RE: Re[4]: [ihc] Pete's AMC 360 swap

["Jim Grammer" <jgrammer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: ken.dunnington
>Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 3:57 PM
>To: Pete Shubin
>Cc: ihc@domain.elided
>Subject: Re[4]: [ihc] Pete's AMC 360 swap

>Pete  Shubin wrote:
>PS> My stock clutch was a 10.5".  I used an 11".  I don't remember what the
>PS> rating was on the pressure plate from the J30.  I would know if I could
find
>PS> the paperwork.  The 11" clutch is the one that will not hold.

>Hmmm.  According to the brochure, 11" was the max size clutch available
>in the Travelall(even with 392) for 1972.

>This is exactly the type of info I want to read so as to make my
>decision concerning repower.  Thanks Pete.

>Ken

Guys, everything I've ever heard or experienced tells me to stay away from
anything but the 12 spring clutch setups, or the 15 spring in 12" if you
have a *stout* left leg. The 6 spring jobs are said to rattle and not hold
so well, and diaphragm units just have a wierd feel IMO.

Jim