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The Restoration starts!- '80 Eagle Turbo Diesel

Started by rollguy, November 04, 2006, 09:09:03 PM

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rollguy

#60
I need to get head gasgets, and I am sure I can ge them from Italy or some other Euro country.  These engines are a modular design, so a 4,5,or 6 cyl gasget would work. I got the fuel pump on ebay. It is from an Alfa Romeo 4 cyl VM Diesel. It is a perfect match, and works great. 
I got the car started this afternoon.  I still have some wiring issues to deal with, and then replace the head gasgets, and it should be ready to go!
1980 Eagle Turbodiesel Wagon (only 2 known to exist as of 2008)- 7-7-2011 Flight to it's new nest @ Rambler Ranch
1983 Eagle Wagon  Tan over Copper
1982 Eagle SX4 "ALTREGL"  (avatar photo)
1982 Eagle 4 Door Sedan  Copper over Satin Black
1985 Eagle Sport Wagon October 2007 ROTM (SOLD)
4 Biofuel powered Benzs ('98 E300, '82 300 CD, '82 300 TD (wagon), '80 240 D)
1983 GMC Van (6.2 Diesel)
1985 Mitsubishi pickup (2.3 Turbodiesel)

IowaEagle

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Not a Jeep.  Not a Car.  Its an AMC Eagle!

1982 Eagle SX/4 Sport;
1980 Concord DL;
1970 Ambassador 2 Dr HT, SST
2002 Hyundai Santa Fe;
2008 Jeep Patriot Sport - Freedom Drive II

80SpiritGT

Mandatory movie file required.

;)


Purely so I can drool over it of course.  ;D

rollguy

If I could figure out how to get a video on line, I would make one!
1980 Eagle Turbodiesel Wagon (only 2 known to exist as of 2008)- 7-7-2011 Flight to it's new nest @ Rambler Ranch
1983 Eagle Wagon  Tan over Copper
1982 Eagle SX4 "ALTREGL"  (avatar photo)
1982 Eagle 4 Door Sedan  Copper over Satin Black
1985 Eagle Sport Wagon October 2007 ROTM (SOLD)
4 Biofuel powered Benzs ('98 E300, '82 300 CD, '82 300 TD (wagon), '80 240 D)
1983 GMC Van (6.2 Diesel)
1985 Mitsubishi pickup (2.3 Turbodiesel)

80SpiritGT

Check out You Tube. They wil host movies for you for free.

Or, if you have your own web site, you may be able to upload it there, and just supply people with the link to it. Or, I may be able to host it for you, but you would have to send it to me some how. If its too large email might not work, in that case, you might have to mail it ot me on disk. In any event, it seems to be taking me decades to get anything done lately.

eaglewagon1

Whats the news on the ol' turbo diesel?  im a little out of date here, i may have missed something........
1979 Camaro z28  < daily driver, 350/4 speed
1989 chevy shortbed (partial sport package)
1984 IMAGINARY AMC Eagle

rollguy

I have had so many projects that I have hot had time to work on it.  It is not far from being road worthy, but still too many projects right now.
1980 Eagle Turbodiesel Wagon (only 2 known to exist as of 2008)- 7-7-2011 Flight to it's new nest @ Rambler Ranch
1983 Eagle Wagon  Tan over Copper
1982 Eagle SX4 "ALTREGL"  (avatar photo)
1982 Eagle 4 Door Sedan  Copper over Satin Black
1985 Eagle Sport Wagon October 2007 ROTM (SOLD)
4 Biofuel powered Benzs ('98 E300, '82 300 CD, '82 300 TD (wagon), '80 240 D)
1983 GMC Van (6.2 Diesel)
1985 Mitsubishi pickup (2.3 Turbodiesel)

eaglewagon1

wheres the second one located? does a member own it?
1979 Camaro z28  < daily driver, 350/4 speed
1989 chevy shortbed (partial sport package)
1984 IMAGINARY AMC Eagle

IowaEagle

<a href="http://www.wunderground.com/US/IA/Toledo.html?bannertypeclick=miniStates">Click for Toledo, IA Forecast" border="0" height="100" width="150 [/url]  


Not a Jeep.  Not a Car.  Its an AMC Eagle!

