What did you do to or with your CJ today?
JeeperChris
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- '79 CJ5, 258 I6, T150 w/Dana20, Dana30 front and AMC20 rear. My first Jeep! I'm looking forward to doing some minor upgrades and restoration while enjoying the ride.
Did a compression test for sanity sake before I dive into new lower end bearings- hot idle pressure is 12-15psi and I know the bearings are scored from when I replaced the rear main. Cylinders all came in 145-150psi. Pan to rebuild the oil pump while I’m in it and change the engine mounts.
Removed the ignition ballast wire and corrected a couple duct tape splices buried in the mud packed loom. Then I thought I’d fix my leaky vacuum advance canister- turns out someone has tried it before as evidenced by the jb weld on the area they broke.
Is that a part that can be replaced? I like finding things that you guys try to fix but can't get a replacement part for. We should have a list of those kinds of parts and what the owner did to replace/repair them.