4x4ing with 2 AMC Eagles in Off-road Park

We went out 4x4ing out on a trail, and Pat decided he was going to cross a deep mudhole. He got stuck for a bit when the car got high-centered in the hole. Then we got him out. then we had to pull apart the starter (that was full of mud and water) and we got it fixed, and got going again.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• 4x4
• AMC
• Eagle
• wagon
• trailriding
• stuck
• in
• mud
• SX/4
• mudding
• engine
• offroading
• cars
• offroad
• vehicle

[spikedpunk]

Enjoyed every moment of this clip. Kudos to you for having the bravery of taking that starter apart in the woods, getting the brushes back in assembling can be a headache. Hope both these cars are still alive and doing well. I'm on the Eagle Nest forum as well. Well wishes to fellow Eagle owners!

[Whuntmore]

@spikedpunk Thanks soo much, (and other fellow nesters)

Both cars are doing very well. Kristen had her's changed quite a bit, and now it sits up like 6 or even 8 inches higher. Pat's SX/4 is still going.

[spikedpunk]

@Whuntmore Glad to hear they live on. Hopefully more of these cars will be posted! Mine is lifted roughly 3-inches (5 if you take the tires into consideration). Please if I may ask, what was the recipe to get Kristen's to sit that high? the independent front suspension is usually the snag in lifting these cars too much and keeping steering geometry safe. Hope to have the '80 on the road in a month or so, once all the salt is off the roads.

[Whuntmore]

@spikedpunk

Actually, I'm not really sure... She took it down to the USA, and had it lifted and fabbed up by another Nest member. I think there's a topic on that, but I'm not 100% sure. But I can tell you, she's on You Tube here:

/user/83regaleagle

that's her, and here's her lifted Eagle:

watch?v=4x9Js7ULGsU&feature=pl­cp&context=C30553f8UDOEgsToPDs­kJj8Qp34MFQCJnIZcL6XoRt

[isorivolta]

I liked for all the reasons Frankenpickle did.  Great video.

[Whuntmore]

@isorivolta Thanks (both of you), it's one of those times where most would wish they had a camera to record it, but I was lucky enough to have mine with me. It was worth getting dirty, and having to fix that starter in the forest. I didn't get home till about 1am, but it was a fun day.

[Frankenpickle]

I can't even BEGIN to tell you how many ways I loved this video! The two arcane AMC vehicles?! (both of which I loved in my youth). The "middle-of-nowhere" repairs?! TOTALLY FRIKKIN' GREAT!

Thanks for posting!!

[deanbassist01]

Lol this appropriately represents American vehicles.

[spikedpunk]

@Whuntmore Thank you for the tip, I will check out more of the car, and decide if I'd like to go in that direction with mine.

[Whuntmore]

@jfuc24 no, he high centered. and it wasn't all mud.

Speed would have gotten him more damage to the underside. That center hump was still hard (even under the water) because we dug away at it with a shovel. It was pretty hard. there's no way he would have made that even hitting it at allot faster speed.

[IamRafe]

Great video man. Good to see other AMCeagleNesters on YouTube! :)

[Whuntmore]

@jfuc24 good to know, thanks for the info!