Hello all! lol, Don't mind the name :rotfl: , I guess it's time to bring everyone up to speed on what's happening with that free Eagle I go from Nate last year (I said I would when the time came).
In case anyone has forgotten what this car is, here's a refresher.
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Girlfriend like to pick on this one so it's now my GingerCar, hahaha.
So anyway, I dragged it home on July 22nd, and have been tinkering with it a little each day getting it ready to hit the streets. As I mentioned before she was a non runner when I picked it up, after some evaluation I decided to go a head and just drop an HEI unit in rather than try to figure out the wiring issues with the moto set up. I had a couple HEI'S laying around so I just needed a gear, with no such luck finding one locally (was always told use a 304/360 gear), I decided to adapt the 258's gear to it.
The obstacle here, is that the HEI shaft is a smaller diameter than the motorcraft, and the roll pin hole is too low on the gear. Pin hole no problem, however the bushing needed, haha good luck, I had to improvise and make my own. I dug around my stash of junk and found a bushing that could be modified to fit my needs, then proceded to drill my hole in the center to fit the HEI shaft.
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As you can see, my hole was not straight, now comes the fun part, how in the *&#@ was I going to grind the bushing down to proper size, and get it back to round in the same sweep. A lathe would do the trick nicely, dad happens to have one, but not at the house, though probably not easily accessible (IE: buried), and lets not forget, I have no clue how to use one. Enter my creation to create a part (don't laugh just yet, I assure you I was 100% sober when I came up with this idea).
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Hold back!
The video of this contraption actually working.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlZK64ruOK4&list=UUkWqswXkESAmK12JBwVFPFw&index=1&feature=plcp
Sounds crazy but this haggard Red Green inspired apparatus made the bushing I needed, as well as truing my cockeyed drill error, hahahahaha.
Here it was.
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Now here it is,
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and running crappy, lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t15PcgqU22Y&list=UUkWqswXkESAmK12JBwVFPFw&index=2&feature=plcp
Found a few other issues here and there (new cooling system from radiator to waterpump, engine bath, valve cover remedy, tv linkage renew, etc, etc), so currently I'm in process sorting out my fuel systems woes, then it should be pretty close to streetable.
Gotta tell ya, Talk about a cob house now I've seen it all! But through the laughter I'm very impressed. It just goes to show ya what a little american know how can do. Great work my friend!
:rotfl: Thanks guys, this is the type of stuff that happens when I don't want to spend any money which is more often then not, hahaha.
I seen you forgot to use the duct tape! :rotfl:
:rotfl: That's true, in order to be truely Red Green inspired, duct tape is mandatory, lol.
As I mentioned above, fuel system needed some attention, Dropped, drained, cleaned, and under coated the fuel tank, new fuel pump, new hoses, filter, and carb clean out. Finally running half decent idling, but stalls on decel while driving, likely a vacuum issue, I'm thinking anyway.
cj radiator installed no shroud yet, have to go yard hunting.
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back up and running
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sUC4eJIi3s&feature=youtu.be
haha I am a redheaded stepchild! No really I am! Nice sedan too!
:footinmouth: :rotfl: All in gest standup, and thanks! :occasion14:
We've all heard the horror stories of the reman store bought carburetors......I think I have a dud motorcraft (thought it was my water:fuel mixture, lol), I messed around with what looks to be a "reman" 2100 carb with nothing but failure. The first botch I found, whoever installed the throttle plates, put them in crooked, no wonder the engine raced on start up, they couldn't close all the way. After several nights of messing with it I gave up on it, to #$@! with that POS. Again I turned to my junkyard find 2100, (only strayed away from it due to it flooding over), pulled the lid, cleaned it out, threw it back together, new base gasket, made some adjustments and as of friday night, I have a properly running, Eagle, vacuum leaks gone, carb responds to adjustments, idles well, and has good steady vacuum. ;D
http://youtu.be/Rfjtv1C0UNA
http://youtu.be/unj2QZw22hY
So now that it runs good I figured it was about time to make it look a little less like a junkyard rat. So saturday night, I spent a few hours with my polisher to bring back a little shine and clear up some age spots. Made quite a difference, but man is the paint thin, I tried using my real buffer on it and it buzzed through the paint in an instant :o . Finished it off with a nice coat of wax, yeah I'm warped, or maybe the beer told me to do it. :rotfl:
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That was about it for the weekend, other than removing the rear seat for some clean up, so far no good, it's mighty greezy so that'll be some scrubbing on my end, lol.
