The '79 AMX leaves me stranded and post Old Man's Garage "Testing" work!

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Lucore Auto and LucoreRacing

Жыл бұрын

Well sometimes things just don't go according to plan and your awesome little ratty rig that you enjoy immensely leaves you stranded on the side of the road. It happens! Let's figure out why, and go through some post "Old Man's Garage" testing to get this 1979 AMC AMX ready for a fun spring!
First off let's just address the obvious, yes we gave Bill and the Street Racing Channel / OMG crew permission to play with and "test" the AMX after we dropped it off there. When we built this car we built it to be enjoyed and played with, not to be all pretty and perfect sitting in a garage. She's a long way from a beauty queen but she DOES know how to have fun!
We are also going to use this opportunity to crack open the AMC Model 20 rear end. Gotta start sorting all the bits and pieces on this little mongrel out before it's full on fun time here in Ohio!

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@lonewolf744
@lonewolf744 Жыл бұрын
I thought this was going to be,, Uncle Bucko and Kenny Powers destroyed my rear end. Lol
@lonewolf744
@lonewolf744 Жыл бұрын
I know that does not sound right but you know what I mean. 😂
@hogcornerscustoms
@hogcornerscustoms Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
Hahahaha ohhh not even sure how to comment this
@lonewolf744
@lonewolf744 Жыл бұрын
@@LucoreAuto 😂😂😂😂
@joshuabuxton7502
@joshuabuxton7502 Жыл бұрын
😅😅😅😅😅
@ericszatkowski6001
@ericszatkowski6001 Жыл бұрын
Rich, I’m a fan from Atlanta and this morning, (3/28/23) I called your shop to ask you or Austin for advice. I ended up talking to Dale, I believe, and explained that I was a fan from Atlanta, and he was more than happy to answer my question knowing that he or you would not have a work order for me bringing in any money. I called your shop because I love the way you do business and there are NO HONEST MECHANICS IN ATLANTA, and I trust in you and your professional team for advice!!! I love your channel and content!!! I learn from you often!!! Keep it all up!!!💪🏻💪🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁
@NonTypicalRacing
@NonTypicalRacing Жыл бұрын
There's a lotta honest politicians in Atlanta tho! 🤥
@ericszatkowski6001
@ericszatkowski6001 Жыл бұрын
@@NonTypicalRacing oh, honest politicians are in every state in the USA!!!🤥🤥🤥🤥
@NonTypicalRacing
@NonTypicalRacing Жыл бұрын
@@ericszatkowski6001 lol!
@greatwhitehunter420
@greatwhitehunter420 Жыл бұрын
Uncle Bucko is a fuel gauge specialist...give him a call...but fill that tank frist.He will love you
@kurtblackwell6214
@kurtblackwell6214 Жыл бұрын
The AMC "Posi" was called the Twin-Grip. My '71 javelin in high school had it. Fun car.... when it ran LOL
@Amxracer
@Amxracer Жыл бұрын
Cool 😎 . Let’s !
@andrewkeanum6216
@andrewkeanum6216 Жыл бұрын
Uncle bucko going to owe ya one after this 😂😂😂
@richardsveum8452
@richardsveum8452 Жыл бұрын
I miss my 80 spirit. It started as a 4 speed 258 inline 6 but back in the late 80’s parts were common and available and it ended up with a 304 3 speed out of a pacer X. Loved the car.
@michaelfowler8289
@michaelfowler8289 Жыл бұрын
if you use a propane bottle with with tip on it unlight and open valve over the manifold working around the cArb the rpm will rev out when you get close to leak
@NonTypicalRacing
@NonTypicalRacing Жыл бұрын
WD40 is propelled by flammable gas too.
@shoresharp8349
@shoresharp8349 Жыл бұрын
I think Kenny Powers has had alot on him lately , I hope the few laps with the amx lifted his spirits for a few hrs.
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
He and Jeremy both needed a couple laps to blow off some steam. We can all safely assume their spirits were lifted 🙏 👍
@MsMoose1979
@MsMoose1979 Жыл бұрын
That Damn Kenny Powers ran that think outa gas!
@donnielove4456
@donnielove4456 Жыл бұрын
Austin You are a wonderful Person 😎
@Stevesbe
@Stevesbe Жыл бұрын
I think all your problems are just a loose connection between the steering wheel and drivers seat
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
A LOT of this can definitely come down to the loose nut behind the wheel, and the various dingbats in the driver's seat
@leprechaungarage
@leprechaungarage Жыл бұрын
That AMC though 🤣 . Great content boys . Keep it up !
