84 sedan project (beginners luck)

[Murdoc1905]

Thanks for the info, luckily I happen to have some angle iron laying around. I was reading somewhere that the frame itself breaks too, I was really hoping it wasn't that

[mo.eagles]

The cap on your compressor is needed to keep out the dirt. Those valves don't have the Schrader valve in them . If you pull off the other cap on that valve there is a stem ( with a square end ) to open and close that port.

[Murdoc1905]

Aahhhh, I was thinking those were adjustment screws. How do I identify the high and low pressure sides?

[TEagle85]

Another sedan saved, looks solid.

[Murdoc1905]

Did the eagle rot check thanks to Nightpath's video. http://forums.amceaglesden.com/index.php?topic=46446.0

Thankfully not a single piece of bad rust. I was especially afraid of around the Frame area but it's solid as far as I can tell. I did have a little moisture under my trunk carpet, but nothing serious at all.


On a side note, what is this for?

[Murdoc1905]

So I removed the seat, and as far as I can see only the 2 outside springs are broken. Everything else looks tip top. Should I try to replace the springs? Or attempt to repair them?


Sorry for blurry photo, was kinda a late spur of the moment decision to remove the seat.

[amcfool1]

thats the fresh air vent, try to repair seats, see john bendiks post, good luck, gz

[eagleman]

Fresh air vent? Here all this time I thought it was a squid release lever. Man learn something new everyday!!

[Murdoc1905]

That's what I was thinking too. But I can't imagine the 30 year old squids faired very well, and I got to thinking of the nightmare to try to find OEM AMC Squids.

[amcfool1]

[Murdoc1905]

Got the seat out using the 4 bolt method to remove it from the rails. Very easy, all but the front left nut was easily accessible from the back seat. Found the 2 broken springs as pictured above, and used John B's suggestion on the hose clamps, but I don't think they will hold up very well. I got the smallest that home depot had and clearly they weren't designed to go that small, heard a snap on 2 of them when tightening and they don't tighten any more. I put 2 clamps per spring. With one "good one" per that is actually holding tight. I may switch to cable clamps as they seem to hold a lot stronger. We will see. I discovered that the main bar that runs on top of the seat was snapped as well so I bought some 3/16th bar from home depot as well and used the cable clamps to attach it to the existing bar to stiffen it up. I forgot to take a picture before I put it back in the car, but I'll see if I can get one later today.

I would like to add that for 2 of the cable clamps it was something like 90 cents vs 83 cents per hose clamp.

[mo.eagles]

The back side of the compressor is marked with dis and suc .

[Murdoc1905]

I saw this guy by the fuel tank, is this a filter?

[amcfool1]

its the rollover fuel shutoff valve. no longer available. If your car is running, its ok, if it fails, you can take it out of the line.  gz

[Murdoc1905]

Question about rock chip rust. My idea is to repaint to whole car "someday" but I don't exactly have a timeline for that at this point. Is it better to leave all the little rust spots as they are, or wire wheel them clean and put down a cheap white spray paint to seal them up?