1985 EagleLockup or non lockup?

[Longhunter]

Can you please tell me if the 1985 Eagles came with a lockup or non lockup torgue converter?

Thank you.

[AMC of Houston]

Its a lockup.

[Longhunter]

AMC of Houston, I found an older post on the forum where IowaEagle stated that lockup torque converters went until 1984. Just wanted to make sure that my 1985 was a lockup.
                         
A new question:  Since my Eagle was a CA car one of the differences is it came from the factory with the serpentine belt. Can you tell me if there are any other peculiarities to it being a CA car? I am sure it had different emission standards but any difference in parts to other Eagles? Is the transmission a TF 998 or TF 904?


Thank you

[AMC of Houston]

You are correct on the Lockup thing.   I only saw lockup in the final Eagle TSM; so I assumed.......(and we all know what "assume" means!).   I checked my parts book, and it shows lockup only thru '84.   I learned something today - almost made it worth getting up!

Re the CA thing; I really don't know.  Some friends up in WI that used to work the AMC assembly lines have told me that the serp/non-serp was a luck-of-the-draw thing.   My '85 is a serp car, and it was sold new in TX.

Dunno on the trans ID or the CA differences.

[Longhunter]

Hello all,
             Still here in Syria for about another 30 days.

Do we know why AMC stopped in 1984 with the lockup converters? Is a lockup or non-lockup "better"? If a lockup is better can I convert my current 1885 non-lockup to a lockup and keep the same transmission?

Thank you.

[mudkicker715]

the 8nput shaft on the transmission is also different between the two.