CJ7 junk yard parts bin on 42's

Ran more double blacks today. My son drove most of them, which might be more rewarding to watch and spot him make it happen than me driving through. Got mostly vids, but here's the honorary trail 90 shot.
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He never had to pull cable, but I did on trail 94 to keep from losing the windshield.

Got to the top of one trail and reached for the shifter and it was in the passenger seat... Roached another set of engine mounts.

Heading home in the morning, great father son weekend in a rig we built in the garage over the past 6 years. He's going into his senior year in a few weeks. I'm sure there will be many more great trips just like this.
 
Awesome! I need to make it out to ivy branch one of these days!!
 
It's a good spot and bear wallow is right down the road too.
 
Put two new engine mounts in it and put the 40 mickeys Thompson "street tires" back on so he can drive it to school again (65 miles round trip). Only one engine mount was ripped completely apart, the other was starting... I don't remember beating on it that hard...


Had some fuel delivery issues with the Holley sniper, mostly my fault since the service loop I put in to make replacing the pump easier started kinking and fuel began to cavitate on the suction side. Straightened that out and it seemed fine until it ran for a couple hours. Then the pump gets loud again like it's eating air. Never shutdown again though. I checked the fittings and the hose all is fine. At initial start up and the first 45 minutes it's nearly silent, run it for a few hours and it's LOUD.

Tonight he was out and called me because it would start but not stay running. Told me the fuel pump would prime but once it fired the pump would shut off. Turned out the special plug you have to buy extra to connect to any ignition box had a lousy connection so butt spliced that and it's good for now. Hopefully...

Definitely would not have been able to do the trails at ivy with the carb, but there's a certain level of reliability with a carb that I'm missing right now. This thing seems finicky, I suppose with time my confidence will grow.

Bolt check and weld check last night showed all was fine, but the front waggy springs are S shaped again even with the antiwrap bar. The main leaf is pretty thin, but I guess I'm over flexing it. Will look into 4 linking the front, but prefer the leaves for his daily driver duty for now.
 
With my son daily driving the gladiator now, the CJ doesn't move as much. Tired old 440 has a good oil spot under it now.

Headers blew apart so replaced those and apparently created a power steering leak in the process.

New motor mounts with the overlapping tangs so maybe that'll help.

Need to put in the electric Volvo fan that @Croatan_Kid donated to the cause and wire that into the sniper relays.

Have all the parts for the rear disc swap too, but that will probably wait until after the next trip we're trying to put together in April. Anyone tried Rock Run in PA?
 
orange150 said:
What motor mounts are you running? OE style?
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Yup, but these at least have the overlapping / interlocking tabs on the side that only allow the engine to move about a 1/4 inch.

Need to convert to a leaf spring bushing style of mount, but access is limited to cut out what I have and weld these in. That might wait until I pull the motor for a rebuild.
 
Clubbs said:
Yup, but these at least have the overlapping / interlocking tabs on the side that only allow the engine to move about a 1/4 inch.

Need to convert to a leaf spring bushing style of mount, but access is limited to cut out what I have and weld these in. That might wait until I pull the motor for a rebuild.
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What about using a chain to the frame to help?
 
They would work too but the same access for welding is the challenge. Big block Mopar jammed in a CJ frame is a little tight.
 
Clubbs said:
Need to put in the electric Volvo fan that @Croatan_Kid donated to the cause and wire that into the sniper relays.
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Uh, pretty sure the Sniper does NOT have "relays"... but does have "triggers" to control relays for the fans?

FWIW, I'm not utilizing the SNIPER fan controls, but had the on/off still defined in the software and fought a STOOPID (very erratic, came/went) idle after 160*... and that totally went away after disabling the fan control/zeroing both sets.
 
Caver Dave said:
Uh, pretty sure the Sniper does NOT have "relays"... but does have "triggers" to control relays for the fans?

FWIW, I'm not utilizing the SNIPER fan controls, but had the on/off still defined in the software and fought a STOOPID (very erratic, came/went) idle after 160*... and that totally went away after disabling the fan control/zeroing both sets.
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I believe you are correct about the relays.

It seems to idle and run ok with its base built in tune for now. If it gets sideways after the fan triggers are installed I'll have to revise the plan. Appreciate the input though
 
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