geared AX5. Turbo F.I. 2.5L w/ W58 in an AMC anyone? It'd be pretty neat... especially for someone like me who gets special joy out of bolting a bunch of junk yard parts together. Of course, in this case with the GM 60 degree V6 bell, it would be more logical to do T-5 The W58 swap would be probably be cheapest though since it uses all the AX5 parts for the clutch so if you picked up a 2.5 and AX5 setup for nothing, you'd only need the weird extension pilot and the W58 which are plentiful. Could be a very cheap and decent setup Edited by 71hornet6 - Oct/27/2014 at 1:50pm |
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'71 FrankenHornet:
'72 258 '95 4.0L Head Holley 390CFM AX15 with R154 gears 5 speed Hurst shifter AMC20 rear axle Detroit TrueTrac Dual Exhaust Concord Discs Spirit AMX sway bars |
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garsod
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Great read. Hope to be able to afford one of these soon.
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carnuck
AMC Addicted Joined: Mar/31/2010 Location: Seattle Status: Offline Points: 3942 |
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Dodge Dakota with 2.5 (AMC) and 5 speed got AX-15s. That bellhousing is the holy grail of many TJ owners.
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Got an Eagle?
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71hornet6
AMC Nut Joined: Nov/18/2012 Location: Oakland, CA Status: Offline Points: 433 |
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AX15 identification:
-On the left you can see the internal slave setup because it has the hydraulic lines sticking out of a small hole with no bolts. The external slave is shaped like an eye or rather an exhaust gasket (pictured on the right below) Back to the first picture... on the right you can see the speedo housing. According to meanmax on jeepforum: '92 & newer have electric only speedo input. '91 has both the cable & the electrical, and '90 and older have cable only." So if this is a pre-93 slave and a post '91 speedo, that would make it a '92 (actually could be a '91, pic's kinda blurry). I will have to replace the speedo housing so I can use a mechanical setup with the 93 style. Fortunately there's tons of donors for this part at all the junk yards around me that are filled with '80s Cherokees etc. Also, once it's in the car and your wheels and axle gears have been chosen, you need the corresponding speedometer gear. There's a chart here: http://www.quadratec.com/jeep_knowledgebase/article-46.htm to make things more complicated, there's two length speedo gear. "It seems some of the 92 and early 93 electric sending units still used a long shaft speedo gear. Its very easy to pull the gear housing (one half inch bolt) just make a note of the clocking of the housing (it can go in 4 positions) If you have a long shaft it will be about 4 inches total legth and short shaft will be about 2 1/2 total legth." Edited by 71hornet6 - Oct/30/2014 at 10:59am |
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'71 FrankenHornet:
'72 258 '95 4.0L Head Holley 390CFM AX15 with R154 gears 5 speed Hurst shifter AMC20 rear axle Detroit TrueTrac Dual Exhaust Concord Discs Spirit AMX sway bars |
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71hornet6
AMC Nut Joined: Nov/18/2012 Location: Oakland, CA Status: Offline Points: 433 |
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Got some parts from Marlin Crawler.
Top: First gear thrust washer. THE weak point in these transmissions. Marlin made one that is chrome-moly and seems very well made Bottom: Billet steel rear bearing retainer. This isn't for mine because I really don't need it with my 258 but it's for #2 that I'm building for a 401 Bottom: Marlin Crawler EcoSeal output seal. Just wanted to see it. Not sure how it's better than stock but I'm throwing it on #2 so that it has all the parts of the Marlin R154 HD (except for the 1-2 Billet shift fork which is $129 and not directly related to torque rating.) I believe these upgrades should make it strong enough for any 401. I should call Marlin to make sure |
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'71 FrankenHornet:
'72 258 '95 4.0L Head Holley 390CFM AX15 with R154 gears 5 speed Hurst shifter AMC20 rear axle Detroit TrueTrac Dual Exhaust Concord Discs Spirit AMX sway bars |
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71hornet6
AMC Nut Joined: Nov/18/2012 Location: Oakland, CA Status: Offline Points: 433 |
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'71 FrankenHornet:
'72 258 '95 4.0L Head Holley 390CFM AX15 with R154 gears 5 speed Hurst shifter AMC20 rear axle Detroit TrueTrac Dual Exhaust Concord Discs Spirit AMX sway bars |
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