'83 Eagle Limited Saved. Yep, I bought another one---(UPDATED 5/8/11)

[shaggimo]

Looks good and solid! Good pick!

[amc78concord]

IT RUNS!!!

My friends were agging me to start it, but I wanted to make sure everything was okay to do so... so I checked everything that I needed to, and it came down to "Why am I waiting, LET's GO start it!"

I took a half-quart of oil and dumped it into the oil fill for top-end lubrication. Then dumped some gasoline down the carb... pumped vigorously, and attempted to start, and whamo!! VROOM!  It started instantly, like it was started 6 minutes ago, not 6 years ago!

Of course it was hard to keep running with the crappy (for lack of a better word) gasoline. I just ended up putting more gas in the tank and carb so it got a better mix, and it kept running then. Still have to look at other things, though. It's not running 100% as anyone would imagine, but HEY IT RUNS.

All of the country boys in my class with their BIG TRUCKS were talking trash about my Eagle the whole morning... until she fired up. They shut their mouths after that... 

[IowaEagle]

Its aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive!

[maddog]

congats on it starting dude and shutting up the non believers. hey i'm a country boy, i have friends who are country boys and they don't talk trash about my eagles any more after seeing what they can do. now if only my coworkers would stop telling me to sell them and get a "real car" as they put it.

[vangremlin]

Glad to hear you got it running!  Its amazing how these engines will start right up after being neglected for so long.  I hope you got a chance to change the oil before starting.  I revived a Gremlin that had been sitting for 8 years, and when I changed out the old oil before trying to start it, there was a pint of water in the oil pan - must have been from condensation as it was very clean water, not anti-freeze.  Congrats!

[thereverendbill]

a fellow 83 limited wagon owner here.  Gratz on getting it running, nothing feels better than the first time it runs and stays running under it's own power

[amc78concord]

Thanks guys! I can't wait to get back into the shop and keep working on it, it's a lot of fun.  I think next is to clean up the interior and exterior, and see if I can get rid of the mice smell 

I hope you got a chance to change the oil before starting.

I didn't, but that's why I put in some fresh oil too.  I just wanted to see if it would run, and any old oil will allow an engine to run for a bit. No long term, that's for sure...the oil is completely black lol

[Reitan]

All of the country boys in my class with their BIG TRUCKS were talking trash about my Eagle the whole morning... until she fired up. They shut their mouths after that... 

i did the same thing with my '85, Lewis. all the guys in my ag mech classes (i had two back to back first and second semester) wanted to know what the heck kinda car he was when i brought hm in. when i told them he could beat all their trucks (big ones too) they laughed and scoffed at him. so when i got him running again (new starter, starter solanoid and ignition control module) i took him out of the shop and around the parking lot a couple times. that weekend when i took him home, i went straight to a dirt road (newly wet mind you  ) and got a video  of me and my boyfriend (who Lewis really likes btw) doing donuts and fishtails. showed the naysayers the next monday, and they haven't said a single thing since 

[JayRamb]

YAY good for you! It's so nice to save Eagles.  I just saved a Black 84 Limited ordered from the factory.  Fun project...very little to do. 

[amc78concord]

Got the car titled in my name today, so it's officially mine now.    Also bought a gas syphoning kit, so I'm going to get that nasty gas out of there on Thursday (My next lab day in the school shop). I let you know how it goes!

YAY good for you! It's so nice to save Eagles.  I just saved a Black 84 Limited ordered from the factory.  Fun project...very little to do. 

Hey cool, make a post about it. I would love to hear your story, and if you did I'm sorry...Give me the link then!

[Pat]

Haven't been on for a while. Glad to see you got it running. Congrats. on showing them what an Eagle can do.

[Kyle G.]

I hope you get rid of the mouse problem, I once had mice get into my exhaust when I had my car parked in a pole shed for a awhile.  That was NOT a nice smell.

[amc78concord]

I hope you get rid of the mouse problem, I once had mice get into my exhaust when I had my car parked in a pole shed for a awhile.  That was NOT a nice smell.

I bet haha   Sounds gross lol, I bet I'll be in for a LOVELY time when I have to clean my car up... I bought a face mask and heavy duty gloves... I'm prepared for anything!!!   

[shaggimo]

Eaglegirls SX had a terrible rodent problem (lucky they didn't go after the seats), but the snakes took care of the pests, I was left with the clean up of, well you know, lol. I had to gut the interior and scrub each individual piece to get the nasty out (Baking soda and water works good on the seat belts, let them soak in it) . Diluted purple power works very nice on the plastic pieces  .

[jim]

So there's your solution to the rodent problem.
First you catch a few snakes - - -