yea hopefully. and i reckon if i it runnin before winter sets in ill try n get the body work sorted out.

and that when ill be callin you buddy.

actually i was look at 84 service manuals on ebay last night. definatly wanna grab one of those.

so the rear hatch has been stuck down i got it open.

its stuck cause it was saggin and heres why there a bolt brok off in the hole and the weight is lettin it sag so much it wouldnt open. didnt help either that i uses a 4th a can of PB blaster and got the latch n rods workin so they were stickin there too.



you see how much its saggin.



i thought this was cool this is the dealer sticker when my dad bought the RC in 85
Joe Cullepher Dodge Puegeot in Greenville NC

yea i got a kick outa it too. kinda cool its still there though.

yea i think its cool dont know if it will stay but maybe i can get one made an put it back.
there was a sticker in the window from East Carolina University where my mom graduated from right before they bought the RC there aint much left of it from the sun but i could tell what it was.

my plan was not to mess with the gate yet but i rolled under the truck to run the lines on the rear axle to each wheel and i was lookin at the brake line runnin back from the front ans i dont like it but it look pretty attached to that rear piece of rubber hose so ill have to wait to get one of those and then finish it all up.

Question is there a breather tube on the rear axle that comes up from the that rubber hose for the brake lines. it looked like a breather i couldnt think of any other reason theres a second line off that block on the rear end.

i thought it was. cool.

yea its a good truck SUV what ever you anna consider it. its my brotherinlaws.  it amazed me what the turning was like on that thing. its got a 360 in it

well a few hours yesterday an this is how far i got on pullin the drivetrain. it took more time diggin threw the caked up dirt on this thing to get to bolts but they all came out nice.

man am i glad im not usin that tranny too. there was sludge comin out the backend when we dropped the tcase.

it was easy to drop with that little plate my brother in law made to sit on the jack. just bolt it to the case and it was so easy to drop.

yea yea yea. always something from you.

gimmie some time i took the drivetrain out of the other truck but with the intension of it not goin back to gether so i wont payin attention so now i gotta keep track of it all

i noticed that the there was a np fitting an a hardline on the top of the case. it was goin to rubber line im guessing that was the vacuum line. and i dont think i saw a vacuum ball on the front anywhere.

now there was like a vacuum ball on my truck when i tore it down. what switch are you talkin about. is it like a little wire on top thats what was on the 208

but it dont have manual lockouts on it the truck didnt either. at least i get the switch part.  i think i can handle that at least. i really thought it would be a p[lug n play deal but i guess un doin the swith an back in the other is stillplug n play

sounds good ill take the lockouts sure. i think my autos are doin sometin funny.  cause it wouldnt move on its own i would steer it as it rolled back down the driveway. so  i noticed that one of the hubs would be engaged everytime for the first hundred feet then let go so i want lockouts anyway so that will be awesome

 

Yep. 

If it's an after market carb/intake there will not be as many. You will need to get rid of and plug the ones not used. 

Make sure you keep the ones needed though like the one to the heater controls, the dist, and brake booster.

ok i got more takin off tonite. before i ran out of maskin tape to mark stuff with. but the starter is unhooked,
the shifter links are off,
fuel lines are unhooked,
and a few more wires.

i got like 3 more wires that are a buger to get on the back of the motor and ima drop the manifolds so we can hook chains to it. to pull it. and pullin the motor n tranny is the task for the weekend. and i will achieve it.

ok so the old motor n tranny are out. i was shootin for gettin the new motor in but i got too many things to do to the new motor. first off theres twice as many vac lines on it than the other. the new motor is a 87 360 so all the smog shit an the vac for the tcase. so i got the wires sorted out i think an the vac lines i think.

ok first question. it looks like it but can i put the 318 manifolds on the 360. they look the same. but the 360 manifolds have those smog tubes on them. an i dont like those.

second. will the oil pan from the 318 fit the 360. i thought it would but i havne got it off yet. got the 318 pan off .an went an got a new gasket for a 360. the new gasket has to two long cork pieces an 2 rubber pieces. the old gasket has two big rubber pieces. an the new gasket has one big rubber piece an 1 little puny thing.

ok wlel at least i can put the other manifolds on it. maybe ill blast them and use some exhaust paint.

well i was only gonna use the 318 pan cause i think the 360 pan is cracked. i think. i didnt get it off yet to check.
but tony just for you i was shootin for havin it in today just didnt work out

seriously i looked at my fatherin law n brother in law and said yall have to be my voice of reason. you have to stop me or keep me goin. an i told them i can tell you this one guy on line told me i should have it back in a ready to go today too.

yea well im feel ing better but after all that yesterday i was wiped out. an i figured id get to work today but naturally we goin up to her moms so the pan will have to wait till monday

when we got that 360 out of the trailer an i started lookin at it. i was totally confused cause there was so much more wiring n lines on it that the other older motor. sooooo. i had to start takin stuff off an at least i know what im lookin at now. it looks more similar to the other motor so im not as confused

even though the 84 has one of those smog canisters in front of the passenger wheel well. whats it take to take it off. i wanna loose it completely sincei doubt its hook up anyway. but if it was hooked up whats it take to remove any wireing or what not.

ok ill look into that then. is that why there is 3 lines from the tank. feed line return line n vapor line