I’ve had good luck either knocking a freeze plug out and putting a block heater in it or inline heater on the bottom coolant hose for adding heat to the engine block
The 360 I had was a good engine, but the timing chain was totally stretched. Once it was done reliable as anything. The 86 wagoneer reminds me of the one Carrie Fisher drove in the Movie " The Burbs" with Tom Hanks. Cheers for the troubleshooting....
First time watching. I had a '74 Cherokee an later an '83 GW fresh outta high school. Both tough rigs, but the tailgates an lower rockers on both rusted so bad, they were scrapped. 360 engine was awesome.👍 ill be watching your progress.😊
My dad owns a 87 Jeep Grand Wagoneer, the last year that AMC made the last Wagoneer before they were bought out, the sunroof may leak with heavy rainfall and the windows have flextracks and if broken the windows will not go back up and the back window might also have a few issues and the shift linkage goes out and I'm not kidding get rid of it because it will not go into park and might roll away and hit something, they make aftermarket shifters for the 727 and have fun trying to get parts because there's not many companies who make parts for a Wagoneer, you can swap the motor in a Wagoneer it will take a bit of fabrication and lots of little things, I love these AMC jeeps and we have 3 but their great for off-road or a street machine/show car or a summer cruiser, so that's all I can say but jeeps like the Wagoneer are prone to rusted out rocker panels and floor in the north say like Michigan or Wisconsin
"its an AMC 360. Which means-" Which means it burns oil and throws main bearings at the drop of a hat. I grew up with these vehicles. Time has warped peoples perception on how good these cars really were. There was a reason AMC went bankrupt.
Yeah... My uncle had a wagoneer with a 360, kept it in Amazing condition cosmeticwise. In the end he ended up swapping in a 426 in it... (This is me retelling from him, so if it doesn't make sense, don't get at me)
LOL "Sunburn from a desk lamp" LOL Great job reviving that legendary Jeep! But the XJ hate... I've got an 1998 XJ with 315k miles that I'd put up against that Wagoneer any day. 😀
@@BuildSeason I bought my "Toaster" from New Mexico and did a full build with it. Started with the leaking main seal, valve cover gasket, intake\exhaust manifold gasket (original engine btw). Fully replaced suspension with a 3" lift and larger tires. Brakes, master cylinder, radiator, injectors, plugs, wires, all bushings, fixed wiring gremlins, headliner, clock spring, all LED lighting throughout, spare tire swing gate rear bumper, full exhaust, you name it. Insanely fun and easy to work on a rust free XJ! I have a ton of pictures but never filmed it, (during COVID and break from my UA-cam activity). I did put the full story on my channel now, with the history. When I was done I drove it to Indiana to the Bad Lands Off Road Park and wheeled. Gotta love the old Jeeps!
Greetings from Antigo, Wisconsin...what part of the state are you located, if I may ask? I really enjoy your vids... good flow and vibes...mmmm, French dips 🤤
I forgot to mention about the electrical issues from AMC, they used very thin wires and this is a problem that I haven't found a solution to but the turn signal will in some cases not work, for my dad's it's not much of a problem because it's a dune truck but if you want to use it a lot you might as well find a alternative to the current fuse block if that problem is present and the duraspark is trash my dad got rid of his rights away and went with a distributor instead of that
they were nice rig but all day every day old flat finder like 600 junkers or obs parakees or grad parkees lot time rebuild efi or add 4-5 speed rig is cheap easy nothing like old 4 cyl they crawl like goat sip gas all day
Just what I needed on a Wednesday while home and sick on the couch! Strange enough I now have a hunger for a French dip sandwich…
@@DeanofMachines 🤣
Same. Im home sick as well. Why is everyone sick at the same time? Did they chem-trail us with a bunch of bacteria and viruses? 😂😅
Hope you start feeling better.
@@weegeemike its the dang ole weather change!!! Gets me every year.
@@michaelhoskins832 thanks man I really appreciate that. Day 3 and Im feeling better.
Those trucks had three weaknesses; rust, miles of vacuum hoses, and electrical gremlins. Outside of that, they are unstoppable!
JYD sent us lol Hi - I'll be watching your channel now 🎉😂
I've always loved the Wagoneer! It's on my bucket list of vehicles to own 😁 Great find!
Great job Steve! I knew you could do it!! Mike says you need to add more concrete so you don't tear up your grass. Lol
I’ve had good luck either knocking a freeze plug out and putting a block heater in it or inline heater on the bottom coolant hose for adding heat to the engine block
WOOHOO New Build season!!! Thank you for sharing!!
Awesome job got to admit the first time I saw it I had my doubts
Brake hoses can be obtained at a lot of places. Bjs off-road, Rockauto, Teamgrandwagoneer etc etc.
The 360 I had was a good engine, but the timing chain was totally stretched. Once it was done reliable as anything. The 86 wagoneer reminds me of the one Carrie Fisher drove in the Movie " The Burbs" with Tom Hanks. Cheers for the troubleshooting....
