Re: [AMC-List] 1988 Eagle Premier

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

If you don't mind printing stuff off, http://www.alldatadiy.com has 1982 
newer vehicles manuals online for $25 per year (actually, I think it drops 
to $15 per year after the first). The info is organized just like the 
factory manuals which can be either good or bad depending on the manufacturer.

Matt

At 07:12 PM 9/27/2006 -0700, you wrote:
>Well, the Premier has a longitudinally-mounted engine. It's not transverse,
>like most FWD cars. So it might not be in that evil of a place. However, if
>I get the car, I will hunt high and low to find a manual on it so that I can
>repair whatever's reasonable myself.
>
>Does anybody know how possible a 4.0 conversion is? Since the car has
>absolutely no value at all, when I get enough dough to play with it, I might
>try to turn it into a more proper AMC by changing out the Eagle badges for
>AMC ones, and maybe putting Concord or Ambassador emblems on it,
>and installing a 4.0 would be nice. I'd probably try to find some '91-92
>taillights as well because I like them better.
>
>But that's IF I get this car, and IF I ever see fit to play around with it.
>Just thoughts bouncing around in my head.
>
>Thanks for the suggestions!
>
>Peace,
>
>Rhett
>
>On 9/27/06, Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Rhett,
> >
> > I just changed the A/C compressor clutch on my 96 Ram last weekend. It
> > wasn't that bad of a job (it took me about 3 hours, an hour of which was
> > getting the pulley off). It would have gone much faster if A) I had a
> > wrench the right size to get the fan off the engine so I could get the fan
> > shroud out of the way (a problem you're not going to have) and B) the
> > puller I rented from AutoZone had deep enough jaws to fit on the pulley
> > (it's on there with a light press fit). I also rented a clutch holding
> > tool
> > which worked great for the old clutch but not for the new one (this also
> > added time to the work). The only other special tool I needed was a pair
> > of
> > snap ring pliers. The only really bad part of the job was not being able
> > to
> > get the part from anyone except a dealer and it was $219 plus tax.
> >
> > All this being said, I would try and find out what exactly it will take to
> > fix this. Being that the car in question is front wheel drive, the
> > compressor could be in an evil place. Also, my experience was with a
> > Sanden
> > R-134a compressor which is most likely not what's on this car.
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > At 12:03 PM 9/27/2006 -0700, you wrote:
> > >Hello all! I'm looking at getting an a-b type car for not much money, and
> > I
> > >found a 1988 Eagle Premier ES for sale.
> > >
> > >The problems are a burnt-out "air compressor clutch" and a driver's seat
> > >belt buckle that needs to be replaced. Is this "air compressor clutch" a
> > >part to the air conditioning? Is the vehicle otherwise driveable with
> > this
> > >problem until I would get it fixed?
> > >
> > >Apparently, the car has all service records since new and has 140k on the
> > >clock. I've owned an AMC before and used to be a regular on this list
> > about
> > >5 years ago. If anyone can provide me some advice, that'd be great.
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >
> > >Rhett
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