Has anybody else noticed this?

[Hedgehog]

The stage is set, you've got a jeep project that needs everything freshened a least to some degree. You rebuild the Transmission , a couple days no problem. The old engine is tired so you swap in another one that you hope is better, another couple days. Axles are bent, no problem change'em out in an hour or so. Drive shafts are worthless, so find excellent used long ones, get'em shortened and installed, a couple days no problem. But when it comes time to button it up, the perfect throttle spring takes days and days to get right, the simple horn button is all wrong, the tinniest thing seems to take forever to find and install. Then there's the electrical system to figure out. It CAN'T get any simpler than a Jeep ... Right! The big items are relatively simple, it's the small stuff that seems to take far to much time........................... Or am I special in some way.

 

[gert]

Sorry never happened to me Lol thats the point when my resto started

 

[hole]

It's always the small things that end up being the biggest pains in the behind.

 

[IOPort51]

"The devil is in the details" boys and girls.

Anybody can do it, it is doing it with class and style that sets you above the pack on just about everything you do in this life. Axles and transfer cases are pretty straight forward and a throttle spring that will close the throttle is pretty easy. the spring that won't make your calf cramp when holding the peddle down for a couple of hours and does not need to be mounted to the water pump to get the slack out of it leaves a bit of room for interpretation and spontaneous creativity. I usually find that it isn't the spring that I don't like, it's the whole damned linkage.

 

[Petescj]

"The devil is in the details" boys and girls.

I usually find that it isn't the spring that I don't like, it's the whole damned linkage.

It took me 3 shots to get the bracket the way I wanted it when I put the Mc2100 in the Scrambler.

 

[IOPort51]

It took me 3 shots to get the bracket the way I wanted it when I put the Mc2100 in the Scrambler.

the change doesn't take long but deciding what and how to change it can take a week or two.

 

[woodboatwayne]

the change doesn't take long but deciding what and how to change it can take a week or two.

The simple any body can do it that bit me is vacuum leaks in the 2 carb spacers under my weber. HAVE PROBABLY 6 OR 8 HOURS IN IT. Works fine for a while then starts leaking again. I am doing a 4.0 head on the AMC 258 i6 / 4.2l next week and plan something better than the 2 piece adapter. Love the webber when it is right.

 

[Geep]

Don't sweat the petty stuff and don't pet the sweaty stuff !


George Carlin

 

[Torxhead]

It took me 3 shots to get the bracket the way I wanted it when I put the Mc2100 in the Scrambler.

Three shots of what?

 

[Petescj]

Three shots of what?

Usually 100 proof Southern. Probably why it wasnt right the first time.

 

[Hedgehog]

Throttle springs seem simple enough. My original didn't have enough oomph to FULLY close the throttle every time. Oh it would come close but not completely. Moving it didn't work either. A generic spring from AutoZone worked but would bind, both ends need to move freely or the spring binds. While working out the correct geometry the spring broke, back to the store AGAIN........ Fiddle, fiddle, fiddle, finally the spring seems to be working the way I think it should. But the spring was just an example, other small but annoying things keep poking me in the eye and seem to cost far to much money to remedy ........ If I could only find that bag of bolts purchased specially for the seat and roll cage..... Errrr.