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Been awhile since i posted, going to try and keep this thread up to date. If you have seen my previous threads you will know that I work as a tow truck driver and have a bad habit of buying lovely cars and try to sell them, or if its something that tickles my fancy i might keep it. Anyways, here is a list of my current projects, 1985 AMC Eagle 4.2l wagon (the brown bomber)    Got this amazing machine about 4-5 months ago (after having owned a 1983 eagle wagon for several years as a project) found it on craigslist for sale at a automotive welding shop for $300, same price as the non-running rust bucket 83 i bought years earlier. So far the work i have done to it is: Cleaned out the idle jets in the carb nutter bypass swapped the seats and steering wheel from the 83 fixed dash lights, wiper, rear wiper and power lock wiring replaced bald rear end tires ordered new valve cover (plastic one has crack and the plastic one from the 83 is just as bad). replaced trans filter and adjusted bands Still to do: Raise 2'' with spring spacers up front and add a leaf or shackles in the back Install jeep rims and bigger tires tint windows fix horn fix exhaust leak 1988 Corolla FWD This is my first car and shes sitting at 450k km Swapped the engine and trans a few years back after loosing 4th gear ATM i have a 4age motor and trans out of a 91 corolla gts waiting to go in as soon as i have the time and space, still need an efi gas tank for it. 1987 Nissan hard body (noodle body)   This bad boy is the definition of poo poo box Currently its sitting at my buddys house growing mold for the last 5 months. Tons of rust, needs new box and frame rust repair, have a KA motor and 5-speed from a newer hardbody waiting to go in, but again, time money and space are what i need to get this poo poo nug back on the road. 1996 Honda Civic All but given up on this one bought this civic knowing it needed to pass a inspection for a broken window and bald tires, took it in for pre-inspection and got back a huge list of issues. Tackled most of the issues, window, tires, ball joints, brakes, brake lines, shifter bushings but when i got to the rear suspension to change out the rubber bushings i broke every bolt that holds it to the body, even the captive bolts that go into pockets in the frame. If anyone wants a civic cheap let me know. My roommates also drive toyotas that i end up doing alot of work on, one is an 88 cressida, swapped to 5 speed, 1 piece drive shaft and lsd, scary to drive in the rain and the other is a 87 celica gts, has lifter tick (found the hosed lifter and cam loab), just replaced the hi pressure power steering hose that involves dropping the cross member and removing the pump to change. Has a fully rebuilt head and cams on the way to fix the lifter tick.  Need to get some of these projects on the go to make room for more crap, trying to sell the civic and going to be scraping the 83 eagle after i get what i want off it for the 85, then i will probably buy more crap to fill in the gaps.
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Just keep posting that eagle.
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Dec 28, 2016 19:53
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cakesmith handyman posted:Just keep posting that eagle. I just really hate the fuckin' Eagles, man
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Dec 28, 2016 19:56
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Pics of the 87 Celica please Also more pics of the Eagle, yes.
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Dec 28, 2016 20:28
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More pictures     the tires im trying to get to fit  and the parts eagle   the celica   going to try and swap the seatbelts from the 83 into the 85 today, the retractors need a bit of work and i don't feel like flying through the windshield and having to be identified by dental records
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Dec 28, 2016 22:32
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When you sell the Eagle, let me know because I would love to road trip it out east and love it here. I bet it'd even pass an AB OOP. I'd be interested in the Civic but Slung would probably stab me at having to help redo all the captives.
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Dec 29, 2016 02:16
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"The seats are stuffed with eagle down, and the dashboard is made form the beaks of a thousand eagles. Also, there are some eagles under the floorboards." "That's an awful lot of eagle." "Yes, and yet..." (sighs) "What's wrong?" "It is just, the luxury edition has so much more eagle. It saddens me to think of you missing out." An awful lot of Eagle.
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Dec 31, 2016 00:26
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Seat Safety Switch posted:When you sell the Eagle, let me know because I would love to road trip it out east and love it here. I bet it'd even pass an AB OOP. No more new cars until we get rid of, or properly fix, your Lincoln.  Glad to see you back eberbs, love your projects. And yeah, for real, when you bore of the eagle, let me and SSSwitch know, we love those cars.
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Dec 31, 2016 01:15
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metaxus posted:An awful lot of Eagle. Guess what the official mascot is of the university I went to. No, really, you'd NEVER guess. During new student orientation, they walk you through a hand gesture to make your hand sorta kinda barely resemble talons, and what the "CAWWWWWW" noise should sound like if you're attending basketball or football games.
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Dec 31, 2016 01:44
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I went to Edgewater HS in Orlando, guess what our mascot is. I can't remember what dumbass hand gesture we did, but there was no cawwing.
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Dec 31, 2016 01:50
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14 BAR RIFF posted:I just really hate the fuckin' Eagles, man LOL. I get the reference. BTW, eagles make the lamest sounds IRL. Sorta half nose whistle and half shorebird squeek\chirp. The noise everyone associates with them is the red tailed hawk.
