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Offline captspillane

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Re: My 1982 2.5l Iron Duke Rebuild
« Reply #30 on: January 08, 2014, 12:33:24 PM »
The timing should be about perfect. I'm taking apart a stock Eagle motor and a Mercruiser 2.5L and doing a tangible comparison once I catch up with the other pressing projects, including the TBI work. I'll have much more information available to you in the upcoming months.

Nice Scout! I'm a Scout II guy with a 1980 Traveler. It's getting AMC running gear in its future and the current engine will end up in an Eagle. It's very familiar territory because of how similar IH and AMC vehicles are. They even directly worked together many times in their past with AMC 401s and 258s being factory installed on many Scouts and Travelalls over the years. I think it is as appropriate to talk to about an XJ as a Scout here on the Eagle forum because they are both very close relatives.

If you have any problems or questions about your Scout, the guy I bought my Traveler from is restoring an identical Scout as yours. He also has been the President of a huge Scout club in my area for decades. He's the guy to ask anything. He has an older Scout like yours and an AMC 4.0 MPI injected Scout II as his main driver.
Currently Inspected and Insured as of Jan 2013:
-1985 Eagle Station Wagon 258 T5 Stickshift
-1980 Eagle Station Wagon 258 Auto Fuel-injected with GM TBI

Minor Repairs Underway:
-1982 Eagle SX4 258 T5
-1981 Kammback 2.5L Iron Duke T5

Restoration Efforts Near Completion:
-1982 SX4- 401 NV3550
-1983 SX4- 4.5 MPI NSG370 (6 Speed)

Restoration Efforts Underway:
-1985 SW- 4.0 MPI AX15
-1982 SX4- 4.0 AW4
-1981 SX4- SD33T NV4500 (Turbodiesel 5 speed)

Future Rescue Efforts- '85 Maroon SW, '87 Limited SW, '84 Limited SW, '87 4 door Sedan, '81 2 door Sedan, '88 White SW, '77 4 door Hornet, '74 2 door Hornet, '79 Spirit AMX, '81 Kammback.

RIP- Red '81 SX4, '84 4dr Sedan, '84 SW, '81 SW, '80 Spirit, '83 SW, '83 4dr Sedan

Offline Monkeyjoe

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Re: My 1982 2.5l Iron Duke Rebuild
« Reply #31 on: January 09, 2014, 10:59:01 AM »
Capt, Thanks for the info. 

before I bought this scout, I owned a 1959 International pickup.  When I bought the scout I purchased a full shop manual for it.  I have literally touched every part on that truck during the rebuild.  The manual explains how to rebuild just about every single thing on the truck, even the windshield washer motor and pump.

All I had to do was clean and paint most of the parts, they were in such good shape. 

Anyway, thanks to all for the compliments.  My next project is the 1960 F100.  Its a good runner but I want to freshen it up a bit.
I JUST TELL MY WIFE "SOME PEOPLE COLLECT STAMPS"
1982 AMC Eagle SX4, (Little Beast)
1983 AMC Eagle Wagon, (Gold Digger)
1992 Dodge, Cummins, 1 Ton Duelly (Big Red)
1967 International Scout 800 (Scooter)
1988 Chevy k1500
1960 Ford F100
1927 Model T, Hotrod(Daddys Girl)
1961 Willys FC150 (Scat)
1978 Honda CB750
1971 Honda CB350

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Re: My 1982 2.5l Iron Duke Rebuild
« Reply #32 on: January 09, 2014, 11:49:09 AM »
I have a great appreciation of old International Harvesters too. My dad owned a Scout II before I was born and when my parents moved to a farm when I was born there was a 1951 IH L-130 I think it was... It was a rusty flat bed dually with wooden side walls. One of my oldest memories is of my dad driving it to the spot were it spent the rest of it's life on our property. As a kid I always hoped to one day fix it up. I even started to once I was a teenager...well I started taking things off of it. Like the rotting wood on the bed. The bust bench seat. My parents split up when I was like 16 and when I went to college my mom sold the house/property. In the deal the next owners asked that the truck be removed before they moved in. I tried selling it locally, but couldn't find anybody interested. It finally came down to the week of move in and we just called a local guy that sells old vehicles from some property right off the highway and he came out and picked it up for free. I passed it many times on my way to and from college and one day it was gone. I hope he found a buyer that treated it well!



1983 AMC Eagle SX/4 - Penny

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Re: My 1982 2.5l Iron Duke Rebuild
« Reply #33 on: January 11, 2014, 02:00:26 AM »
that is a great old truck. 
I JUST TELL MY WIFE "SOME PEOPLE COLLECT STAMPS"
1982 AMC Eagle SX4, (Little Beast)
1983 AMC Eagle Wagon, (Gold Digger)
1992 Dodge, Cummins, 1 Ton Duelly (Big Red)
1967 International Scout 800 (Scooter)
1988 Chevy k1500
1960 Ford F100
1927 Model T, Hotrod(Daddys Girl)
1961 Willys FC150 (Scat)
1978 Honda CB750
1971 Honda CB350

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Re: My 1982 2.5l Iron Duke Rebuild
« Reply #34 on: January 13, 2014, 08:51:16 AM »
Prafeston,  I really like the black and white pics of that truck.  Would you mind if I printed and hung those in my Office?
I JUST TELL MY WIFE "SOME PEOPLE COLLECT STAMPS"
1982 AMC Eagle SX4, (Little Beast)
1983 AMC Eagle Wagon, (Gold Digger)
1992 Dodge, Cummins, 1 Ton Duelly (Big Red)
1967 International Scout 800 (Scooter)
1988 Chevy k1500
1960 Ford F100
1927 Model T, Hotrod(Daddys Girl)
1961 Willys FC150 (Scat)
1978 Honda CB750
1971 Honda CB350

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Re: My 1982 2.5l Iron Duke Rebuild
« Reply #35 on: January 13, 2014, 09:23:48 AM »
No problem. I actually have one of the colored ones framed too! :)

What's your email? I can send you larger copies.
1983 AMC Eagle SX/4 - Penny

 

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