'79 Cherokee Golden Eagle "tune up"

Nikkormat · Post by **Nikkormat** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 2:50 pm

CosmicRhino wrote:... and after!

psst... What Qjet is that?

CosmicRhino · Post by **CosmicRhino** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 4:50 pm

Nikkormat wrote:
CosmicRhino wrote:... and after!

psst... What Qjet is that?

It's a Summit racing remanufactured quadrajet with electric choke. http://m.summitracing.com/parts/sum-210216

Nikkormat · Post by **Nikkormat** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 4:51 pm

Huh, neat.

CosmicRhino · Post by **CosmicRhino** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 4:58 pm

Guess we'll find out, right?

Nikkormat · Post by **Nikkormat** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 6:24 pm

It should be a good match. I love the qjet on my 401, but its an 850 cfm model.

ghcoe · Post by **ghcoe** » Fri Nov 27, 2015 12:37 pm

Going to riding with us before you know it....

DustinLangston · Post by **DustinLangston** » Fri Nov 27, 2015 10:55 pm

This is my favorite color combo of the Golden Eagles. Black is a close second though.

CosmicRhino · Post by **CosmicRhino** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 6:26 pm

DustinLangston wrote:This is my favorite color combo of the Golden Eagles. Black is a close second though.

I think black or green are my favorites, but this darker brown color works well with the scheme too. Official AMC color is called "Sable Brown", right? http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedi ... en%20Eagle

I do think that the patina adds a wonderful extra set of tones and character to the brown, and plan on preserving it as best as I can. Perhaps a clear coat over the paint in its current weathered condition.

ghcoe wrote:Going to riding with us before you know it....

Can't wait to head out with you guys next time! I'll bet BigJ200 would be up for joining the Golden Eagle out on its first maiden serious trail voyage.

So, some good news. The Dana 44s look to be in fine shape, transmission is clean, and quadra trac unit is in excellent condition as well. A strong drivetrain! The previous owner did originally bring this Golden Eagle back to life after swapping the drive train in from a local "barn" Cherokee. The previous owner before him blew the transmission and it sat for some time.

CosmicRhino · Post by **CosmicRhino** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 6:28 pm

Old wiring harness

New wiring harness

CosmicRhino · Post by **CosmicRhino** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 6:32 pm

As for the floors, well, it could be worse!

ghcoe · Post by **ghcoe** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 9:15 pm

POR 15 will fix a lot of that.....

Nikkormat · Post by **Nikkormat** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 9:38 pm

Yeah it could be a lot worse.

CosmicRhino · Post by **CosmicRhino** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 9:15 pm

ghcoe wrote:POR 15 will fix a lot of that.....

That's the plan. No cutting or welding for now.

Well, the driver side floor pan cleaned up nicely..

Passenger side had a few holes.

Naturally the drain troughs were clogged with leaves and such from over the years, so that has all been cleaned out now.

If you're going to use drums to try to save your life, may as well use new ones? At least the front are discs.

Nikkormat · Post by **Nikkormat** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 9:18 pm

It might just be me, but that grey spring don't quite look right. If your stalking your life on you brake you might want to double check that.

CosmicRhino · Post by **CosmicRhino** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 9:28 pm

Nikkormat wrote:It might just be me, but that grey spring don't quite look right. If your stalking your life on you brake you might want to double check that.

What doesn't look right about it? That's what came in the hardware kit. Like I said, at least I've got discs in the front

Nikkormat · Post by **Nikkormat** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 9:32 pm

It doesn't look hooked in quite right. It should look more like the red one. Hopefully others can chime in.

WT91 · Post by **WT91** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 10:10 pm

CosmicRhino wrote:Old wiring harness

New wiring harness

I never realized I needed something so badly until this picture. He took the universal BJ's harness and added cleaned up stock FSJ connectors?

Nikkormat · Post by **Nikkormat** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 10:11 pm

Nope that's from ZM Jeeps, a reproduction stock harness.

Nikkormat · Post by **Nikkormat** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 10:13 pm

http://stores.zmjeeps.com

http://stores.zmjeeps.com/wiring-harnes ... chero-fsj/

WT91 · Post by **WT91** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 10:16 pm

Ohhhh earlier in the thread he said BJ's so I was confused. For $1200 I'll deal with my stock crap harness haha.

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