Do you have a rug doctor carpet cleaner? If not you can rent one pretty cheap and do what I did. I used purple power degreaser and mixed it ten to one. Dumped it in our rug doctor and used the upholstery attachment tool and cleaned the interior with it. Seats, carpet etc. Came out looking as new if not better. Give it a try you won't believe just how well it works and its easy to boot.If you want it to smell really fresh pour a little aqua velva after shave in with the cleaner.
Good idea, thanks for the tip, scrubbing has been unsuccesful, so I had the gf throw the cover in the washing machine (on delicate, she ensured me it would be ok), lol, I'll see how that came out tonight :rotfl: . If not satisfactory I'll give the rug doctor a whirl :occasion14: .
My wifey bought a steam cleaner thing for $160. she says it costs nearly $40 to rent one for 6 hours. so blah blah but pick your poison haha. i know you just fell into debt with a house but maybe its more usefull to buy one.
Quote from: eagleman on August 14, 2012, 02:57:10 PM
If you want it to smell really fresh pour a little aqua velva after shave in with the cleaner.
What, no Old Spice??? :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
I may just keep my eye out for one specifically for the cars and furniture, I have one for the carperts in the house, but no car attachment unfortunately (yes I did try it on the seat covers anyway though, didn't work out so well ::) ).
Quote from: vangremlin on August 14, 2012, 10:43:25 PM
Quote from: eagleman on August 14, 2012, 02:57:10 PM
If you want it to smell really fresh pour a little aqua velva after shave in with the cleaner.
What, no Old Spice??? :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
(http://www.easyfreesmileys.com/smileys/free-scared-smileys-366.gif) I think I'll stick with fabreeze, :rotfl: .
Yeah, I was gonna use old spice but I drank that! lol
:drunk: hahaha, yikes :rotfl:
It's been a wek or so since I've updated this so here goes, lol. August 16th I put the bird on the road, it has been serving daily driver duty for the past ten days, running good, driving good, and sipping gas ;D . The miss wanted her eggcrate grille back in the sx/4, so the sedan inherited the concord grille, and I also decided to put in the concord turn signal lamps while I was at it. Took it for a little cruise north, performed well on the hills/mountains , took a few seasonal roads on the way home just for a little fun. All is good with it so far.
First trip to work.
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Up in the Adirondack region on Sunday, no great pics, too busy driving and listening, lol.
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lookin good .... all you need now is a set of wheels (I don't like the factory wheel covers) ;D
lol, thanks, I agree, but the caps looked better than rusty steelies, I may throw the 5 spoke jeep wheels on (that were on the sx), just need to find one more to match the other three.
Looks like a contender for Eagle of the month when 4 door sedans come up again.
Yeah man, great looking Sedan! I like the Concord grill and turn lenses.
Thanks guys! It has a long way to go, it's pretty battered and beat up. The camera really does this car a lot of justice sad to say, but remember, this car was a recovered theft. The perps really did a number on it inside and out. I think the only straight panel on it is the hood, I have lots of dent work ahead of me, never will it be as nice as the sx/4 but it will be a decent driver when all said and done.
If it wasn't already beat up enough, the neighbor's tree decided to add one more thing to the fix it list last night. :banghead:
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Not a sight I wanted to see this morning, but, I guess this will be my motivation to fix the roof properly and take away much of the car's ugly look. Could've been worse...
What a bunch of snop
Yup, but called around a bit, I can have a replacement in a couple days (If I wanted one next day, they offered china :censored: ), so not too bad, next will be discussing this ordeal with my neighbor....
Quote from: shaggimo on August 27, 2012, 02:46:03 PM
lol, thanks, I agree, but the caps looked better than rusty steelies, I may throw the 5 spoke jeep wheels on (that were on the sx), just need to find one more to match the other three.
hey shag if its a stock chero spoker i have a few. im going to use the golden eagle wheels you saw
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Thanks tb, these are the style I'm trying to match 97+ type, I forget what they call em, lol.
Those look like either Grizzlys or Eccos
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f15/all-jeep-factory-wheels-names-pictures-1151525/
Thanks Rafe, they are indeed the grizzlys, I have one Ecco which is similar.
They look nice. I tried to buy a set of those, but guy sold those to someone else, not to me as he promised... Grizzlys are no very common here in Finland... So I bought Centerlines instead...
No problem!
I found that great Jeep Thread when I was looking for wheel options of my Wagon. Some great info on Jeep wheels there.
