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Off topic / Re: What’s Your Eagle’s Purpose?

« Last post by Still Pat on Today at 01:25:14 PM »

They're my daily drivers, but I don't drive much anymore. They have also been in shows & won awards. I actually beat myself outta first place in the 1980s. The sedan took first & the wagon got second. The other trophy was for 2nd place, I was confused & put it on the wrong Eagle!

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Off topic / Re: What’s Your Eagle’s Purpose?

« Last post by rmick on Today at 11:46:00 AM »

Was my daily driver after purchasing in 2012 for ten years. Then finally decided to restore the car with new rockers and interior and paint and use it for car shows but not afraid to take it out when snow first falls before roads get all slushy.

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Inside Your Eagle / Re: Speedometer wobble

« Last post by MIPS on Today at 11:19:11 AM »

I've been weirdly too busy to get under the car and check on this but I did find that at some point I reinstalled the rock guard for the transfer case and the speedometer got misrouted, so it has a sharp turn it has to make. I'll try correcting that and see if anything changes. Same with checking if I screwed the cable all the way into the back of the speedometer housing.

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Off topic / Re: What’s Your Eagle’s Purpose?

« Last post by MIPS on Today at 11:16:14 AM »

It's my daily.
I don't have space for another car so this wagon checks every box for where it goes and has to remain reliable. This has proven to be extremely expensive because it can rarely be taken off the road for extended periods of time for maintenance because it's needed again in fairly short order and roadside breakdowns. At the same time it has to look good, so there's lots of cleaning, polishing, waxing and as much effort as I can to keep both the interior and exterior presentable both on the road and when parked at the grocery store.
At this point the biggest thing I need to keep on top of is rust and failing collision/paint repairs from decades ago. You know, the two things that when you really have to pull the trigger are both very time consuming and expensive.

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Off topic / What’s Your Eagle’s Purpose?

« Last post by 89 MJ on Yesterday at 09:31:49 PM »

What does everyone’s Eagle do? Is it your off road toy? A daily driver? Your bad weather beater? A show car? Just something to tinker with?

My car has served all of those purposes. When I’m not at school, it shares daily driver duties with my Comanche. Usually it’s driven on rainy days because the Comanche is restored and my Eagle is far from nice, but it also gets driven plenty when it’s nice. Every now and again, it sees dirt, but it doesn’t get wheeled like a Jeep.

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The Engine / Re: Lifter\Camshaft Issues

« Last post by MIPS on April 17, 2024, 03:22:57 PM »

The more I look at that lifter and the one sitting on my desk as a paperweight, I think what happened was the engine sat for a period with humidity in the crankcase and rust developed on the lifters. They should normally rotate while in service and looking at the galling they stopped several times and finally stopped spinning entirely and just started wearing down the lifter until it wore straight through.
I'd be concerned about how much of the filter collected the metal debris.

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The Engine / Re: Lifter\Camshaft Issues

« Last post by vangremlin on April 17, 2024, 11:36:31 AM »

The 4.0 head flows better and I think it might have larger valves. I’ve read that it’s good for 35-40hp, but it can be tricky to get the intake manifold to work.

I had a 4.0 head installed on my Kammback, along with a new cam and the Cherokee 4.0 header style exhaust manifold.  From what I recall, mounting the intake manifold wasn't a big problem, but he had to kind of rig up something to mount the power steering pump.  It does provide better performance. 

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The Engine / Re: Lifter\Camshaft Issues

« Last post by MIPS on April 16, 2024, 07:37:21 PM »

Is that rust on the head of the lifter?

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Spirit/Concord Projects / Re: AMC Sundancer 1982

« Last post by juhap on April 14, 2024, 04:14:31 PM »

Last summer I started to fix original seats.
Leather had a lot of damage. They´ve been repaired some many many years ago, and I found some leather paint too...



Frames needed cleaning and new paint. Cushions are still in good condition.



Bought a cow hyde in right color.



Co-drivers seat is leaning



There are some issues...



Oh that dirt...



Under seat everything is OK, but very dirty. I have saved some springs from previous seats jobs.
Forgot that power control unit did not work.



Power issue was fixed... wires were loose.



Drivers seat had been repaired alot, but still it needs most attention.



Someone had broken its switch. Put all parts together and... it worked as new.



Drivers seat cushion was a mess..



The other looks much better.



More issues to be fixed.



This was hiding under leather. Not so bad.



Drivers seat had a lot of rust...



Aaarrrgghh....



Have done this before, so it was an easy job. Now there is something that AMC forgot... primer.



After a days job, they all were in good condition. Just one spring replaced.



Driverseat needed a lot of attention...
Springs first. And then I fixed ends of those wires. Replaced rotten carboard twine by rubber tube...



New material...



And more... hog rings secured cushion.



And more new material.



Then it was time to remove those 4 door seats...and rotten original carpet.



Carpet was dry, but shot.



Under carper it was dry too, but there has been water... 



Found the first hole... there has been a screw and rusted through...



Found more pinholes... that 2x4 beam is under there...
Added some phosporic acid to remove test of rust...



The other side had marks of that 2x4 beam too. Welding had left some burnt paint and surface rust.  :'(

Once the jack has pushed floor up... 



And after that this stopped. I could´t by any carpet material from finnish suppliers! Lower edges of front seats need Saddle color cutpile carpet.
And Auto Custom Carpet didn´t sell any if you don´t order it with a precut carpet! So... what to do? It was about christmas time, when I ordered a new carpet to my AMC Matador Coupe from ACC. And with that I could buy a piece of right material. So far, so good. My friend had a car coming to Finland, so this carpet and much more stuff began to float across the bond to us... Now that container is in Bremenhaven, Germany. We had a stike here in Finland, so containers stopped there... Do not know when I´ll get my stuff...

But Now back to the business... I had a new carpet. So today it was time to do something about that...

Made a piece of new sound mat.



Rear seat first. Found missing plugs from my parts Hornet. Painted that floor a couple of weeks ago...



New material here.



New carpet is a little curvy... It was out of its package for six months...



I had to put those 4 door Concord seats back...



And after few hours of labour, job is done.



To be continued... soon, I hope...

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The Engine / Re: Lifter\Camshaft Issues

« Last post by 89 MJ on April 14, 2024, 12:57:45 PM »

thank you for the input, why the 4.0 head?

Henry

The 4.0 head flows better and I think it might have larger valves. I’ve read that it’s good for 35-40hp, but it can be tricky to get the intake manifold to work.