PBG, making the world, and the Eagle, just a little bit better!

Seeing JD say we got to trim the fenders and watching Dalton cringe ( for the first time not wanting to cut the Eagle)....the student has become the Master.😂😂😂

Nice to see someone saving and actually intending to use old cars for more than just display and racing. Can't wait to see you with Kevin and Mook, that should be a blast!

I honestly don't think I seen you use not even one self tapper this episode. I'm worried about this eagles integrity now. May the eagle soar!!!!

This car is so cool. Thank you for saving the car and getting is running

The red tractor painted valve cover was pretty good, probably will chip off in the summer time. Having your kid on the camera and commenting is probably gonna be the key to your channel's success.

How did I miss this until now? I’ve always loved those. A girl in high school had one, and it was bad ass.

I know i'm late to the party here, but as an old jeep/amc smoothbrain somewhat enthusiast, i believe this is a Renix 4.0 engine. What convinced me of this was the battle you had to go through in order to get the oil filter off. The Renix 4.0 in my Comanche took a metric sized oil filter; they put a sticker under the hood from factory warning against using a standard 3/4 oil filter. It would cross thread on and become nearly impossible to remove. You can order a stud from an HO 4.0 that will thread into the bolt and convert it to take a 3/4 oil filter. They're decent engines. They don't make as much power as the HO, and there's a ton of unnecessary wiring and vacuum nonsense. But that can be culled down some. Also, the central axle disconnect can be bypassed for free. You were on the right track, you just have to remove the c clips inside of the actuator and move the rod over and the re-apply the clips so that the fork is always engaging the locking ring on the axle splines. I did this on my Comanche as well, because that is a failure point that will cause your 4x4 to not function. It applies more wear and tear on your front diff, but i'm guessing you're like me and won't mind. Hope this helps. Enjoying the videos !

Switching back to the OG headlights made it look awesome ! This was awesome. Thanks Dalton and JD and resident genius.

I'm really enjoying the series! To be honest... I never imagined that I'd think of an Eagle as a "cool ride"... But ya know what! She rocks!

The Eagle is looking great! 10, 15 minutes more of work and you’ve got the perfect daily driver. Especially for winter. Ok, well maybe 20, 30 minutes more work

Found this guy yesterday and he’s already one of my favorite KZfaqrs

Nice to see you over on JYD's channel and the bump you gained from it! Keep on pushing, guys, and you may not lose the shop. Rock on!

Love that you said "it's what I would have done" because we were all thinking the same

My dad has an 80 amc eagle sitting in his yard. It ran and drove a few years ago but has been sitting for a while, but overall is pretty solid. This has me kind of wanting to buy it from him and get it back to its glory days.

That car was way ahead of its time...cool ride!

Love the Eagle, especially this SX/4 version. My friend had an '87 Eagle wagon and it was a rusty beast, could go over/through anything. The SX/4 is honestly the closest an American marque came to making a rally car. Would definitely like to see you send it sideways on some gravel once it's sorted.

I was surprised at how good the Eagle started looking! 🤓 🤓 😎 🤓 🤓

I'm digging the double dose of Dalton this week. Love seeing the Eagle come together as well.

Big AMC fan and always wanted an SX/4. Good to see this one getting a new lease on life.

Dalton I must say I look forward to your videos every week, always a good time.

that pushrod is mint for sure, came factory like that lol

Saw the car with all the holes in it had to give your man a try now I'm in I don't want to stop.

You're not only funny, you're clever. "Just like King Arthur" you pulled Excalibur out of the stone. What a win!! 😆😆

Solid multi-purposing with the bumper dryer! Gotta think outside the box and press on!!

I watch all your videos and it's great to have your son helping he will remember that a life time and letting him help with all your fine projects

Breaking out that high dollar spray paint. I am so proud of you.

DUDE, POLE BARN GARAGE IS BUILDING A REALLY COOL RALLY RACER EAGLE, SO COOL. Plus, the Eagle is really starting to look good and respectable, way to go!!!!

I loved when my son was his age and just hanging on to every word I said following me around not leaving my side 😔 man I miss those days

Those combo fog/driving lights were the bomb back in the day!

The comedic timing on “I definitely do not see them” with a zoom in on the wires killed me

I'm 76yrs old, ( who really cares). You young man , are the same charming attitude I have lived my life by. Sept i don't like people.

Came from Junkyard Digs channel, Have to say I look forward to your content aswell, Glad to see more people restoring these old beauty's and making sure they get to see the open road once more.

