Great job guys! While being a Chevy/GMC nut my entire life, I've always had a secret desire to build an AMC Hornet or Gremlin. I can't tell my friends though because I'd be shunned forever? At the least, whenever we have a few beers you can bet I would be the center of harassment. It would probably be easier to handle telling them I enjoy cross dressing and lipstick Lol (I do not BTW!) On a more serious note, AMC's have always fascinated me. Whenever the hood is opened on any model and/or year it is possible to find a myriad of parts from the big three(GM, Ford and Chrysler) thrown together in a Frankenstein looking setup. Why try to reinvent the wheel though? Anyone that has been working on cars for a long period of time though (myself included) will instantly realize that AMC generally used only items that had decent track records with proven engineering. This makes a lot of sense and is one of the main reasons they were around so long? They put the little research capitol available into things that actually kept them in the fight against much bigger competitors. While I have never personally worked on an AMC 360ci motor, I did watch a guy replacing an oil pump in a Javelin many years ago and he filled the cavity around the pump vanes with Vaseline. When I asked why? he claimed that it is a non-priming pump and would take to long to get the oil up to pressure if he didn't? Any thoughts on that?
You’re absolutely right. After trying once to build oil pressure by cranking he took the pump apart and packed it full of Vaseline and it primed perfectly!
@@BuildSeason Cool! I actually cringed when you mentioned replacing the cam and lifters😬 In the 80's breaking a flat tappet cam wasn't an issue? Total rebuild or simple cam swap? We just did it and didn't worry. When you started having an issue on #7 (I think?) I immediately expected to hear that the lobe was either wiping or wiped out on the cam and everything else got lunched in the process? I was very happy when it wasn't! There are 2 Chevy 350's and a Ford 302 motor behind my buddies garage that are boat anchors from bad cams that puked on break in. Thanks for not following the latest craze, Lol.
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Great job guys! While being a Chevy/GMC nut my entire life, I've always had a secret desire to build an AMC Hornet or Gremlin. I can't tell my friends though because I'd be shunned forever? At the least, whenever we have a few beers you can bet I would be the center of harassment. It would probably be easier to handle telling them I enjoy cross dressing and lipstick Lol (I do not BTW!)
On a more serious note, AMC's have always fascinated me. Whenever the hood is opened on any model and/or year it is possible to find a myriad of parts from the big three(GM, Ford and Chrysler) thrown together in a Frankenstein looking setup. Why try to reinvent the wheel though?
Anyone that has been working on cars for a long period of time though (myself included) will instantly realize that AMC generally used only items that had decent track records with proven engineering. This makes a lot of sense and is one of the main reasons they were around so long? They put the little research capitol available into things that actually kept them in the fight against much bigger competitors.
While I have never personally worked on an AMC 360ci motor, I did watch a guy replacing an oil pump in a Javelin many years ago and he filled the cavity around the pump vanes with Vaseline. When I asked why? he claimed that it is a non-priming pump and would take to long to get the oil up to pressure if he didn't?
Any thoughts on that?
You’re absolutely right. After trying once to build oil pressure by cranking he took the pump apart and packed it full of Vaseline and it primed perfectly!
@@BuildSeason Cool! I actually cringed when you mentioned replacing the cam and lifters😬
In the 80's breaking a flat tappet cam wasn't an issue? Total rebuild or simple cam swap? We just did it and didn't worry.
When you started having an issue on #7 (I think?) I immediately expected to hear that the lobe was either wiping or wiped out on the cam and everything else got lunched in the process?
I was very happy when it wasn't! There are 2 Chevy 350's and a Ford 302 motor behind my buddies garage that are boat anchors from bad cams that puked on break in.
Thanks for not following the latest craze, Lol.