Priya's SX/4 project

[priya]

So, hubby volunteered to look at the Eagle tonight.  We went out and fired it up and while it was idling rough he opened the idle mixture screws he said not even 1/4 turn and the idle smoothed right out and now its idling like a top in drive with the brake on.  Previously I had the idle mixture screws opened only 3/4 turn on one and about 5/8 turn on the other.  Hopefully it continues running like this, but I'll see over the next few weeks.

[priya]

Well, the Eagle went into storage for the summer yesterday.  

I told hubby I wanted my Corvette going and we can't afford to have both cars licensed at the same time so I won't be driving my Eagle again until fall.  I'm having seperation anxiety already.  I only got to put about 10 city miles on it since the carb changes/adjustments but it did run beautifully - wish I could have given it more of a testing than that, but what are you going to do?  I took it to a car club's A&W cruise night to show it off and although the club members mostly ignored me (perhaps they felt I was intruding) the people that did look at it liked it a lot.  Ward figured it appealed to women in particular.  I was hoping to take it to an open show and shine on June 22nd, but maybe I can convince hubby to pull it out of storage and put a one day permit on it for that.

[doneagle]

                 HI  Priya I am caught up to your last post .I would like to know what you did to the car this summer. do you have the car out now.
                    We have frizzing rain and snow hear today in west MI .please up date .     A FAN.....don

[priya]

Hi Don,

I am driving the car now.  Prior to that I made some adjustments to the 390 holley as the intake manufacturer Clifford recommended for a vehicle with up to 260 cubic inches and it eliminated a tendency for the car to bog or stall when the gas pedal was pressed on quickly.  At that time I noticed a lot of rust/sludge in the carb and cleaned it out.  Its been running really sweet since then but when I had it out on Friday I noticed a bit of a bog back in it until it warmed up.  I'm suspecting its collecting more rust/sludge from the fuel tank because the car sat for 15 years.  It would have been nice if I could have gotten a new tank for it but I'll just have to keep cleaning it out until it stops.  I've got two fuel filters on it but this really fine stuff is still slipping through.

The brakes were causing some trouble with them working normally while comming to a stop and then the pedal suddenly would start sinking to the floorboards.  The car would stop but it was pretty disconcerting.  We got a new master cylinder for it and went to install it Saturday but discovered it was leaking when we were bench bleeding it.  So, waiting for another new master cylinder to come in.  The rear axle was also quite noisy and my husband suspected a bad differential.  We removed the differential plug and he found water in the differential and the fluid low so now we're looking for a replacement with 3.07 gears.

Despite all that I'm absolutely thrilled with the car, it does a lot better on gas than my Corvette and is pretty spunky for a 80's six cylinder.  I get lots of thumbs up when I'm driving it and there's always someone wanting to ask me about it.

[IowaEagle]

... and another thumbs up from this direction.

[Prafeston]

Thanks for the update Priya! Glad to hear you are still around and still working on making the SX/4 one of the coolest ones out there! Hope everything gets sorted out and you are back on the road in no time! Keep updating and more pics as always!

[carnuck]

  Wondered if you were coming back

[eaglebeek]

Priya, it's good to see you posting on here. And I'm pleased to read you're driving your Eagle and enjoying it.

[priya]

Thanks everyone.

[EAGLER]

it´s always nice to see your project result again and again . and wellcome back priya

[maddog]

good to see you on here priya.

[doneagle]

           
                       HI thank you for the update .I am glad to see that you are still working on and improving on work already  done .the car looks great I wish silver looked that good .silver is in line for some paint has to wait for my grandson to fit it in . off subject again I am good at that ......a fan don

[priya]

Good luck with Silver Teneagle.

Thanks Eagler and Maddog.

[ISOAR]

Hi Priya,.. Let us know when you find the cause of your fading brakes. I'm having a similar problem with mine, One morning my pedal just hit the floor so I checked for low fluid, but  it was still full. So I decided the master cylinder must be the culprit and changed it. That solved nothing, so since I can't find any leaks, fluid or vacuum, I'm thinking possibly the booster. I keep thinking I must be missing somthing. If you or anyone else have any ideas, I would appreciate the help. Thanks
.

[priya]

Isoar, we replaced the master cylinder, my husband was sure this was the problem.  The previous brake fade was intermittent and I've only driven the car once since the master cylinder was replaced so although the brakes worked properly on that drive I suppose that doesn't prove it is fixed.  I'll ask Ward about your brakes later.