About Tom Joy Expertise Owned several 1981 thru 1986 amc eagle questions. restored and retrofit a mopar 318 v-8 into a 1985 amc eagle. Not much hands on experience with 1990 thru present gm eagles.
Experience 20+ years as a tech, foreman and service manager.
Organizations Several ASE certifications and amc certifications prior to retirement.
Question My wife's 1983 AMC Eagle is having an issue with its tail lights - they don't work. The brake lights work, but her tail lamps will not turn on when she turns on her headlights. I figured that the problem was a bad fuse, but I cannot seem to find the fuse box. It also occured to me that maybe she has a bad blub that might be causing boths lights to malfunction, but I cant find any bolts to take the tail light housings off. I really need to find the fuse box and figure out how to remove the tail light covers. Can you help?
Answer Sure I can help. I worked on Eagles when they first came out in 1980 thru 1988. In fact I had 3 eagles myself.
The fuse panel is located up under the dash directly behind the headlight switch. Look hard it's up there.
I have a complete tail light assembly currently on Ebay.
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The bolts are actually nuts that come off from inside the back end. You have to peel back the carpet directly behind the tail light assembly to see the nuts.