First time watching. I had a '74 Cherokee an later an '83 GW fresh outta high school. Both tough rigs, but the tailgates an lower rockers on both rusted so bad, they were scrapped. 360 engine was awesome.👍 ill be watching your progress.😊
Kevin's Got one of these! Maybe bring it out there to get Kevin to work in it again !(it's Mooks actually but)
My dad owns a 87 Jeep Grand Wagoneer, the last year that AMC made the last Wagoneer before they were bought out, the sunroof may leak with heavy rainfall and the windows have flextracks and if broken the windows will not go back up and the back window might also have a few issues and the shift linkage goes out and I'm not kidding get rid of it because it will not go into park and might roll away and hit something, they make aftermarket shifters for the 727 and have fun trying to get parts because there's not many companies who make parts for a Wagoneer, you can swap the motor in a Wagoneer it will take a bit of fabrication and lots of little things, I love these AMC jeeps and we have 3 but their great for off-road or a street machine/show car or a summer cruiser, so that's all I can say but jeeps like the Wagoneer are prone to rusted out rocker panels and floor in the north say like Michigan or Wisconsin
awesome video!
I love these Wagoneers
Awesome video
Awesome to see more AMC/Jeep content. Let me know if you wanna work on an 83 Eagle lol.
I had a 81 same interear same color inside , tan outside with the woodgrain that i bought contact shelf paper and fix mine the car polished up nice .
Nice job on the jeep, interested to see it finished.
"its an AMC 360. Which means-"
Which means it burns oil and throws main bearings at the drop of a hat.
I grew up with these vehicles. Time has warped peoples perception on how good these cars really were. There was a reason AMC went bankrupt.
Yeah... My uncle had a wagoneer with a 360, kept it in Amazing condition cosmeticwise. In the end he ended up swapping in a 426 in it... (This is me retelling from him, so if it doesn't make sense, don't get at me)
31:19 I had to replay that 🤣
So awesome thanks for another great video and congrats on getting this thing back on the road! Ish :)
Thanks! More to come!
Awesome channel, definitely hooked on your content. Also I’m in northern IL so I can relate to how garbage the weather has been lol
Thanks, glad you're enjoying it!
LOL "Sunburn from a desk lamp" LOL Great job reviving that legendary Jeep! But the XJ hate... I've got an 1998 XJ with 315k miles that I'd put up against that Wagoneer any day. 😀
Fair enough! That’s impressive!
@@BuildSeason I bought my "Toaster" from New Mexico and did a full build with it. Started with the leaking main seal, valve cover gasket, intake\exhaust manifold gasket (original engine btw). Fully replaced suspension with a 3" lift and larger tires. Brakes, master cylinder, radiator, injectors, plugs, wires, all bushings, fixed wiring gremlins, headliner, clock spring, all LED lighting throughout, spare tire swing gate rear bumper, full exhaust, you name it. Insanely fun and easy to work on a rust free XJ! I have a ton of pictures but never filmed it, (during COVID and break from my UA-cam activity). I did put the full story on my channel now, with the history. When I was done I drove it to Indiana to the Bad Lands Off Road Park and wheeled. Gotta love the old Jeeps!
JYD sent me!
The timing sounded way off!
First time watching ya dig the rig has anyone ever told ya that you sound like Rick from Rick and Morty 😂 would love to hear you say I'm pickle rick!!
those 360 were in everything light verison of the ford industrial commercial engine even gm pie had slice them
Hey guy i could be wrong but the starter that whole time cranking and it being on never Unengaged it sounded like it was stuck on
I thought the same thing
You must be from near Appleton? I’m near cadott. Just east of Eau Claire. Like watching a local ish person
Greetings from Antigo, Wisconsin...what part of the state are you located, if I may ask?
I really enjoy your vids... good flow and vibes...mmmm, French dips 🤤
From Waukesha WI
🔥🔥 36:05
Mmmm, French dip!
Comment love bruh
Frm CHICAGO
reason i call them is chirping brakes fans power steering even ac plus parakee dont often people chieften or grand wagon all great but sure drink gas
Hmmmmm ........... Sure...
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As much as I love AMC, unfortunately they are a mishmash of Ford, GM and Dodge parts!!
Eewwwww Brotha!
I forgot to mention about the electrical issues from AMC, they used very thin wires and this is a problem that I haven't found a solution to but the turn signal will in some cases not work, for my dad's it's not much of a problem because it's a dune truck but if you want to use it a lot you might as well find a alternative to the current fuse block if that problem is present and the duraspark is trash my dad got rid of his rights away and went with a distributor instead of that
they were nice rig but all day every day old flat finder like 600 junkers or obs parakees or grad parkees
lot time rebuild efi or add 4-5 speed rig is cheap easy nothing like old 4 cyl they crawl like goat sip gas all day
You understand that’s not a truck right?
Great rigs if u can find those scarce parts for them.