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Installing a Motorcraft electronic distributor and TFI upgrade
Written by Tom Jennings. Edited by Frank Swygert 02-15-2026 This information applies to all engines that accept the Ford/Motorcraft Duraspark ignition, even though the example here is for an AMC...
More Dash for the Rambler Nash
05 jul 2023 An old 50's hotrodding book of my father's. I remembered this Nash article form my pre-teen youth, recognized it immediately when my brother sent it to me....
John Elle’s AMC front spring perch bushing fix
One of the things that's unobtainable for AMC cars (small chassis, 69 up) is the rubber-bushed spring perch, and they all go bad. Luckily, John Elle worked out a replacement...
Tuning the GM 1227747 ECM
Written by Tom Jennings, edited 01-30-2026 by Frank Swygert These are expanded notes to myself, I am in no way a TBI tuning expert. I have this one car,...
Modern type AMC strut bushings
by Tom Jennings, edited by Frank Swygert 01-25-2026 Well we (collectively) got what we asked for -- cheaper and cheaper auto parts -- but we forgot that that meant...
Repairing Rambler American door hinges (1958-63)
Written by Tom Jennings 09-20-2022, edited by Frank Swygert 02-23-2026 Sagging, klunking, rattling and leaking doors and doors that require slamming to latch closed are one of those things that...
Substituting a Modern Delco Alternator for that old AMC/Rambler Motorola
Written by Tom Jennings, edited by Frank Swygert 02-23-2026 There's nothing wrong with the older Motorola alternators, other than they're all old and are expensive to replace. The Delco alternator...
Carter YF/YFA carburetor
By Tom Jennings 04-16-2023, edited by Frank Swygert 01-27-2026 Carter YF/YFA Today (2023) the Carter YF/YFA is my go-to choice for replacing worn out one-barrel carburetors, maybe the overall "best"...
Revisiting the feedback carburetor
Written by Tom Jennings, 25 may 2023, edited by Frank Swygert 01-30-2026 The Carter feedback YFA, modernized Few automotive ideas are as reviled as the "feedback" carburetors of the 1980s...
Borg Warner vacuum modulator disassembly
Putting my 1960 Rambler American station wagon together I had to (had the luxury of) choose between a recently rebuilt M8, the cast-iron boat-anchor that is correct for the year,...