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jrbuzz
AMC Fan Joined: Jul/28/2017 Location: Kenosha, WI Status: Offline Points: 11 |
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Posted: Jun/08/2018 at 12:27pm |
Hi all!
I have a 1982 Concord with the 4 cylinder engine and the fuel pump has gone bad and stopped doing its job. My first question is where is the thing? My Chilton’s manual gives me one drawing of it and I have no idea where it is at. Second, is it a fairly simple replacement? Any special things I need to know about? I know I’ve got this in the wrong forum, but I had no idea where else to put it! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, it needs a new driver side door handle, since that decided to break as well. |
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73Gremlin401
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You bring up a good point - now that 4 cyl AMCs are becoming more collectible, there really should be a section for them. The motor you have is the GM sourced Iron Duke, so you should be in very good luck in getting parts for it, as there are plenty of them still in service in a broad range of GM products. As for the door handle, that's a relatively easy one too - the Concord uses the same door handle as Gremlins and Hornets all the way back to 1970, and eagles through 1988, although there were minor finish changes over the years. If you're not picky, junkyards are still a good source. If it's only the return spring that's broken, those do pop up on ebay from time to time, and the usual AMC parts sources have them in stock, as well as paddles and complete handles. The handles are handed, so you'll need to specify left or right side.
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73 Gremlin 401/5-spd.
77 Matador Wagon 360/727. 81 Jeep J10 LWB 360/4-spd 83 Concord DL 4-dr 258/auto |
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Gisulf
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Hi, Buzz. I believe that the Iron Duke engines have the fuel pump located in the fuel tank, but I'm at work and can't check.
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farna
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All the EFI models do, but the carbed models have a block mounted pump. See this to replace it: You won't need any special tools, it's just in a hard to get to place. Might be a little easier on the Concord since the 4x4 axle isn't in the way and the crossmember is different than the Eagle. Scroll down and read all the replies, a guy called "Happy Pappy" posts that it's not all that hard, but alternator has to come out to get to the fuel pump easily.
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Frank Swygert
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purple72Gremlin
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Nothing on a Iron duke is easy to work on. Ive owned one and worked on them
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jpnjim
AMC Addicted Joined: Nov/25/2007 Location: New England Status: Offline Points: 2752 |
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I had an Iron Duke Spirit as my daily driver for exactly one day. Flames were literally shooting out from behind my rear bumper when I blew the engine. (tow truck driver told me he saw me drive by "looking like the Space Shuttle" <-- his words) Fire trucks and everything. Not a fan Edit: Welcome to the OP, not trying to sound negative, just putting out my short lived experience Edited by jpnjim - Jun/09/2018 at 6:07pm |
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71 P-code 4spd Javelin/AMX
some Jeeps and some Fords |
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Gisulf
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I looked up the link that Frank posted. Holy heck, that's a lotta work. Good luck original poster!
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jrbuzz
AMC Fan Joined: Jul/28/2017 Location: Kenosha, WI Status: Offline Points: 11 |
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Sorry I haven’t responded! I’ve been working on a 1974 Super Beetle that is also in my garage not running. I’ll give it a go with the link provided (thanks!) and I’ll probably be back on here asking questions along the way.
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