Wow nice turn around, mighty quick too.
Quote from: shaggimo on August 29, 2012, 01:22:05 PM
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Thanks tb, these are the style I'm trying to match 97+ type, I forget what they call em, lol.
sorry shag i only have the older steelies
Quote from: Billman on August 30, 2012, 03:16:33 AM
Wow nice turn around, mighty quick too.
Thanks! Within the next month there will be a much more drastic change ;D (http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/u373/AMC-Evolution/emoticons/d809d399.gif)
Thanks for the offer all the same tb!
Oops, I see it's been a bit since I thrown an update out here, no real progress to report, plans and actions have been set in motion though ;D . Had a bit of an upset with the roof when I stripped the body filler off, it's junk, swiss cheese no proper way to repair it :censored: :censored: to say the least :banghead: .
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After taking an angle grinder to it with a 24g disc, the evils were revealed. :o
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Basically the whole center section from the windshield to the back window is shot. My solution...
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Organ donor! Picked it up Sunday, has pretty much everything I need to make the 84 right. The parts car has some bad frame rot in the typical spots, so I don't feel bad about cutting it up to save a solid one.
One more pic, lol.
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Of course, it had to be hauled by another AMC. (Buddies wagoneer) 8)
congrats on eagle number three it looks to have lot of good parts on it.
Thanks, and yes it does have many good parts on it, all of which will be saved and put back out to those who may need them.
Nice looking Jeep towing it home too!
Quote from: vangremlin on September 19, 2012, 11:27:14 PM
Nice looking Jeep towing it home too!
x2, very sweet Wagoneer! Your buddy should be proud.
I will say, the waggy is kick :censored: , nice comfy seats, and all the power it needs (360). He got that I think early this year out of PA, was already lifted, I helped him put on the brush guard, and built recovery points for him. I'm glad we chose it to haul the eagle out of the mountains rather than my cherokee, lol, would've been quite the hairy ride :o .
Haven't made really much headway lately, still doing furnace battle, making air boxes, plenums, duct work, etc. However, I managed a few things, happy to say the parts car runs, drives, and mostly stops! lol
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That made me quite happy, I know I've said it numerous times, but these things are too heavy to push around with half flat tires, lol. Took the ole bugger for a little trip over to my parents for some air, lol, (just across the road). Then a bit of ambition hit, I decided to make some progress on the red car. It still had the busted windshield in, so that had to go, but in order to get to it, a little diassembly is required, since I was that far I figured I'd start prepping the car for its scalping, lol. Out went the windshield, I'll just say, it's a royal pain in the arse trying to remove a shattered one with out breaking it further and making a big mess.
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It is possible though, took me about an hour to carefully cut it out via utility knife. Before that process, I had my little helper hanging out with me, lending a paw in removing miscellaneous interior pieces.
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Here he is helping me remove the rear seat, haha, ok so he just sits there and gives me puzzled looks as I dismantle the car.
Headliner removal, soooooo easy with the windshield out of the way, :rotfl: .
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Managed to get the rest of the glass out without breaking it, so that was a big plus, I hate cleaning up broken glass. Now the 84 is ready to go back outside (covered of course) so the parts car can enter and start donating goodies.
Random dog pic. He perched himself up on the drivers seatback to supervise me removing the rear window.
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Just a peak at another thing to fix, Haven't a clue how one could dent a car here but, then again, stolen cars are seldomly treated well, hahaha.
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Maybe this weekend I'll have some time to dismantle what I need from the parts car, and start my roof chopping/grafting project. This should be interesting, I've never taken on something like this before, floors, quarters, doorskins, yes, but never a roof skin.
lol thanks, trying to get it back on the road before snow flies, lol.
The jack is about a year and a half old, the miss and I adopted him earlier this year, born deaf so he's a handful, lol, have to watch him like a hawk. He's a great dog though, about the most amiable creature in existance, :rotfl: .
Little rundown of what's been brewing at the shaggshack (try saying that three times fast, hahaha).
Thurday night: Cut the roof off the parts car, did a little test fit to the 84.
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Friday night:
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Prepped the car and replacement roof to become one, lol, tacked into place, and ran a few beads.
Saturday Afternoon:
Had to work in the am, so got a late start, I welded the roof up soilid (yes that's approximately a 20' bead), then proceeded to grind all that down, with a blend wheel, lol.
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Next up, I had the quater window delete to do, went out and bought a piece of sheet metal, made my cut outs, and formed them via Irish knee, :idea: .