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Dec 31, 2016 02:01
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DFW has a radio station named The Eagle (KEGL). They have a drive-time show that's decent, but it also pokes fun at least a couple of times a week at the fact that their promo audio clip has a red tailed hawk. The company that owns it (iHeartMedia, aka ClearChannel) also killed off the only other major modern rock station a few weeks ago. It turned into a Christmas music station for a bit, now it's yet another adult contemporary station (to join the several others we already had). 
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Dec 31, 2016 02:16
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something finally showed up in the mail  time to brave the cold and put this thing on.
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Jan 5, 2017 21:39
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spent a few hours outside installing the valve cover. Doing an oil change and replacing the thermostat at the same time. ended up removing the wiper motor for better access to the rear by the firewall. Had to tap a few holes in the head and move a few things around but it got to cold and dark outside and i dropped a bolt and couldn't find it, hoping to finish it up before work tomorrow. The valve cover came with all the hardware including 2 rocker bridges to replace the stock ones that have a threaded bit for the stock plastic cover  
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Jan 6, 2017 01:43
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AMC Eagle spotted. Post approved.
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Jan 6, 2017 01:48
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I hosed up and bought another truck 1990 f-150 351 2wd long box     $200 for a running driving truck i had to buy it, plus with the noodle body down i needed something to haul poo poo with So far from looking around it needs a passenger side valve cover gasket and has a manifold leak on the passenger side and the tires are poo poo, does a good burnout tho. also has dual gas tanks but the front tank don't work, don't think im gonna bother looking into that tho, and the gas pedal flops around, think its just a bushing. And in cressida news my room mate just bought a 85 cressida for $400 that i towed because the front wheel came off and hosed the front end funny enough i got a call to put the spare tire on that cressida about 9 months ago, its still on it (not the one that came off) then sold them a spare set of doors (we got the doors back with the car), just going to part it out, he also bought a freshly rebuild motor\trans from a supra from another guy, lots of work to come.  Also found a rebuild head\cams for the 87 celica, and have new springs, struts, top mounts and cv axles to go in. Got the seatbelts for the eagle fixed up, got a co-worker to rewind the clock springs in them, gonna put those in once its above 0 outside. eberbs fucked around with this message at 20:36 on Jan 14, 2017 |
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Jan 14, 2017 20:33
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:DFW has a radio station named The Eagle (KEGL). They have a drive-time show that's decent, but it also pokes fun at least a couple of times a week at the fact that their promo audio clip has a red tailed hawk. Lemme guess, they killed the edge after not learning their lesson from killing the eagle the first time.  (I grew up listening to the eagle. Cindy skulle(?) owns)
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Jan 15, 2017 05:21
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eberbs posted:I hosed up and bought another truck You have such good taste in cars and I'm very jealous that you can actually act on that taste for cheap. 
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Jan 15, 2017 05:32
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looks like someone might finally buy the civic, guy says he has a car trailer and with the civic having no rear suspention its gonna be interesting to load it even with the tow truck, but ill get er done and ill try and get pictures. but this is loving epic eagle reading material right here: https://books.google.ca/books?id=PG...sprayer&f=false
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Jan 15, 2017 18:09
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drat every surface of that eagle is some shade of brown
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Jan 15, 2017 19:35
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ADINSX posted:drat every surface of that eagle is some shade of brown And somehow it's not actively hideous.
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Jan 15, 2017 20:31
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As someone who lives in Texas, with 100+ degree summers, these seats look like a cruel joke.
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Jan 16, 2017 01:29
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GOD IS BED posted:As someone who lives in Texas, with 100+ degree summers, these seats look like a cruel joke. Yeah; the seat's already starting to tear, and someone's cut a hole in the door to fit a speaker. Gross 
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Jan 16, 2017 01:30
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GOD IS BED posted:As someone who lives in Texas, with 100+ degree summers, these seats look like a cruel joke. I think living in Texas is the real cruel joke. Glad to see your thread back I liked the Toyota antics of the last one. And all the cool tow truck stuff you posted.
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Jan 16, 2017 01:35
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Ordered valve cover gaskets for the ford today and did a burnout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzKVNaiBEbM Also the steering seems fairly sloppy, gonna check that out tomorrow, track bar maybe? And this is for sale in my area https://victoria.craigslist.ca/cto/5957741288.html that eagle is loving mint.
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Jan 16, 2017 09:46
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Cop Porn Popper posted:Lemme guess, they killed the edge after not learning their lesson from killing the eagle the first time. Nailed it as hard as half of Dallas has nailed Cindy Scull. The Edge has been in a downhill slide for years though - ever since they did away with locally produced shows. I was a big fan of Edgeclub and The Adventure Club, though Josh (of Adventure Club fame) doesn't even live in DFW anymore. DJ Merritt is still in the area, but he was just another DJ on the Edge after Edgeclub ended. Scull is still on the air, but they have her on morning drivetime now. Not much talking, mostly music. It looks like KEGL kept one or two KDGE DJs.
