Ah, the joy of P.O's
GS1200
Jeeper
New member, Hey Y'all! New Member, new to me 83 CJ7 .
Previous Owner (P.O) did a frame off resto 7 years ago on this, and supposedly only put 12-1500 miles on it. Been in one of my storage units for the last 3 years, (I own a self storage biz), and I made them an offer we both could live with. I have been mostly into motorcycle long distance riding, but lately the desire and the knees have just not been there, so I figure an old jeep was the best way to keep my short hair in the wind. I had an 05 unlimited for a couple years and enjoyed that.
Anyway, after sitting for so long, after only a few short trips between rain storms, the water pump decided to mark its territory. Ordered the new pump, got the wrong one, got the new one this morning, with new tstat, and hoses. Put everything back together, Cant get the radiator to line up properly without it binding on the steering knuckle. Finally the light hits me in the head, I pull the radiator back out, and you can see where the outlet port is caved in from the knuckle, and the power steering lines have been rubbing on the bottom of the radiator. Wonder what OTHER wonders I am going to find from their restoration! New radiator on the way.
They had said the steering was a bit jumpy, but that was from the 13inch steering wheel they had on it. I bet it was from the damn thing binding on the radiator!!
Previous Owner (P.O) did a frame off resto 7 years ago on this, and supposedly only put 12-1500 miles on it. Been in one of my storage units for the last 3 years, (I own a self storage biz), and I made them an offer we both could live with. I have been mostly into motorcycle long distance riding, but lately the desire and the knees have just not been there, so I figure an old jeep was the best way to keep my short hair in the wind. I had an 05 unlimited for a couple years and enjoyed that.
Anyway, after sitting for so long, after only a few short trips between rain storms, the water pump decided to mark its territory. Ordered the new pump, got the wrong one, got the new one this morning, with new tstat, and hoses. Put everything back together, Cant get the radiator to line up properly without it binding on the steering knuckle. Finally the light hits me in the head, I pull the radiator back out, and you can see where the outlet port is caved in from the knuckle, and the power steering lines have been rubbing on the bottom of the radiator. Wonder what OTHER wonders I am going to find from their restoration! New radiator on the way.
They had said the steering was a bit jumpy, but that was from the 13inch steering wheel they had on it. I bet it was from the damn thing binding on the radiator!!