Well, still no fire...... wrestled with the stupid brake bleeding most of the day. No joy yet. I would really like to get the brakes functional, cause I know when I get a good idle going on, I'm taking a victory lap or two around the neighborhood.
On the bright side, I was able to get a few more smaller things done between frustration breaks. I the fuel filler bezel mounted
Got the shift levers in place in preparation for the impending victory lap (and just sayin - taking pics of black shift levers with a black background in a garage doesn't work very well...)
In working with the weepy brake line connection, I realized in my haste I hooked the proportioning valve up backwards. Figured that would be a good enough reason to open the drippy junction...... swapped the lines, and it now appears the weeping has stopped. Fingers are crossed.
On to the coolant issue. Hit up three parts stores looking for a temp sender that is NOT a switch, no one could help. Now that everything is tracked my application make and model, you can't just ask for a 3/8 NPT sender - they look at you like you have three eyeballs. So, I sat in the NAPA parking lot and searched for em, found a part number, went back in and the guy said "hey, you found one"........ I swear sometimes it's hard to be humble..... I gotta figure out a way for someone else to do my job for me while I get paid. Anyway, got back to the house, stuck the sender in the intake, it snugged up quite nicely, without the adapter that was there originally, so I started looking for the connector. Looked around, didn't see anything - not a single wire needing a good home. Wondered if I even had one (at my age memory cells have a MUCH shorter shelf life that this project has taken). I couldn't remember if it was wired or not when I tore it down. Ok, no sweat - poked around in the bulkhead connector, and viola! A purple w/tr wire....... so there is a wire for the sender, just gotta figure out where it is. Every couple inches I'd look in the main loom, and there it was - then, right behind the air cleaner, no more purple wire. Backing up, I was expecting to see the cut end, but no - there it goes taking a hard left out of the main loom and heading forward.......... now I'm thinkin since it's on the wrong side, I'll have to splice in an extension cause it's gonna be too short. But I gotta find the dang connector. THERE it is, stuck on a temp sending unit............ Son of a biscuit dang mother blippin......... is already had the thing hooked up. Don't know what was in the other threaded port, but I don't need it. Then while standing there feeling stupid, again, i figured I'd just leave it as a fancy plug. By the time I drove back to NAPA, returned it, drove to the hardware store for a plug, I'd just stay home and endeavor to persevere. (Sorry - quote from of my favorite movies). Now that the brake line doesn't ooze, the drain petcock on the radiator has assumed the responsibility. Still looking for the sweet spot. If I can get that to stop, it'll be the first CJ I've ever owned that nothing dripped. Wait - I haven't put fuel in it yet....... that's gonna be in a couple hours. Then I'll make the nothing dripping comment. Yeah, I know - I've completely jinxed it now.
On a side note - even though my tub says "JOOP", the lettering helps distract attention from that. I'm diggin the lettering - had a guy cut em for me a couple years ago...
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. Treat it like a turkey fryer. Move it out of the garage just in case
congrats you will be tearing up the neighborhood in no time.