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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: what every AMCer needs in their collection (Jamie Smith)
   2. Re: getting a 87 Eagle wagon (Jim Blair)
   3. Re: 401 crank wanted & IH question (Jim Blair)
   4. Re: Brought home a Vigilante over the weekend... (Jim Blair)
   5. Re: rare amc (Todd Tomason)
   6. Re: 401 crank wanted & IH question (Todd Tomason)
   7. Parts For New Projects & Parts To Finish Old Ones (Mr. AMC)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:01:29 -0700
From: "Jamie Smith" <oconner51@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] what every AMCer needs in their collection
To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <BAY109-DAV341406E716BB0CDACFE41BF660@xxxxxxx>
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I have no idea, there was nothing that should have got it deleted. I know there is a large group of people that flag ads to get them removed just because it is something they don't like and I have noticed that most of the AMC ads in this area have been being removed that way. Even mine have been deleted a few times and there was nothing that violated the rules or anything.

Jamie Smith

Spokane, WA.



  When I clicked on your link it said the ad had been removed.  I wonder why?

  Todd


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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:16:23 -0700
From: "Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] getting a 87 Eagle wagon
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A: I would at the very least do an '87 to '90 Renix exhaust header (It'll 
keep the motor emission compliant too as it has the EGR pipe!) The cat on my 
'88 Comanche lost it's internals into the then OEM muffler. I replaced the 
muffler but not the internals of the cat, and it passed emission sniff test 
with no probs. They said it was cleaner than most '95 vehicles.
   Do a google for"Carter BBD fix" and the site will come up. The carb is 
pretty easy to fix but a quick upgrade is a Motorcraft 2100 carb with 2 bbl 
4 bbl adapter and home made linkage. I got 20 mpg average hwy mileage with 
my mexican 6 with 998 lockup (when it wasn't needing a new torque 
converter), 225/75/15 tires and 2.37 gears. Same motor with 999 lockup, 
NP208, 2.72 gears and 235/75/15 tires with 2.72 gears in an '83 Cherokee 
full size got 20 mpg too. (I try to keep the same effective ratio with my 
setups and it seems to work well. My 258 powered J10 had a botched carb I 
patched on the side of the hwy and got 18 mpg with 727, NP208, 3.31 gears 
and 31" tires. My current '87 Comanche has 33" tires with 3.73 gears and 5 
speed.)


From: "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] getting a 87 Eagle wagon
To: "AMC List" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Neal, you will enjoy the Eagle wagon. I would however have the
exhaust
system redone by Mieneke or some other muffler shop. One of my
Eagles ad a
leaky exhausts, and with what passes for gas here in Houston,
the fumes when
stuck in traffic or just stopped at light would make you vomit.
I actually
quit driving it until I had a day off to take it to Mida's off
Gessner,
something like $189 for almost front to back inclucing cat
converter. I
think cat converters are the most worthless pieces of s*** ever
put on a
vehicle, but it required one, so put one back.

Can't help you on the brakes, as I don't do my own brakes!

On the carb, Paige's 88 Eagle neede a new carb and it is over
counter at
O'Reillys, it is a Tomco unit, rebuilt, and about $225 with core
exchange.
But what a difference. Her carb kept getting plugged up with
this yellowish
residue. If you look down the carb neck with flashlight, there
are two small
jets sticking out like a V. You might want to get a can of carb
cleaner,
with long red nozzle, and stick it in the pinhole openings on
both, blowing
them out. Those are idles, and they do get clogged and will
cause a Eagle or
Jeep, to stall, sometimes die, at stops, and just run crappy.
Again, some of
this has to do with the crappy 'designer gas' different areas of
the country
use. There is/was a website showing how to do this, I believe
Jim (carnuck)
sent to me a good whiles back. Just something with my limited
knowlege of
Eagles thought would toss in!

