Viewing the World from flat on your back
DHugg
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- '80 CJ7 304AMC crate with 8KMiles: MC2100 - AMC20 rear w/Superiors - Dana30 front - TF999 - Dana300TC - 35x12.5's - Tilt steer column - Flaming Rvr EZ-Steer Shaft - AGR Super Pump - AGR Super Box II - RockyRidge HD Brace - New home-designed digital TEMP - GAS - OILPR - CALIBRATE gauges.
I am just getting serious about surveying the 1980 CJ7 I bought ten days ago. Things continue to surprise me, like the rubber tubing from the right top of the AMC20 rear axle. It ends in oblivion. The illustration I have shows a connect to the backside of the Transfer Case , but not on my Jeep!
Why in the world are the rear drums held on by three Phillips screws, instead of spring clips like all the other brake jobs I remember? Gonna be a bitch getting those screws out if they are rusted even a little!
I see a bunch of lines from the rear area of the fuel tank; didn't have time to get to then to trace them, but one or more look like air/vacuum/vapor lines. Can anyone comment?
I did trace the fuel line from the carb back to the tank. Looks like I have a leak where the steel is replaced by a rubber flex-line and a clamp. Is that a possible reason for the carb/fuel system to lose 'prime' after sitting two days? Takes two 4-second starter bursts to get fuel to the carb; four bursts if it has not run in 4-5 days.
Anyone reading this has spent more time under a Jeep than I. While I'm here on my back, I'll just look around for trouble spots. Please tell me where I can most profitably use my time.
But under a CJ makes a great place to hide from honey-do's. Nobody wants my help when my cloths are greasy and my hands begrimed from honest work. I love it!
bon chance,
DHugg (pictures tomorrow of how bad the two rear brakes were)
Why in the world are the rear drums held on by three Phillips screws, instead of spring clips like all the other brake jobs I remember? Gonna be a bitch getting those screws out if they are rusted even a little!
I see a bunch of lines from the rear area of the fuel tank; didn't have time to get to then to trace them, but one or more look like air/vacuum/vapor lines. Can anyone comment?
I did trace the fuel line from the carb back to the tank. Looks like I have a leak where the steel is replaced by a rubber flex-line and a clamp. Is that a possible reason for the carb/fuel system to lose 'prime' after sitting two days? Takes two 4-second starter bursts to get fuel to the carb; four bursts if it has not run in 4-5 days.
Anyone reading this has spent more time under a Jeep than I. While I'm here on my back, I'll just look around for trouble spots. Please tell me where I can most profitably use my time.
But under a CJ makes a great place to hide from honey-do's. Nobody wants my help when my cloths are greasy and my hands begrimed from honest work. I love it!
bon chance,
DHugg (pictures tomorrow of how bad the two rear brakes were)