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Jan 17, 2017 00:04
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Got around to installing the rewound seat belts into the eagle today, the po had a dog and the hair got loving everywhere, the retractors were jammed the gently caress up with hair.   Also changed out a heater hose that started to leak.
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Jan 17, 2017 22:52
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eberbs posted:Ordered valve cover gaskets for the ford today and did a burnout Haha awesome, that tire had no chance. My uncle has just a 302 version and it does wicked brakestands too. Is there nothing they can't do besides be good on fuel?
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Jan 18, 2017 00:43
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Those seatbelts fit the interior way better.
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Jan 18, 2017 03:25
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took my first actual look under the hood of the F150 today and found some issues. nice bare wires  looks like the exhaust leak is coming from the egr pipe  some homeless death spot bolts on the intake  coolant leak  and every valve cover bolt was basically falling out, so i tightened them up but to replace them the intake has to come off, so if the leak stops from tightening the bolts ill just leave it for now. Also took a look at the floppy gas pedal, the po wrapped a poo poo ton of electrical tape around the top of the pedal were it hooks to the throttle cable, haven't taken it off to see what fuckery is going on in there.  Then used my old sunpro code reader that i have had for years but never had the chance to use it. came back with a egr code (surprise)and fuel pump code (rear tank is disconnected).
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Jan 18, 2017 22:38
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That Eagle is by far the most awesome and every time you post it I wonder how many dollars it would take to convince you to part with it.  (also never stop posting your shitbox fleet updates, it gives me motivation to make more of my shitbox fleet autoperambulatory)
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Jan 18, 2017 23:59
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Replaced the passenger side door handle today, it was broken when i got the car but came with a few spares so i changed it out but when it got cold the door got iced up and when i hulked out on the handle it broke again. edit: the replacement is the one on the right Oh and looks like im gonna be doing a heater core in the eagle aswell, gently caress my life. After i replaced the thermostat and leaking heater hose it looks like the pressure in the system blew out the core because now i get steam coming out of my vents, and it smells like maple syrup for some reason.
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Jan 20, 2017 21:22
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Just got through the worst snow here in 5 years or so, gently caress i hate snow. Worst part of the snow is im still waiting for the heatercore from rockauto for the eagle to show up so i had to run the f150 with chains and it was poo poo. Finally got the civic sold, towed it out to the new owner, he's stripping the engine for his mint civic, i only lost about $500-600 on the sale. Win some lose some i guess.    Trying to sell the f150 so i can put that money into the noodle body but i need to figure out the sloppy steering in the 150 before i sell it. And in Cressida news my roommate got a box 2 inspection on it from the cops for tinted windows and loud exhaust, hes got 30 days to get it inspected or its off the road.
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Feb 14, 2017 20:20
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Does the Ford have twin beam suspension? Those get really, really sloppy.
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Feb 15, 2017 01:59
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Breakfast Feud posted:Does the Ford have twin beam suspension? Those get really, really sloppy. yes its the lovely twin beam setup, gonna look at doing a trans service as well, she's shifting pretty hard.
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Feb 15, 2017 06:42
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I'm so sorry to hear that. From my experience those are so hard to tighten up without replacing all the linkages or maybe the power steering pump. If yours is anything like my old ranger there is probably a good 1" of play before the system tightens up enough to even move the wheels. IIRC some of the linkages are adjustable, provided they're not rusted solid.
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Feb 15, 2017 13:54
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Heatercore finally showed up, on the day my insurance runs out. This is gonna be a lovely job for sure. As for the twin I beam slop on the ford, i did a little research and some people have luck adjusting the steering box, but most say its a temp fix and after awhile it gets worse than before. Don't want to sink money or time into the truck so i might try and sell it as is.
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Feb 16, 2017 06:20
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I'm pretty sure "steering" is more of a suggestion on those. I know my 80 had about a quarter turn of play, and my stepdad's 92 had almost a half turn. He got pulled over a lot from cops thinking he was drunk. Nope, just sawing away at the steering wheel and yakking on the phone.
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Feb 16, 2017 06:25
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Got started with the heater core replacement on the eagle, what a loving pain. It starts    Finding tons of rat poo poo and nest stuff  but the best part is the chewed wires, likely why my window sprayer, dimmer switch and horn don't work.   making progress but still a ways to go.  ended up braking some of the brittle plastic on the dash so im going to put the dash from the parts eagle in, its in much better shape. 
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Got the heater core installed, still a lot to do. Still need to remove the dash from the parts car and switch over the gauge cluster and such but i did quickly fix the wiring that was chewed. Nasty   Found the leak 
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