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
Thanks Charlie we'll keep cranking it out if you all keep watching 😀
@WiSeNhEiMeR-1369
@WiSeNhEiMeR-1369 Жыл бұрын
HOWdy LUCORE, ... Always HAPPY when there is AMC Content 🙂 HAPPY 🙂 COOP the WiSeNhEiMeR from Richmond, INDIANA ...
@ingucanada4825
@ingucanada4825 Жыл бұрын
The thing I did from my Spirit was I went and swapped in an 8.8 ford with 35 spline axels and disc brakes 3.73 gears in it. It fits pretty well and is a fairly cheap option.
@jaystuard4336
@jaystuard4336 Жыл бұрын
My Grandmother drove an AMC Spirit, was not an AMX unfortunately, grandma would have loved that!
@chrislovett9711
@chrislovett9711 Жыл бұрын
Damit Kenny🤣
@andrewkeanum6216
@andrewkeanum6216 Жыл бұрын
I can honestly say in my 30 yrs of working on cars ... I have never in my life rtv a head back to a bolt. And i have never seen it ..well that i noticed .that is a first for me sir
@haworthlowell805
@haworthlowell805 Жыл бұрын
Funniest part of the RV track run was Miss Vickie's reaction.
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
The look on her face was PRICELESS! She was NOT happy!
@carpenter5575
@carpenter5575 Жыл бұрын
Humans have to take a stress test when they get older so why shouldn't cars
@garyk76
@garyk76 Жыл бұрын
I thought she was going to bust bucko's butte 😂😂😂
@bryanyoung3764
@bryanyoung3764 Жыл бұрын
That wind is absolutely brutal.And I'm hard of hearing. Good video!
@zackthornton4105
@zackthornton4105 Жыл бұрын
I blame uncle buck O for blowing it up on the rc track at bills house
@mikemontgomery7337
@mikemontgomery7337 Жыл бұрын
Gotta love how Kenny sent you a text that read that JEREMY wanted to take it on the track and Kenny was the first one in it !!! Lol
@carpenter5575
@carpenter5575 Жыл бұрын
When Austin left his car there I thought he still hasn't learned his lesson, at least take the keys my man lol
@coryclowers3028
@coryclowers3028 Жыл бұрын
Kenny and bucko used all your gas
@richardbrady2818
@richardbrady2818 Жыл бұрын
You said boost, then Kenny can have even more fun
@jesseevans7974
@jesseevans7974 Жыл бұрын
Kenny and uncle bucko was just giving you job security gave you something else to work on lol and anytime you run out of gas turn your key on and off a few times to get gas back up to the carburetor
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
Lol between those Kenny and them Hoskingson Boys there's definitely always something to work on! 🙄 That would work on an electric fuel pump bit this thing's old school, have to be cranking the motor to turn the Mechanical fuel pump
@jesseevans7974
@jesseevans7974 Жыл бұрын
@@LucoreAuto they are always into some kind of shenanigans lol and oh yeah wasn't thinking about that dang makes it hard on a feller don't it
@WhiteTrashMotorsports
@WhiteTrashMotorsports Жыл бұрын
"It ain't go no gas in it"
@chrisbryant1657
@chrisbryant1657 Жыл бұрын
👍👍
@operation6604
@operation6604 Жыл бұрын
Just say thanks Kenny!!! At least he didn’t break it while he had it lol 😅😅
@cynthiaprange9561
@cynthiaprange9561 Жыл бұрын
Uncle Bucko went a little crazy but everything going to be ok 😅😂😂
@so-mlc1511
@so-mlc1511 Жыл бұрын
Twin grip
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
Upgrade incoming! 😀
@NonTypicalRacing
@NonTypicalRacing Жыл бұрын
Optimistic fuel guages....damn things.
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
Lol good way of putting that!
@terrybeck1581
@terrybeck1581 Жыл бұрын
Twin-grip
@HeadFlowInc
@HeadFlowInc Жыл бұрын
Thanks Kenny Powers… 🤣🤣🤣
@RobertSiwik1968
@RobertSiwik1968 Жыл бұрын
The old AMC sounds healthy.love old cars
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
She's still healthy and ready to rip with a WHOLE lot more fun just ahead! This little car is going to get a whole raft of upgrades the next few months!
@bobbysmith8120
@bobbysmith8120 Жыл бұрын
I really wonder how Kenny and Jeremy would like you doing their cars that way 😮😂😅
@peterkovacs8654
@peterkovacs8654 Жыл бұрын
AMX stuff is always good content
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
Oh we have a TON of AMX content that will be happening this spring and summer so glad to hear it!
