https://www.bjsoffroad.com/AMC-Metal...nt_p_2410.html

 

So time to start putting this thing together.

I highly suggest that if you take a project like an engine on you invest in a good Harmonic Balancer puller/installer.
This one was like $100 I think from summit racing a while back, but it does ALL KINDS of engines.. Ihave used it on my AMC V8s, the 2.5L, and our VW.




Yeah I masked over the engine builders SN numbers, then clear coated them with Engine enamel clear.

I sand blasted the in and out of the oil pan, then took a wire brush to the inside to smooth it out afterwards. Then black engine paint on the outside.

 

has it been said yet.... Lipstick on a pig. your level of attention to detail is entertaining to say the least! keep it up

 

So back to putting this pig together!

I always like to put a dab of RTV in the corners of the timing cover and the block, and then at the rear main cap.
Little things you know?




Always good to have an inch pounds torque wrench.



In the garage I have a crappy old computer that I keep my TSM's on for looking at toque specs.

 

Got the oil pan on and it was time to get some lube in it.
I was looking at the oil pump shaft, and I thought dang! it kinda looks like an AMC shaft size??
I needed to prime the engine.
So I took out and old priming tool I had, pressed out off the outside tube on the shaft, and it fit PERFECTLY!




LOL When I first fired up the drill I had forgotten to put the oil pressure sending unit in the hole.
Yeap!
Oil all over me and my garage floor.

SO I think my oil pump is working OK? Well come back to that maybe at a latter date???



COOL! Ready for some more parts.

 

So I sand blasted my valve cover (so weird not saying covers as in two).
Repainted them with crinkle paint that did not crinkle, then sanded the fins to make em look purdy.
I had to address the broken throttle & cruise cable holder.
Since new ones are no more, and every one I have seen in the JY's are broken I needed to come up with something.



On one of my FSJ Wagoneers, I used some Earls line clamps for my fuel and brake lines.
But it got me thinking......... (yeah I know! First for everything!)
So I bought a pack to fit those cables.
Cut a piece of flat bar aluminium, and came up with this for now.




I have a friend in Texas that owns a CNC company. He makes a whole bunch of cool things for FSJ's, but I might see if he can mill me something outta one piece of billit?

SO the last thing I did is actually a mod from cruiser54 on the renix valve covers.

 

So when I went to take the two locating dowels for the intake manifold out of my old engine, they just did not want to come out without a good fight.
I tried everything on them, and no amount of fire was gonna move them.
Sadly when I made the conscience decision to use a pair of vice grips on them, I knew that they would never be usable again. At this point I just wanted measurements so I could find some new ones. HA!
Well once again 2021 bit me in the Ar$e, and I could not find any.
I started looking at them and thinking that they kinda look to be the same size as some clevis pins I have seen???

So I took a clevis pin, cut it down to the right length, and chucked it to my drill (Yeah pun intended).



After some emory paper, and some files, they had the right amount of tapper, and fit in the block quite nicely IMHO.



Next thing I had to address before even thinking about moving the engine to the Jeep was this bell housing.



Yeah thats a bit of a problem.

Not an easy place to tig.
A neighbor of mine who is really good at welding aluminum.
He also found out that the surface was way off (which probably made that crack), and we surfaced it after the welding.




Yeah not to pretty, but will work nicely!

 

Fun following your journey. I like the idea of having an old computer in the shop! I wonder why your paint didn't crinkle. I once did a Miata cam cover and it turned out perfect. It's been awhile but is there some extra prep or maybe it's how thick you spray it? It looks good nonetheless.

 

I've had a "garage computer" for years and I use it all the time. It's another tool. My wife couldn't understand why any one would need one and thought it waste of money. When I told her I was tired of walking through the house with my dirty work boots on to get to my desk she said ... "you NEED a garage computer".

 

I resurrected an old laptop myself just to use in the driveway.
Hooks up to the wifi in the house and I can follow a write up or video when I am doing things.

Just got tired of going inside, reading or watching the next step of whatever it is I was doing on my desktop,
and then forgetting what I watched or read as soon as I got outside.
LOL.

 

HAHA!
Thats ONE reason I wanted one too.

AN THAT THERE IS REASON NUMBER TWO!!
Really sucks getting old!

I have some OLD AMC Jeep TSM's for my Wagoneer's, and they have just come apart. So I down loaded from https://oljeep.com/edge_76_tsm.html for them.

 

Tell me about it.
Gotten to the point where you walk in a room and for the life of you can't remember why you did?
I have.
LOL.

 

[QUOTE=DustyWagoneer;3496654]So this is the Thermistor (thermostat) that I found for my AC unit.

NOS Mopar thermostat.

Originally the factory one would mount into that hole you see open.

Since the newer type Evap. cores wont allow you to inset the probe into the coil you will have to drill a new hole in the housing, and put the probe on the side of the evap core. I ended up throwing some some AC putty on the "air intake" side of the probe to shield it from the fresh air that comes into the HVAC unit.

Did that method work?

 

@haas Dusty is no sadly longer with us so dont expect an answer.

 

My dads 89 was converted to a full 95 ac system and we had to do the same thing with his thermistor and it has worked fine for the last 9 years. I am in the process of doing the same thing to my 88, to keep the thermistor in place I looped a zip tie around the probe in 2 spots and ran them thru the fins and then just put the locking part of a zip tie on the back to hold it. I'm not sure how efficient it really is to shut down the compressor if it froze up, but after 9 years on his rig there has been no problems.