I had a buddy my junior year in high school who had this exact car. His was blue and it was an 81 and we had so much fun in that car four-wheel drive in on four wheeler trails in doing things we ought not to do. Those cars could go through a lot

MINT !!!! Kicking off the weekend & 2023 with PBG I genuinely appreciate your ⚙ gearhead content and your tenacity too endure "global warming" temperatures 🌡 🥶 That AMC Eagle Sx4 is SWEET !!!! irregardless of the , erroneous LED headlamp wiring I would have taped into the original LF harnesses for the RF too , if needed Glad the OEM harness wasn't butchered up Those headlights & fog lights turned out great !! Hahahahaha 😆🤣 fast n furious 77 .... LOL 😆 Holy f****** sh** 😳 That pushrod was bent wosre than pretzel and yet , that 4.0 was still running I appreciate your ISO9010 precision measuring technique 👌 😉 Lucas engine oil treatment is pretty good too ...... from what I'm told 🤭🤫 Can't wait to check out that truck from , junkyard Digs and that snowmobile

Those 4.0 or 4.2 Frankenstein,make a lot of lifter noise and normal running temp is 210. I have a leaky rear main, but that's next level. Keep up the great content.

If i had the money i would buy you a shop with a lift and a decent work-bench . . . . thanks for entertaining me, although i am not interested in working on cars . . .but you deserve it, thanks for staying old-school and always honest with a big dose of humor...you will get very far. Peace from South-Africa.

I had a 304 in a Scout and had two pushrods look like that and the engine ran good but made a small tap sound. Pulled the passenger side valve cover to find the problem. Put new in and way she went.

The eagle is about ready to soar. Keep at it.

I love how JD is learning and his input is really entertaining

Dud! You are a BEAUTIFUL FATHER! Your son is the future. Just love to watch the 2 of you work. He is extremely good on mecanics. Great show GUYS!

30:39 HOLY SHIIITTT! usually they just spit them out! That one partied out for a while! Its clearly intoxicated!

Yes you're extreme humor is why we watch well that and the master Craftsman level work you do

Ok, you guys really need to check out this channel- I've been loving all the videos and especially his relationship with his son who plays a big roll in filming and producing episodes. I'm a big fan of VGG and Junkyard Digs, Dalton gives us that, humor with knowledge and know-how but also on a budget!; he's sincere and obviously wanting us all to succeed if possible! :) Defintely check out the videos and his humor and knowledge, Dalton won't leave you disappointed!

Can't wait to see more, I've got a lot of similar issues to yours so it's nice seeing you figuring the stuff out! Can't wait to see the episode about the heater.

I watched the JYD video. I never knew a truck body could move 5 different directions at one time, impressive. And the wiring on the Eagle would send me into an OCD overload. Well actually alot of that car would. But thats why I only have 1 out of 4 cars like that. And it at least is marginally better then it was. Keep it up. Hope to see more in the new year.

A fine video of a fine automobile sir. When I started tearing down my Eagle, I found close to 6,000 self tappers. KAW KAWWWWWW!

The Chinese really are smart. We pay them to "dispose" of our electronic waste, they take every diode, capacitor and potentiometer, install those components in "new" products and sell them back to us. I saw a "new" 2021 Chinese TIG welder with components from 1982 in it. They have sweatshops with people using SMD stations with really hot, hot air guns blasting whole circuit boards from our e-waste and another section testing and sorting the components, destined for those irresistible "new" products. Smart.

When I was in high school I drove an 83 5 speed manual wagon, 4x4 black with brown interior. That thing was a tank. Other than eating solenoids like skittles it ran great. So many good memories in that car.

Now that is one hell of a heat gun And I love it!!!

I lost it when you showed that bent pushrod. 😂 It was a question mark!

Love this old car

Those ole’ cars are bad ass

I have an 83 sx/4 ive been working on for years now so nice to see someone else doing it too.

That is a rare car that is not driven to destruction as per usally and I guess there soon will be even less of them.

WWOT WOOT!

I also purchased one of these about 10-15 years ago. But opted out after seeing what the owner's kid had done to the thing.

Great playlist. I enjoyed each upload in it. Thank you.

Valve cover red paint looks great love that you sanded the fins to make the aluminum pop off the red Paint @Pole Barn Garage

I've been messing around with AMC's for 25 years now. In that time, I've NEVER had a 258 that didn't have valvetrain issues. Even the 232 in my Gremlin ate up a lifter once and both 258's needed new rockers and at least one of them took a cam.

I love this car

That's a pretty good looking car really, good save.

I'm so glad you saved this classic from the crusher. Now if I can only find one in as good of shape as the one you found.

