I want to thank....

[Thew]

I want to thank the DSPO of my 82 CJ7 .
Thank you for,

putting in the wrong tie rods and leaving out the drop pitman so it drove
itself in to every ditch.

for the nice Rubicon express lift with the leafs that were misaligned.

leaving the U bolts 4 inches too long and leaving a few loose

welding in 2 sets of taper blocks to set the rear axle at the wrong angle

buying a nice weber carb and then screwing it up.
dont bother to tighten it down while you are at it.

buying a nice Tomken dual battery mount then loosing the hold down bar, dont forget to use a bungee cord.

for all of the beautiful wiring add on surprises that I'm still finding, there seems to be a surprise for every day of the year.

for the 30 gallons of silicon sealer used to fill every hole and crack. dont forget to seal the windshield to the tub, you used so much that the jeep should have bounced like a rubber ball.

for the wonderful heater repairs, you really should have been an engineer or maybe a rocket scientist.

for plugging the crankcase vent, just letting the pcv valve suck the air out of crankcase to the point of a 20 inch vacuum is genius. you never leak oil, never loose the oil cap and suck every seal in to the crankcase (well almost).

for installing a monster cam WITHOUT headers or an intake manifold. I love a jeeps that idle like .

for burning out the entire fuel gauge system, you even managed to burn up the sender.

for the new TJ seats with the dual seat sliders for the that extra seat travel. Its abusulte genius to mount a slider on top of another slider, that way you can have 6 feet of seat adjustment.

And for all the other things I have yet to find.

seriously if it wasn't for you I would not have bought it for so cheap.

(sorry, I'm venting..)

 

[BrockGrimes]

My favorite is the misc welds put down to hold various parts in place.
No why would I ever want to remove a drain plug, or the bumper.

 

[BajaEdition]

You forgot the sticker that hides the crack in the window or the diamond plate rear corners hiding the cancer.

 

[kicknjeep]

I had to read this twice due to thinking I wrote it!!!!

 

[susie]

If they used so much silicone it should have bounced like a rubber ball, wouldnt that have come in handy when it drove itself into the ditch?

 

[Thew]

If they used so much silicone it should have bounced like a rubber ball, wouldnt that have come in handy when it drove itself into the ditch?

That is how I got out!

it also helped when I ran over some of those new fancy pants hummers :bounce:

 

[BajaEdition]

Speaking of Hummers, What are we going call them once China starts to make them?
Oh Yea, I can see it now, Sardine can bodies.

 

[susie]

That is how I got out!

it also helped when I ran over some of those new fancy pants hummers :bounce:

My Bubba has a fascination with hummers. I want to cry everytime he says the word. So, why dont you just eliminate all of them so I wont cry anymore

 

[cj5 guy]

I feel your pain! good luck with the rebuild and getting everything fixed.

 

[Petescj]

I want to thank the DSPO of my 82 CJ7 .

And for all the other things I have yet to find.

seriously if it wasn't for you I would not have bought it for so cheap.

You seemed so happy when you were pulling out of my driveway??

 

[kicknjeep]

You seemed so happy when you were pulling out of my driveway??

 

[Thew]

You seemed so happy when you were pulling out of my driveway??

I thought the drive home was a bit long!
I don't think I could handle the 2500 mile trip when I bought it.


I have replaced
the most of the steering.
the rear bakes (everything but drums)
right now I'm replacing the heater, windshield and frame and removing the silicone around the cowl.

The sad thing for me is it will be down for a week or so, I don't know if I can go with out driving it that long

 

[Thew]

You forgot the sticker that hides the crack in the window or the diamond plate rear corners hiding the cancer.

the cancer was under the drivers windshield frame hinge, that's the only real cancer there was and that's why I bought this one.

all of the other CJ7 's I looked at had major cancer, unfortunately most jeeps here on the coast get dipped in salt water a time or two.

 

[DHugg]

I want to thank the DSPO of my 82 CJ7 .
Thank you for,

putting in the wrong tie rods and leaving out the drop pitman so it drove
itself in to every ditch.

for the nice Rubicon express lift with the leafs that were misaligned.

leaving the U bolts 4 inches too long and leaving a few loose

welding in 2 sets of taper blocks to set the rear axle at the wrong angle

buying a nice weber carb and then screwing it up.
dont bother to tighten it down while you are at it.

buying a nice Tomken dual battery mount then loosing the hold down bar, dont forget to use a bungee cord.

for all of the beautiful wiring add on surprises that I'm still finding, there seems to be a surprise for every day of the year.

for the 30 gallons of silicon sealer used to fill every hole and crack. dont forget to seal the windshield to the tub, you used so much that the jeep should have bounced like a rubber ball.

for the wonderful heater repairs, you really should have been an engineer or maybe a rocket scientist.

for plugging the crankcase vent, just letting the pcv valve suck the air out of crankcase to the point of a 20 inch vacuum is genius. you never leak oil, never loose the oil cap and suck every seal in to the crankcase (well almost).

for installing a monster cam WITHOUT headers or an intake manifold. I love a jeeps that idle like .

for burning out the entire fuel gauge system, you even managed to burn up the sender.

for the new TJ seats with the dual seat sliders for the that extra seat travel. Its abusulte genius to mount a slider on top of another slider, that way you can have 6 feet of seat adjustment.

And for all the other things I have yet to find.

seriously if it wasn't for you I would not have bought it for so cheap.

(sorry, I'm venting..)

X2 times 10 on my '80 CJ7 !!!

 

[Thew]

I have managed to repair a lot of the list. I will have to post some pics

 

[IOPort51]

Did somebody tell you this was going to be easy? If so was this the first time you have ever been lied to?

With all the wiring "upgrades" I have been doing with the CJ, the new relay and fuse center and the MSD and especially the headlight relay system and electric fan. I am wondering, if I were to sell it to someone right now,(never happen) if they would be able to figure out what I had done and why.