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The Toad
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 Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 2:31 pm Post subject: The Wagon |
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Don't plan on doing much over the summer performance wise, but here is what I'm going to do:
rebuild carb (if I can somehow find out which rebuild kit to get for the 2150)
New rear hatch seal (expensive, but needed)
New door handles if I can find them affordable
8-Track or cassette dial radio (anybody have one, I'm willing to trade Blaupunkt CD player and amp for it)
New springs (XJ leafs will work, will need to special order front coils)
New shocks
and mirrors
if I can find one cheap, aluminum valve cover, (hopefully with 4.0 head attatched)
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bowtie6872
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| Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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I'd install the amp..
and get an i pod.. and load your 8 tracks /catt on it..
catt and 8 tracks DO NOT like the heat in cars from the sun..
you will kill them.. and that will be that..
run the amp input cables to the driver seat. and you can plug the i pod into them..
or get a radio with an i pod input..
do the shocks..
you don't need new springs..
use door handles will work..
what years cross over..
and I'll look next time i"m j/y crawl'n |
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The Toad
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I have an iPod, I don't like it, only a 2 gig.
What I would do is:
8-Track player, with 8-Track to cassette converter, and a cassette to headphone jack converter
My drivers side door handles barely work
With Eagles, 80-88 work for most things, Concord and Spirit also work
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1981 AMC Eagle Kammback Iron Duke
1983 AMC Eagle Wagon 258
1976 AMF Crestliner Crusader 770 135HP Johnson 2 Stroke V4
1984 Honda V65 Saber VF1100
1995 Ford F150 XLT 302
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JOES66FURY
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My drivers side door handles barely work
With Eagles, 80-88 work for most things, Concord and Spirit also work |
Take the rear door panels off and clean and lube all the linkage from the hanled to the latch........check to see if the connectors are in good shape or broken....this wil likely be your issue not the handles.....you may be able to adjust the rods...
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The Toad
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| Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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When she gets back, I'll do that
front drivers side interior handle needs a new spring though, and I'm getting the whole handle for the price of shipping
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1981 AMC Eagle Kammback Iron Duke
1983 AMC Eagle Wagon 258
1976 AMF Crestliner Crusader 770 135HP Johnson 2 Stroke V4
1984 Honda V65 Saber VF1100
1995 Ford F150 XLT 302
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JOES66FURY
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| The Toad wrote: | When she gets back, I'll do that
front drivers side interior handle needs a new spring though, and I'm getting the whole handle for the price of shipping |
When the panels is off have someone actuate the handle.....you can see how the linkage works....once you establish what each rod/lever does you should be able to pick out where the problem is.......its pretty easy, just don't disconnect anything.....I suggest drawing a little sketch of the rods and where thay go incase one or 2 come off you will know where they go.....you can also use different paint pens to mark where they attach to...
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tiresmoke
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Hey kiddo, post up some pics of your car.....
Yeah, we've goven you shit for liking Eagles(and will likely continue to do so), but hey......something for everyone.
I'll offer what I tell my own soon-to-be 18 year-old son....concentrate on the essentials first, then move on to the fun stuff. Joe's got a great pointer for the door mechanisms...
BTW, why would you WANT such an antiquated stereo system?
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The Toad
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| tiresmoke wrote: | Hey kiddo, post up some pics of your car.....
Yeah, we've goven you shit for liking Eagles(and will likely continue to do so), but hey......something for everyone.
I'll offer what I tell my own soon-to-be 18 year-old son....concentrate on the essentials first, then move on to the fun stuff. Joe's got a great pointer for the door mechanisms...
BTW, why would you WANT such an antiquated stereo system? |
because I have more 8-Tracks and cassettes than CDs, and the CD player just looks wrong in there
and I need the space where the amp is in the car for a CB
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1983 AMC Eagle Wagon 258
1976 AMF Crestliner Crusader 770 135HP Johnson 2 Stroke V4
1984 Honda V65 Saber VF1100
1995 Ford F150 XLT 302
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The Toad
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That is what I would like my radio to look like
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1981 AMC Eagle Kammback Iron Duke
1983 AMC Eagle Wagon 258
1976 AMF Crestliner Crusader 770 135HP Johnson 2 Stroke V4
1984 Honda V65 Saber VF1100
1995 Ford F150 XLT 302
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bowtie6872
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| JOES66FURY wrote: | | The Toad wrote: | When she gets back, I'll do that
front drivers side interior handle needs a new spring though, and I'm getting the whole handle for the price of shipping |
When the panels is off have someone actuate the handle.....you can see how the linkage works....once you establish what each rod/lever does you should be able to pick out where the problem is.......its pretty easy, just don't disconnect anything.....I suggest drawing a little sketch of the rods and where thay go incase one or 2 come off you will know where they go.....you can also use different paint pens to mark where they attach to... |
drawing, are you for real..
why, cell phone camera or dig camera pic..
more than likely the 1 dollar plasic clip is broken.
the rod ajd might be off..
that be nice and easy |
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The Toad
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It doesn't not open
it won't close
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JOES66FURY
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| bowtie6872 wrote: | | JOES66FURY wrote: | | The Toad wrote: | When she gets back, I'll do that
front drivers side interior handle needs a new spring though, and I'm getting the whole handle for the price of shipping |
When the panels is off have someone actuate the handle.....you can see how the linkage works....once you establish what each rod/lever does you should be able to pick out where the problem is.......its pretty easy, just don't disconnect anything.....I suggest drawing a little sketch of the rods and where thay go incase one or 2 come off you will know where they go.....you can also use different paint pens to mark where they attach to... |
drawing, are you for real..
why, cell phone camera or dig camera pic..
more than likely the 1 dollar plasic clip is broken.
the rod ajd might be off..
that be nice and easy |
i prefer paper to cell pics.....too much clutter and cell pics can be pretty shitty.....but...thats just me.....
if it wont oen or close sounds like the latch is tweeked and the rods are off
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The Toad
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No, it does open, just, doesn't close
I should probably tell the guys at the shop
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1984 Honda V65 Saber VF1100
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JOES66FURY
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| The Toad wrote: | No, it does open, just, doesn't close
I should probably tell the guys at the shop |
That's an easy fix...the latch is bad or the return rods or clips are tweeked
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bowtie6872
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| Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:45 am Post subject: |
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| bet blasting the crap out of the latch with wd40 fixes it |
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