Carb ID?
Restlesscrow
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- '84 CJ7 258 4spd. Dana 300. Fiberglass tub. In storage for 20 YEARS... Got 'er running in six hours... Just sold my soul to the guy at the auto parts store,
2013 Cherokee... Bone stock....
Hi guys. I'm new to the forum but not to CJ's. I've owned mine for years, but the old girl spent 20 years in storage.... Recently the federal reserve note gods were generous with me, and I dragged her "home" three weeks ago. Her new home is at an airport my dad runs, and I am blessed with a lift so I don't have to crawl around on the ground to work on her...
I go there on the weekends, do all the work on it I can, and come home and buy new parts. (2.5 hour ride one way...)
The first day, I had her running in six hours. (20 years in storage.) dragged her around the airstrip with the tractor to free things up.... Fresh gas... Freed up carb float.... And she RAN... NOT WELL..... But I drove it that day....
Since then, I have replaced the radiator and starter, (known problems when parked) pulled both diff covers... Rear was perfect, front had something resembling oil colored pig snot come out of it.... ATTEMPTED to reattach front pumpkin breather fitting to exclude further pig snot inducing contaminates... I will monitor that carefully.
My CURRENT BIG ISSUE is the carb.... When parked(in 1993) she wouldn't idle for
, and I was an expert three foot driver. While up there in PA, i drove half an hour to reach a cell phone signal, consulted the almighty inter web gods, returned, cleaned two idle jets, and the old girl idled better than when I parked her... But SUDDENLY, every time I touched the gas, she spit, sputtered, and almost died.... A quick disassembly of the top of the carb showed that the accelerator pump diaphragm rubber tore.... Still driveable if you have enough finesse with the go pedal...
Here is my question: guy at auto parts store says he needs numbers off the carb to get me a rebuild kit for the carb. I'm 99% sure it's a Carter. The Jeep is an 84 with a AMC 258 i6 / 4.2l . Would anyone know exactly what carb that has on it so I can order a rebuild kit without driving 2.5 hours to get some numbers off it?
Lord knows I have plenty of other stuff to do.... Every single brake line needs to be replaced, all fuel lines look "crunchy", fuel tank leaks..... But I like driving her on Sunday after spending all night Friday, all day Saturday working on her... Before heading home...
Anyone out there think they can help?
I go there on the weekends, do all the work on it I can, and come home and buy new parts. (2.5 hour ride one way...)
The first day, I had her running in six hours. (20 years in storage.) dragged her around the airstrip with the tractor to free things up.... Fresh gas... Freed up carb float.... And she RAN... NOT WELL..... But I drove it that day....
Since then, I have replaced the radiator and starter, (known problems when parked) pulled both diff covers... Rear was perfect, front had something resembling oil colored pig snot come out of it.... ATTEMPTED to reattach front pumpkin breather fitting to exclude further pig snot inducing contaminates... I will monitor that carefully.
My CURRENT BIG ISSUE is the carb.... When parked(in 1993) she wouldn't idle for

Here is my question: guy at auto parts store says he needs numbers off the carb to get me a rebuild kit for the carb. I'm 99% sure it's a Carter. The Jeep is an 84 with a AMC 258 i6 / 4.2l . Would anyone know exactly what carb that has on it so I can order a rebuild kit without driving 2.5 hours to get some numbers off it?
Lord knows I have plenty of other stuff to do.... Every single brake line needs to be replaced, all fuel lines look "crunchy", fuel tank leaks..... But I like driving her on Sunday after spending all night Friday, all day Saturday working on her... Before heading home...
Anyone out there think they can help?