AMCs

[Jim Shepherd <beltguy@domain.elided>]

Just a couple of additional points.  Not all Jeep bellhousings have the
same transmission patterns (when they went to the Jap transmissions, some
of the housings only had one bolt pattern - wrong one- and others had a
dual pattern - would fit the T18).  Also, the Ford T18 needs a pilot
bearing adapter (input shaft length issue).  To get the Ford T18 to a 300
TC you will need an Advance Adapter kit (includes the pilot bearing
adapter).  Lastly, the flywheel for Jeeps are engine specific.  It will not
be real easy to find a 401 flywheel.  Get an Advance Adapter Catalog - they
have a wealth of information on this swap and lots of other good stuff.

Jim Shepherd
1986 IHC S1900 being made into a motorhome
1959 BC150 in need of an engine (among other things)


>Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 16:20:39 -0700
>From: Terry Rust <trust@domain.elided>
>Subject: AMCs
>
>Very few AMC 401s enjoyed a manual trans behind them, so few in fact that
>it is unusual (Perhaps to strong) to find a 401 with the crank factory
>drilled for the pilot bushing. I would doubt that the IH applications would
>be different.
>
>In 72 (plus or minus with AMC) the engine/bellhousing patterns were
>standardized except for the 232s, the 258 and all the v8s shared a common
>pattern through the remainder of AMCs life. In the late 70s, the tranny
>side of some application bell housings were made to accept the standard
>Ford trans, this makes swaping a 66-? ford T-18 into a jeep so easy, the
>same would logically be true for IHs, In fact the easy way to install the
>401 in a Scout would be to use the 401=>ford t-18=>adapter=>jeep dana
>20/300, any of the AMC used automatics would slide in there inplace of the
>t18 for those who prefer an auto. those would include the AMC cased turbo
>400 (early 70s through about 80?), the 727 torque flite and the 9xx torque
>flites. The other advantage of this approach is that you then need find
>replacement jeep parts rather than IH ( a jeep Dana 300 is about half of a
>new IH Dana 300).
>
>That's about all I know, BTW 401s were discontinued (more or less) in about
>78 so if you find a good one, get two.
>
>Worth every penny of my $.02 worth huh
>
>Terry  Rust
>
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