@wilga80
@wilga80 Жыл бұрын
Always entertaining. 👍
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
Thanks William we try to entertain and mix in a wee bit of education 👍
@wilga80
@wilga80 Жыл бұрын
@@LucoreAuto Will I see you guys at the AMC dinner in April?
@dennisbagatin4480
@dennisbagatin4480 Жыл бұрын
Lol just blame uncle bucko 💯✌️
@andrewmcewan8081
@andrewmcewan8081 Жыл бұрын
austin u do know zakspeed did widebody turbo capris if u want to play with boost theres a repro or tribute u could do
@jamesklink4698
@jamesklink4698 Жыл бұрын
Nice. #!!! 😊😊😊
@raten2791
@raten2791 Жыл бұрын
Are you gonna have uncle bucco fix the gas gauge.....hows your speedo working?
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
Speedo works just fine 😉 Gas gauge will be just fine shortly 😉
@RustyZipper
@RustyZipper Жыл бұрын
Don’t forget Day 2 of the 2500/ $2500
@gregrogers3030
@gregrogers3030 Жыл бұрын
I love the smell of the old gear oil, and the AMX needs a posi
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
That's a special kind of stink you just have to know to understand. Posi is inbound!
@VATION3RD
@VATION3RD Жыл бұрын
The AMC version of the positraction is called a TruTrack
@NonTypicalRacing
@NonTypicalRacing Жыл бұрын
Or "twin" thing or....what ever was cheap that week. Back in the day (90's), watched a guy looking for an AMC alternator while I was getting a 3/4clip off a Buick....that guy was all over! The Chrysler row, the GM row, ugh...I think he crossed the Ford row.
@RobertSiwik1968
@RobertSiwik1968 Жыл бұрын
Did you fix the sway bar link? I love that car
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
Ordered a couple bits going to put some better bushings on it and lock nuts. Not sure exactly how that came off... maybe slides? 😉
@1982MCI
@1982MCI Жыл бұрын
​@@LucoreAuto go walk around the RC track and I'm sure you'll find it around the outside edge or down the creek bank, lol
@RobertSiwik1968
@RobertSiwik1968 Жыл бұрын
The slides might have had something to do with it LOL!
@tommycook9620
@tommycook9620 Жыл бұрын
DAMN LOL
@glennmanchester5696
@glennmanchester5696 Жыл бұрын
I have a car ten minutes and I know if it has a posi not 3 yrs later lol
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
Lol! What's funny is I've done both one wheel and 2 wheel burnouts with this thing! But we'll solve the riddle soon enough 😉
@michaellafreniere5083
@michaellafreniere5083 Жыл бұрын
Uncle bucko did it onn the dirt track. We are witnesses
@timvines3906
@timvines3906 Жыл бұрын
Blame it on Kenny
@garypacholek8070
@garypacholek8070 Жыл бұрын
Lincoln locker
@richardmurdoch600
@richardmurdoch600 Жыл бұрын
Look at you Austin…hammin it up in the thumbnail to this video…you are something else I gotta tell ya…hope you made it home OK
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
I ALMOST took a photo with the motorcycle cop who the car died RIGHT in front of. But thought that might be just a little much 🤔 so far so good!
@OriginalMomo
@OriginalMomo Жыл бұрын
Reeeeeally hope that temp gauge in the AMX is wrong too, or she was very overheated after getting the AMX to run again…
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
Good eye but yes its wrong, goes from medium to nuclear. Haven't had the chance/motivation to address that just yet!
@rickharper1497
@rickharper1497 Жыл бұрын
To be honest, the car didn't leave you stranded, you did!! lol
@chadjackson4786
@chadjackson4786 Жыл бұрын
i checked my notes i think the ohms on the sending unit should be 10=full tank, 73 empty or maybe thats an older amc. saw a google search turned up - 1978 to 1988 Amc fuel sender is 31 ohms full and 248 ohms empty just spent 3k to put wavetrac in my amx, rear end is a 9 inch
@CFBtechnologies
@CFBtechnologies Жыл бұрын
So when are the shirts going to ship?
@tomeickhorst6787
@tomeickhorst6787 Жыл бұрын
Krylon Kenny was just tryin out for u
@ianlegrand3450
@ianlegrand3450 Жыл бұрын
🤜💥🖐️🤘
@ricknorris6943corvair
@ricknorris6943corvair Жыл бұрын
Asking for Vaseline in the shop is better than asking for KY Jelly....just sayin....
@billyray8062
@billyray8062 Жыл бұрын
She be a one wheel peel!! No posi for Austin!!
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
She's done 2 wheel burnouts before too! But we gotta get 2 smoking every time!
