Re: [AMC-list] Home again

[Jim Blair <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The PCV system has a restricter valve in it that is controlled by the BBD computer. If you did the Nutter Bypass, that rendered it inoperable and you need to replace the hose without the valve (which gets gummed up anyways) and put an older PCV (like from a '79 Spirit). Changing the oil you run will help a lot too. I switched mine to 15W50 Napa synthetic (made by Valvoline) and that cut blowby and smoke considerably (I used to run Delo 15W40)
   I'm going to be parting with a running 258 (with Clifford aluminum valve cover) from an '83 J10 I'm giving my son for parts (they won't let me take the complete truck to Canada due to lacking emission controls, so I'm taking out the drivetrain he doesn't need) I had converted the truck from a busted T5 to AW4 from a Cherokee with NP208. (trans and tcase are going into the '82 Spirit of the Eagle for my wife to drive this winter)
   Which bumper end caps do you have? Short or wrap into the body molding? I have some short ones somewhere (I'm slowly organizing all the extras I have, but I wish I had a semitrailer or a barn like I used to have to put them in!) Heck, I still have a spare front and rear diff (rear needs pinion bearings) with some low gears, but it seems a rare few in Seattle are still interested in Eagle parts.

Jim Blair, Lynnwood, WA '87 Comanche, '83 Jeep J10, '84 Jeep J10

From: "Tom" <tnmorrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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And, other than turning oil into aerosol (nothing like the smell of hot oil, mile after mile...), my SX/4 flew all the way from Maine to Michigan for the AMO National show and back again, no problem. I usually cross into Canada at Buffalo, but two hours into the trip, my wife asked, " Did you remember the passports?...". GPS to the rescue, and I 90, more or less, to Toledo, and I 75 to Downriver Detroit, and home(where I grew up). I spent Thursday washing and waxing, and cleaning off the engine. then went to the swap/show, only to find out the website was a bit off-- swap only.I did find a never-used digital radio of the proper era for my car('82), a pair of Eagle mudflaps(to go with the pair I already have), and a beautiful center console(with gages and an armrest) that I passed up because I couldn't afford it. And no bumper corners. And no reclining seats. Maybe next year...I went to the show Saturday; definitely worth the trip, like Greg said. Richard, I know you're using 
 your Concord as show booth material hauler, but it's worth being out there with the rest of us drivers. I have a couple pics of the clay model Marlin, and if I can extract it from my camera I'll post it, if anyone's interested. I'm posting late, because I stayed a few days after the show visiting folks. As usual, just about everywhere I went, someone would comment on my car, even at the tollbooths-favorably, I might add. Now, to figure out WHY I spray oil out the TOP of the valve cover when it's on long trips. I panicked last year when it started that, but it runs so well otherwise, I didn't really want to mess with it; plus, there's that money thing...I think I remember someone running the hose to the air cleaner through a jar to collect the oil so it wouldn't wet the filter; easy fix?    Tom Morrison
 		 	   		  
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