1982 Eagle SX/4 Sport;
1980 Concord DL;
1970 Ambassador 2 Dr HT, SST
2002 Hyundai Santa Fe;
2008 Jeep Patriot Sport - Freedom Drive II

83Eagle!

I did not know that it was spotted in a 'yard.  That is crap.  If it is still there we need to get it to RollyGuy
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"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they
are genuine."

- Abraham Lincoln


1983 Eagle Wagon
2003 Saturn LW200
2007 Saturn Ion
1985 Mallard Class C motor home

After our fiasco with the Toyota Corolla I got for my wife I believe I am done with Japanese vehicles.

Dude you are preaching to a choir member that is close to becoming an AMC Minister if you know what I mean.


eaglewagon1

if it gets crushed we need to have a moment of silence.... is nobody seriosly trying to find it?
1979 Camaro z28  < daily driver, 350/4 speed
1989 chevy shortbed (partial sport package)
1984 IMAGINARY AMC Eagle

IowaEagle

<a href="http://www.wunderground.com/US/IA/Toledo.html?bannertypeclick=miniStates">Click for Toledo, IA Forecast" border="0" height="100" width="150 [/url]  


Not a Jeep.  Not a Car.  Its an AMC Eagle!

1982 Eagle SX/4 Sport;
1980 Concord DL;
1970 Ambassador 2 Dr HT, SST
2002 Hyundai Santa Fe;
2008 Jeep Patriot Sport - Freedom Drive II

rollguy

UPDATE:
I got started working on the car again this week to get it ready for the meet in Omaha this summer.  I was able to put power to the glow plugs and it started right up (at least a year since it was last started).  I drove it from the back yard to the shade covered driveway so I could start working on it.  The first order of business was to get the glow plug system working.  The original system had a solenoid wired to some kind of resistor (timer?) that did not work.  Since I am familiar with Mercedes Benz glow plug systems, I decided to use a 6 cyl glow plug timer and wiring from a 1991 300D.  I got the parts from my local self serve wrecking yard for cheap (compared to the dealer).  Here are photos of the finished (nearly) project:
This photo shows the wiring on the glow plugs

Glow plug timer

I was starting to finish hooking up the wires inside and noticed some fried wires under the dash (after removing the A/C tray:

The entire rear wire harness has fried wires along it's length:


I am in need of the entire rear wire harness from the connection under the left kick panel all the way to the rear (photo of wire harness removed):

1980 Eagle Turbodiesel Wagon (only 2 known to exist as of 2008)- 7-7-2011 Flight to it's new nest @ Rambler Ranch
1983 Eagle Wagon  Tan over Copper
1982 Eagle SX4 "ALTREGL"  (avatar photo)
1982 Eagle 4 Door Sedan  Copper over Satin Black
1985 Eagle Sport Wagon October 2007 ROTM (SOLD)
4 Biofuel powered Benzs ('98 E300, '82 300 CD, '82 300 TD (wagon), '80 240 D)
1983 GMC Van (6.2 Diesel)
1985 Mitsubishi pickup (2.3 Turbodiesel)

IowaEagle

I am guessing that harness should be the same as found in gasoline versions.
<a href="http://www.wunderground.com/US/IA/Toledo.html?bannertypeclick=miniStates">Click for Toledo, IA Forecast" border="0" height="100" width="150 [/url]  


Not a Jeep.  Not a Car.  Its an AMC Eagle!

1982 Eagle SX/4 Sport;
1980 Concord DL;
1970 Ambassador 2 Dr HT, SST
2002 Hyundai Santa Fe;
2008 Jeep Patriot Sport - Freedom Drive II

thereverendbill

Awesome that you got it running again.  i have been toying with the idea of a cummins 4B in an eagle and i have an engine sitting at the garage (out of an excavator that fell off the trailer).  i may start looking for a donor eagle once I get some more stuff finished up at the topsoil plant (my front yard)
1980 Eagle 2 door sedan (future solid axle swap)
1981 Eagle Kammback (restoration in progress)
1983 SX/4 SOLD
1983 Eagle Limited wagon  *For Sale* SOLD
1988 Jeep Comanche Pioneer (daily driver)
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