16 Mar 08, 05:43 am
Started the morning of the 15th at 8 AM calling NAPA - they don't open until 9. Filled the gas tank and fixed the heater controls to where they sorta work right.
Got ahold of NAPA and they had my caliper - with a $55 core - so I ripped the one off and went to NAPA. Met a friend there who had bought Nates/Marks/Justins old Jeep as he ran it without oil and has a rod knocking (teenagers!) He needed to grab a bunch of stuff, but when we got there there was a line and only 1 worker. I asked "When's your help get here?" He says, you just come back here and do it yourself. So I got crash trained on NAPA's computer system and away I worked - having to explain to everyone else who walked in that I Couldn't help them because I really didn't work there and didn't really know what I was doing.
An hour later I was on my way back to the house - replaced the caliper and tried bleeding the brakes which wasn't working. The pass side forn tcaliper that I had just replaced wouldn't put enough pressure on the pads to squeze the rotor. Seeing the break pads should have been replaced as well, I went and grabbed the ones off the Blazer and re-bled them - and it worked.
Grabbed an air cleaner assembly - grabbed another air cleaner assembly that didn't bind the linkage, and then found the correct length all thread to install it.
So outside it got pushed and the battery charger was hooked up and it started fine - but ran rough. Played with the distribuotr to get it closer to being timed and kept checking the trans fluid - topped it off, started it up, moved through the gears forward and backwards, shut it off, topped it off... repeated several times until the trans kept some fluid in it. AFter I drive it a bit I'll need to check it and top it off again.
So about 12:30 I moved it via it's own power out front so the Jeep could be moved inside the garage. And my pickuptruck was running horribly bad. I popped the hood to see the carb saturated in gas. The pump seal obviously gave up and the carb was spewing gas everywhere. So I grabbed another one off of another vehicle and put it on and everything looked good, but it idles at 2000 RPM or so and the idle screw is all the way out - Dunno if something is bound up or if that carb is just junk...
Went back to move Skitzo and the starter wouldn't work.
At this point it is about 1:40 and I know the inevitable - I'm not making it on the trail as even my backup 4x4 (pickup) isn't running correctly.
Had to have one of the prospects (Frank???) who showed up to do the ride cross the starter so I could get it back in front of the garage. I think it is the fuseable link, but could also be having other issues. I never got it timed with a light, only by ear, and it was backfiring a bit as well. So I have to fix the wiring and finish timing / tuning it to run well. It was nice to move it under it's own power again.
And I need to figure out what's wrong with the pickup - before the 20th when Derrick gets back from the field and I give his car back to him!
Got ahold of NAPA and they had my caliper - with a $55 core - so I ripped the one off and went to NAPA. Met a friend there who had bought Nates/Marks/Justins old Jeep as he ran it without oil and has a rod knocking (teenagers!) He needed to grab a bunch of stuff, but when we got there there was a line and only 1 worker. I asked "When's your help get here?" He says, you just come back here and do it yourself. So I got crash trained on NAPA's computer system and away I worked - having to explain to everyone else who walked in that I Couldn't help them because I really didn't work there and didn't really know what I was doing.
An hour later I was on my way back to the house - replaced the caliper and tried bleeding the brakes which wasn't working. The pass side forn tcaliper that I had just replaced wouldn't put enough pressure on the pads to squeze the rotor. Seeing the break pads should have been replaced as well, I went and grabbed the ones off the Blazer and re-bled them - and it worked.
Grabbed an air cleaner assembly - grabbed another air cleaner assembly that didn't bind the linkage, and then found the correct length all thread to install it.
So outside it got pushed and the battery charger was hooked up and it started fine - but ran rough. Played with the distribuotr to get it closer to being timed and kept checking the trans fluid - topped it off, started it up, moved through the gears forward and backwards, shut it off, topped it off... repeated several times until the trans kept some fluid in it. AFter I drive it a bit I'll need to check it and top it off again.
So about 12:30 I moved it via it's own power out front so the Jeep could be moved inside the garage. And my pickuptruck was running horribly bad. I popped the hood to see the carb saturated in gas. The pump seal obviously gave up and the carb was spewing gas everywhere. So I grabbed another one off of another vehicle and put it on and everything looked good, but it idles at 2000 RPM or so and the idle screw is all the way out - Dunno if something is bound up or if that carb is just junk...
Went back to move Skitzo and the starter wouldn't work.
At this point it is about 1:40 and I know the inevitable - I'm not making it on the trail as even my backup 4x4 (pickup) isn't running correctly.
Had to have one of the prospects (Frank???) who showed up to do the ride cross the starter so I could get it back in front of the garage. I think it is the fuseable link, but could also be having other issues. I never got it timed with a light, only by ear, and it was backfiring a bit as well. So I have to fix the wiring and finish timing / tuning it to run well. It was nice to move it under it's own power again.
And I need to figure out what's wrong with the pickup - before the 20th when Derrick gets back from the field and I give his car back to him!
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