@jamesbarton2950
@jamesbarton2950 Жыл бұрын
Uncle Bucko and Kenny tore the rear end up lmao 😁😁😁😁😁 I watched it the other day on Bill's channel 😊😊I was wrong they didn't tear it up lol
@johnmilner7603
@johnmilner7603 Жыл бұрын
Maybe your getting beard fuzz in the gas tank. 😂
@adamrodenberg1557
@adamrodenberg1557 Жыл бұрын
So nice to see someone working on a AMC instead of all the mainstream vehicles!!!!
@NonTypicalRacing
@NonTypicalRacing Жыл бұрын
I look at my '73 Camaro as CNN now...thanx Adam! Lol jk
@RonSales
@RonSales Жыл бұрын
Whats up with the old blue van with the tear drop window, I've been looking for a project van.
@andrewkeanum6216
@andrewkeanum6216 Жыл бұрын
This will be the best bad decision you ever make .... Hell cat swap it ...
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
THIS one will stay AMC powered, there's actually a 304/325 being built right now that should be ready soon. Fortunately we have 2 more '79 AMXs stashed here ... one of which will be getting a Hellcat under the hood 😉
@andrewkeanum6216
@andrewkeanum6216 Жыл бұрын
@@LucoreAuto i lived in colorado springs n a guy took me up to pikes peak to work in an old amc with the rod broke had to stop for oil quite a bit but got dang it made the trip their and back and not to mention my grandpa n my uncles working on old amc eagles in my back yard very strong reliable bad a** cars ohhh boy the story to this reminds me and takes me back to 1987
@michaelfowler8289
@michaelfowler8289 Жыл бұрын
Maby tru-track
@claypaul2012
@claypaul2012 Жыл бұрын
Ring and pinion ratio?
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
She's a 2.87 rear gear
@joshuabuxton7502
@joshuabuxton7502 Жыл бұрын
Recommend that you try a 3.25 ratio.. you'll definitely enjoy it..
@chriscrowell6678
@chriscrowell6678 Жыл бұрын
OHHH so at Lucre you guys don't use vaseline you use the good ole Ass. Lube ? 🤣( for the rest of you Ass. is short for Assembly in the trade ). I always hated that rear end smell too .....
@barryhebert5839
@barryhebert5839 Жыл бұрын
Them boys burned all your gas an couldn’t even fill the tank back up after doing donuts an tearing it up that’s shity
@toddcallaghan5609
@toddcallaghan5609 Жыл бұрын
Looks like Mr. Baja bucko broke your car
@buelliganx1
@buelliganx1 Жыл бұрын
Your gas gauge works as well as your tach 😅
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
Or the temp gauge 😉
@cfmechanic
@cfmechanic Жыл бұрын
3psi of fuel is not good
@sillycatthing
@sillycatthing Жыл бұрын
You could probably get away with a 392 swap for less money. I know Holley makes a full conversion kit for dodge e bodys. Not sure on an amx. Probably need some fab work done along the way. I'll go get a couple shirts.😊
@stockamx
@stockamx Жыл бұрын
The stock AMX only came with a open rear end. You can put in a "lunchbox locker" in it. Can't wait for the next video!
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
Ah ha! Well hopefully we'll have a solution to this issue here very soon and won't keep you all waiting long! 😉
@WhiteTrashMotorsports
@WhiteTrashMotorsports Жыл бұрын
6011 should fix it right up.
@cfmechanic
@cfmechanic Жыл бұрын
I too vote lunchbox locker put one in my c10 and it was great until I put 11inch wide tires in back
@thisisyourcaptainspeaking2259
@thisisyourcaptainspeaking2259 Жыл бұрын
Take it back to the shop that was supposed to repair it. The sending units in most of my hoopties have gone bad over just the past couple years.
@jerryfrederick6610
@jerryfrederick6610 Жыл бұрын
$2.79 a gallon. How? It is $3.35 here in Michigan.
@NonTypicalRacing
@NonTypicalRacing Жыл бұрын
Gretchen
@1982MCI
@1982MCI Жыл бұрын
Democrat vs Republican governors. Quit voting for any Democrat!!
@KevinRoadrageGarage
@KevinRoadrageGarage Жыл бұрын
Maybe you shouldn't let people beat on it
@glennmanchester5696
@glennmanchester5696 Жыл бұрын
Why you would pick that car of all the older muscle cars is beyond me they sucked when they were new like a Ford but maybe worse even
@LucoreAuto
@LucoreAuto Жыл бұрын
Well a big reason is because it's unique, odd, and NOT a Mustang. Gonna build some respect for these little things that really never got any respect... and still don't 😉
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