I knew the fuel lines were going to need some attention.  It already had a piece of rubber spliced in where there should be steel lines, and the rest of the lines didn’t look good.  I started to pull out the old lines and my fears were confirmed.  

All of the line looks like this, but not as fragile.  New lines are on the to do list.

Brake lines are also on the to do list.  Most of them look like they have been replaced at some point.  Unfortunately they used compression fittings in more than one place.

Now that I had an engine I needed to figure out how to get it transplanted.  With the torque converter off to save time, we strapped it to the hoist and it almost looked like it would bolt up to the factory 232 mounts.  It needs to be raised up so the oil pan cleared the cross member and moved forward so the transmission will bolt up to the torquetube.  Checking with some of the members on the AMC forums it didn’t sound too tough.  After some test fitting some pieces of 2x4s there is a plan.  

After picking up 2 pieces of rectangular tubing from my favorite weld shop, it was time to start measuring.  The left side was easy enough.  I just needed to center the tube, and drill some holes top and bottom.

The right side had some clearance problems with the oil pan.  Nothing that a 4″ cut off wheel couldn’t take care of.

Now to pull the engine back out, get the torque converter back in and bolt her down (hopefully) for good.