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All welded up ready for grinding, only almost burned the car up once, :imwithstupid: , my so called flame barrier caught fire. I got it before the car went up though.
Sunday Afternoon:
Again a late start, had to do a little lawn battle and swap out my thermostat in the house (never ending, hahaha).
Spent Quite a bit of time grinding the welds on the delete plates, then started prepping for filler.
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You can see the burn mark in the panel here, the fire was on the inside, got pretty hot to discolor the outside :o , warped it too >:( .
Started my first layers of fill, and that's where I left off. I'm satisfied so far with how it's all coming together, if I keep this momentum up, I'll be ready to lay paint on the roof very soon. Almost time to move it across the street to the heated barn, ;D .
Way to go! Looks like a ton of work but never the less its looking good. Will be interesting yo see how it looks finished without the opera windows. Hopefully there will be no blind spots.
Great work with the roof and window delete. You were moving right along this weekend!
Thanks guys! :occasion14: Yeah lots of work, the car had the typical rot around the opera windows, so I figured I mind as well "Hornetize" it and eliminate the problem from returning.
Since the last update, much has happened, I got sick for a bit, lost a couple days due to going to bed as soon as I got home from work, dragged rear for a day or so cause I still felt like :censored:, Saturday 10/13 came around, got a late start due to work in the am, then taking a trip out to pick up a replacement windshield, and finally cleaning out the barn in preparation for the Eagle. Worked until about 2:30 am, ended with this.
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Sunday: Right back to work, finished the filler work, cleaned the car, masked it off (I flipping hate masking) and finally shot some primer at the ole booger.
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Then I cranked the heat in the barn, and walked away for a while, lol. Returned to the car a couple hours later to do wet sand battle, ended up needing to do another coat of primer, I had wanted to paint it Sunday, oh well I guess.
In rolls Monday, Got started at about 6pm, wet sanded the prior nights work, cleaned the car, remasked a few areas, cleaned the car, and started slinging paint at it.
First coat:
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Last coats:
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The result:
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Not bad for leftover single stage crap I had laying around.
Tuesday night 10/16, went home and dove into work head first, the result:
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Windows in, moldings on, car semi cleaned and 10/17:
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it's back in action! :blob1:
It's more like a BLACK headed step child now......
Looks really good. How are you going to finish the interior where the window use to be?
Quote from: rollguy on October 31, 2012, 07:08:07 PM
It's more like a BLACK headed step child now......
:rotfl: Nah, it just got a new toupee, hahahaha.
Quote from: eagleman on October 31, 2012, 07:41:24 PM
Looks really good. How are you going to finish the interior where the window use to be?
Thanks! My plan, hopefully, I can find a 4dr hornet or concord in the jy, and grab the sail panels from that. In theory it should work, lol. Time will tell though, if I absoultely had to, I could modify the existing panels, little plastiwelding, and maybe have something decent :dontknow: .
Nothing really to update here, was fighting carb issues (rebuild solved it), fuel leaks (fuel lines, gas tank leaks), choke issues (switched to a manual to solve), yadda, yadda, yadda. Otherwise been running well, and seems to be happy serving as my daily commuter 8) . So just a few pics of some current doings.
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Little distributor tuning.
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New throttle bracket to replace the cobbled one, little scrap metal, couple holes, few whacks with the hammer, couple tweaks with the vise, lol.
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Much nicer.
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Last ditch attempt to get the electric choke working, adapted a Rochester unit to the motorcraft. Fail, bound up and wouldn't work properly, I think I know why, but I switched to a manual choke for now (got really sick of tinkering with the thing).
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The junkyard crab.
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Yay tractor parts!
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Rebuilt.
Solution for adapting the MC, utilizing a factory adapter from a 304.
(http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz55/shaggimo/Eagle%204dr/MC2100/110220123631.jpg)
(http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz55/shaggimo/Eagle%204dr/MC2100/110220123681.jpg)
(http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz55/shaggimo/Eagle%204dr/MC2100/110320124021.jpg)
So far no problems.
Took it out on a little road trip couple weekends ago, out to Albany, over to Vermont, up through the Green Mountain range then back home (roughly 330-350 miles). Ole booger did well, no hicups, no complaining, and averaged about 23 mpg. ;D
(http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz55/shaggimo/Eagle%204dr/sedanVT.jpg)
The only pic I took on the trip, lol.
Looks really good! And sounds like its running well also! Great work!
Thanks Van, yup, finally to the point where I can consider it reliable daily transportation 8) .