Ginger the 83 wagon

[tougeagle]

It did work, it bolted right up, and the paint is in great shape...the color doesn't match though... BUT, that's okay, just makes my car even more of a sleeper

Just one more thing on the Eagle to-do list.  We wouldn't know what to do if everything was complete on our cars and we had nothing to fix or upgrade.  Probably start taking it apart just so we could put it back together lol!

There's never nothing to do on an Eagle Once it's all complete, do an EFI swap... Then, swaybars... then... brakes... then..... the list goes on....

[83Eagle!]

My Eagle has some cracking like that in the spare tire area.  Mine has not started peeling, but I am thinking maybe I should take care of it before it becomes a problem.

[shanebo]

Well guys just put in about 4 hours tonight with Ginger and Im only a fraction of the way done labeling ever individual vaccume line and wire in preperation of the upcoming motor and trans pull. Ive pulled and rebuilt 4 motors in my life but they were all late sixties early seventies vehicles. I aint gonna lie  all these hoses are quite intimidating. I think the most frustrating part is all thos tiny hard plastic vaccume lines all over. Theres 4 so far that are just free hanging that i can not find where they were they are supposed to go to. one runs into the fire wall so my guess is its linked to the select trac some how, but I havent looked in the cabin area to see if thats it for sure. I need to get all of it out of the way so I can get to the exhaust inorder to drop the tranny. Once I get the motor and tranny out then Ill be in more familiar territory..Until I gotta hook it all back up again LOL. well wish me luck..Im hoping to have both out by next week.

[shanebo]

Well...Im mostly through labeling and disconnecting all the hoses and vaccume lines. Carb is off and Im fixin on pulling the intake and exaust manifolds hopefully tomorrow. its all down hill after after that... then out comes the transfer case and tranny.

[tougeagle]

I may be free for a while saturday if you want some help... if you can spare a lil gasmoney.....

Why are you pulling the engine? Rebuild or swap? It runs excellently...

[maximus7001]

Well guys just put in about 4 hours tonight with Ginger and Im only a fraction of the way done labeling ever individual vaccume line and wire in preperation of the upcoming motor and trans pull. Ive pulled and rebuilt 4 motors in my life but they were all late sixties early seventies vehicles. I aint gonna lie  all these hoses are quite intimidating. I think the most frustrating part is all thos tiny hard plastic vaccume lines all over. Theres 4 so far that are just free hanging that i can not find where they were they are supposed to go to. one runs into the fire wall so my guess is its linked to the select trac some how, but I havent looked in the cabin area to see if thats it for sure. I need to get all of it out of the way so I can get to the exhaust inorder to drop the tranny. Once I get the motor and tranny out then Ill be in more familiar territory..Until I gotta hook it all back up again LOL. well wish me luck..Im hoping to have both out by next week.

The only other hard vacuum line trough the firewall would be for the hvac.

[shanebo]

I think im probably just going to do a light inframe rebuild instead of a pull...I want to replace all the gaskets(she leaks pretty bad) and put new rings rod bearings an hoses in her. Shes also geting a rebuilt trans, new brake system and  possibly getting the t-case rebilt...I haven really looked at that yet though....once i get her running like a top and get the little bit of body and interior work she needs done I can start saving up to to the EFI swap . Its gonna take a while but Its such a solid bodied car I can put all my time effort into the drive train instead of mending rust.

[shanebo]

Well tranny is getting close to being removed....a few more bolts and i should have it. The weather here is certainly hindering my progress though..its very cold and busted knuckels hurt twice as bad!!

By the way, any of you guys know if the tube off the cat that runs up the the air cleaner can be replaced or do I need a whole new cat. The tube is rusted thin as paper and It crumbled away. Tougeagle has offerd to help me put all these hoses back together when I get my tranny back from the shop...Ill tell ya my mechanical abilities are very much limited to pre 80's cars....once the emission control laws started Im lost with all thes hoses and wires!! Im sure glad to know someone that knows what theyre doin with that stuff!!

[IowaEagle]

Is there enough of the tube left at the Cat end to use one of those silicone hose repair kits?

[shanebo]

Theres about 1.5 inches or so..Im hoping so cause I really dont have the money for a new cat...but I got a whole laundry list of stuff transmission, gaskets ect...before im gonna get all twisted up about that thing.

I think I will try one of those though Doug... thanks for the idea

[shanebo]

Well the exaust is officialy off. It was kinda hard working around all of those hoses...I would have just pulled them all off but after talking with tougeagle about them I decided to keep the car as it is. Im trying to keep everything at its point of origion cuz id never be able to remember where everything went. Ive decided that all Im gonna do motor wise is replace all the gaskets including rear main... its got a slight leak but I figure do it now while the tranny is out and relativly easy to get to.

[shanebo]

Well I found a place that will rebuild the tranny for a good price...now I just gotta finish getting it out.

[tougeagle]

it looks like you do have the head bolt mounted idler tensioner... however, if you have plans of getting rid of your AC you can easy go to a v-belt setup and not have to worry about that bracket at all.

[shanebo]

Heres why the transfercase wasnt workin

[tougeagle]

Yep, I figured as much... I remember looking under it months ago when he first showed it to me, and saw a few dangling lines and broken ports.