I agree it has to be able to withstand the driver's daily rigging I mean the rigors of daily driving

As always love the videos. My grandma's neighbor had a a.m.c eagle and his was mint an being in Chicago it was a solid rust free vehicle. He put a custom lift on it always loved them. Really been enjoying watching you keep this on the road. Was thinking maybe build yourself a wood burning stove for the shop?

You can really tell how much his son looks up to him.

Dalton, you seem to know everything about fixing older American cars, every nut and bolt and it seems to be a family tradition with your dad, and son. I think that is the most beautiful thing, ever. It's educational, makes you MONEY, keeps your family tight and out of trouble. My family is all white collar, I'm the only blue collar, so we have little to talk about at the dinner table on holidays. Sorry for using you as my armchair therapist.

IT obvious at this point both you and your son are stars.

I've installed one of those cruise control setups in my 90 Comanche, works wonderfully.

You gotta find someone who will trade an older waste oil furnace for some parts or a car.. then you could paint as well as repair vehicles in the shop during the winter 😊 they are super nice I don't regret getting the one I have, you can literally put basically all the old fluids from vehicles in the tank and it turns them into nice warm air pretty much everything but coolant haha

You may have a collapsed lifter and or a sticky lifter. I had the same issue with my 91 XJ 4.0. The cam was fine but I replaced the lifters before the cam lobes got wiped. Love my XJ even though it doesn’t love me back. You earned my sub. Love junkyard digs videos.

I just love the way your kid has your sense of humor only slightly different but the same sense of humor it's very entertaining

As a kid from Missouri that found your channel, top notch content, love it!

Congratulations on the 50K! I subscribed after seeing you on Junkyard Digs. You had 37.4K then, that was literally a few DAYS ago! 😯 🎉🎉🎉

Love AMC cars

I have nostalgia for AMC's. I owned at least three and my Dad worked at the AMC plant.

Definitely liking the Eagle! I saw the Junkyard Digs video already, can't wait to see what you do with the beast you found on that trip.

Thanks Dalton for sharing, I just watched your video with Kevin/ Junkyard Diggs , can’t wait to see you working on the square body Chevy! Kirk from Louisiana! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻🤙🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🤜🏻🤛🏻 stay safe, warm and healthy up there brother!

I love this Eagle. I really liked seeing you on Kevin's channel

Hi from Scotland, came over from Junkyard digs video, subbed and been binge watching your content.

I know this is an older video and it probably don't make no difference now but cars back then you had to have the headlights on for the fog lights to work that's why you probably were not getting power to the fog lights they either work with the Park lights or the headlights but they will not work with the high beams that make some turn off it's just the way they used to be and that car probably came with Marshall fog lights they have like a little fox built into the glass they also put them on mustang GTs I had an 85 and I remember those and also my Lincoln Mark 7 LSC had those same fog lights so I kind of know them fog lights off but love the videos you and your son are great.

As an over the road sales person in the 1960's through the 1980's and putting 50k on cars per year I drove AMC. I put around 150k on them before trading for a new one. I never had a major problem, got great economy, never had an oil burner, never had a transmission problem. I could not have had better quality cars to haul my hinney around. Wish they still made them.

It'll get there!

AMC Eagle SX/4 would be a great winter beater car

Definitely worth bringing back to life.

This is one of the most entertaining car videos with a solo host I have ever watched! The push rod reveal was excellent. Keep up the great work!

Black paint is the fix all. Great job guys

This thing rocks! Making moves the average blue collar man can relate too!! Love the series man and your humor is on point!! Keep up the great work my friend! Blessings and respect!

Fun filled pole barn garage

Those are really cool .in the snow with fourwheeler drive working best donut ever

Awesome video and it was great to see JD working with you.

Back in the day my mom had a gold 4 door with vinal top every option . Soooo cool. Great card! Would love to find a wagon. But it's a lost cause if you can't get parts for them

Great videos! Love JD’s camera work and commentary (and I usually cringe when the kids are all over the videos) you two are GOLD! Keep up the entertainment!

AMC Eagles we’re great vehicles.

You are awesome! I really dig the Eagle, I can see why it grabbed your attention. I thought the black Silverado was your daily, I guess because you brought the AMC home with it.

Digging the headliner. Love the AMC Eagles.

This can't be the end. This is like a cliffhanger at the end of a TV show season. And then they cancel it on you. What happened to the AMC?😂 Still had fun watching though. Thanks for taking us along.

Super cool to see you on an episode of JYD. You'll have a 100k subscriber plaque on the wall in no time dude!

These old cars getting popular. I found a wagon 4x4 I’m trying to buy.

Came here from Junkyard Digs, found that I had already watched one of your Eagle vids. Subbed.