My Three Eagles (whihc sounds like a 60s show) get roughly
following gas
mileage:
81 Eagle 151/4cylinder/4speed/floor 23-25mpg
82 Eagle 258/AT/floor 15-17mpg
88 Eagle 258/AT/floor 15-18mpg
I do not know why the 88 gets a little bit better gas milage
except possibly
more 'highway' miles than stop and go. Have fun with your Eagle,
check this
place too:

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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 23:11:10 -0700
From: "Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] 401 crank wanted & IH question
To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <BAY114-F29099D292CE2DA77E090DBAC660@xxxxxxx>
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A: The IH 401 is a Red Diamond 6 (I worked on one in an old bus)


From: msproviero@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] 401 crank wanted & IH question
To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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AMC 304's were not used in IH vehicles.  The 304 was an IH
motor.  If you find a red 304, I would assume it was just an
emissions model that Frank referred to and the red paint is just
a coincidence with respect to IH.  IH also didn't make a "400"
or a "401" of their own according to BinderBulletin.org.  The
largest IH-made V8 displaced 392ci and they call it "the 392".
However, I agree that they referred to the AMC 401 as a "400".

See below for some search results from BB.  You'll have to
scroll through some of it due to some random search hits.

http://www.binderbulletin.org/forums/faq.php?s=&do=search&q=AMC+232+258+304+401&match=any&titlesonly=0

Try different search combinations including the keyword "AMC".
It coughs up some bits of info regarding special tools to
service AMC drivetrains and transmissions in the IH world.



-Spro

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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 23:15:41 -0700
From: "Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] Brought home a Vigilante over the weekend...
To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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A : Check out the http://m715zone.com


From: msproviero@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] Brought home a Vigilante over the
weekend...
To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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If I was going to change the transmission, I wouldn't bother
modifying the transfer case with "early anything".  Stuff like
that is a pain in the ass to replace if it breaks because you
have to waste time to go looking for it.  The likelihood of
another D300 being available among wheelers for about $150 is
fairly high.

I have Drill this weekend, so I will ask around the motor pool
about the military axles.

Not worth it to bother with the ancient tech in M-715 axles
unless you have one.  They have closed knuckles and other weak
steering parts that I would be wary of, as well as old drum
brakes.  That would all have to be replaced, as well as the
knuckles themselves.  I don't know if those old D70's were even
35-spline.  Did all D70's have 2-piece carriers like the old
ones?

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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 06:16:33 -0500
From: Todd Tomason <jayscore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] rare amc
To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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I like the hubcaps.  We used a set on our Pontiac 6000.

Todd

On Thursday 20 July 2006 23:43, Eddie Stakes wrote:
> Rare AMC here:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1988-AMC-Eagle-Premiere_W0QQitemZ17000983046
>1QQihZ007QQcategoryZ5357QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem not sure some would classify it
> as AMC, but it was....
> Eddie Stakes'
> Planet Houston AMX
> 713.464.8825
> eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.planethoustonamx.com
>
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 06:21:40 -0500
From: Todd Tomason <jayscore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] 401 crank wanted & IH question
To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <200607210621.40611.jayscore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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I was really hoping for a little more discussion on where to find a 401 crank.  
Does anyone make them aftermarket?  Are they hard to find used or NOS?  How 
expensive?

Thanks,

Todd


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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 07:50:00 -0400
From: AMC74Hornet@xxxxxxxxx (Mr. AMC)
Subject: [AMC-List] Parts For New Projects & Parts To Finish Old Ones
To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx, BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
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I finally got the switch, and plug to make my electrical auxiliary fan
work manually or by the thermostat. While I am at this I will install
another headlight switch from a Spirit and a gas gauge out of a Gremlin.
Hopefully that will cure my dome light and inst. light problem and also
my non functioning gas gauge. What a pain no gas gauge is. I also made
an aluminum molding to cover the latch mechanism for the hatch. That
needs to just be test fitted and polished out. I also received the
billet aluminum radiator overflow tank the I will modify into a
windshield washer reservoir tank. When I installed the billet tank for
the radiator over flow a few weeks ago it made the original stock
yellowed plastic washer tank look real shabby. I have to make a bracket
to mount it. I have already modified the filler cap for easy removal and
vented it. I will have to modify the inside of the filler neck so the
socket can fit into the tank with the nut to mount the pump. I will also
have to open up the hole in the bottom of the tank to mount the pump.
And then polish the whole tank and put a windshield washer logo on the
cap.
"Doc"




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