AMC Eagle

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I ended up buying a different compression tool that is purpose built for the spring seats on later model AMC vehicles and it came to cost less than the previous tool. All good there.

So the engine is getting the head pulled in two weeks. I'm tackling the lifter tap before it destroys the camshaft. Also taking the chance to clean the carbon out and get the head looked over at a shop before the seals are renewed and it's buttoned back up. I've been still salvaging parts off another pair of Eagles so I now have a very extensive amount of parts, including a spare head, transmission and transfer case which I need top crate up and slide under the bench....just in case.
I also realized I am now in a position where if I wanted to I can add air conditioning. It does mean I'll be forced to install the tray package but by this point the salvage car was so pulled apart the air boxes, hoses, compressor and vacuum routing was pretty easy to remove. The condenser was beyond the point of salvaging as the fins are coming apart like an accordion but that's been a shared part for over a decade so spares are easy to find. Thing is, do I want to go through pulling the dash apart to install the new system?