Post by hopps1945 on Sept 3, 2016 11:11:50 GMT -5
Graduation is over and on to taking her boards next week so this roller coaster ride is almost over.
So I dug out my original radiator that I was told was 'bad' by a radiator shop many years ago. (Broke the drain off and asked them to put a new one on.) When I picked it up he said he had pressure tested it and it was bad. I was a bit skeptical because prior to this I had my jeep running. Fast forward 15 years and I slap it in my jeep because the current one is leaking from a seam. Going on a week with it in and so far (knock on wood) no problem at all. Go out every evening at start it and let it warm up to operating temp.
As for it running. Swapped out the throttle linkage. (Tighter fit.) Go back through the whole process. I can't get it to idle down below about 800 RPM before it gets really rough and wants to die. The good thing is I can at least start it when it is warmed up. My little propane torch is out of fuel so once I get that, I'll do another check for any leaks but at this time I'm either going to send this one in to Scoutpilot for a re-rebuild or grab on of the old ones I have and have him rebuild that one. So still fiddling with it a bit but with the weather changing and winter coming soon, would like to get a chance to drive it a bit before the weather gets too bad.
So I dug out my original radiator that I was told was 'bad' by a radiator shop many years ago. (Broke the drain off and asked them to put a new one on.) When I picked it up he said he had pressure tested it and it was bad. I was a bit skeptical because prior to this I had my jeep running. Fast forward 15 years and I slap it in my jeep because the current one is leaking from a seam. Going on a week with it in and so far (knock on wood) no problem at all. Go out every evening at start it and let it warm up to operating temp.
As for it running. Swapped out the throttle linkage. (Tighter fit.) Go back through the whole process. I can't get it to idle down below about 800 RPM before it gets really rough and wants to die. The good thing is I can at least start it when it is warmed up. My little propane torch is out of fuel so once I get that, I'll do another check for any leaks but at this time I'm either going to send this one in to Scoutpilot for a re-rebuild or grab on of the old ones I have and have him rebuild that one. So still fiddling with it a bit but with the weather changing and winter coming soon, would like to get a chance to drive it a bit before the weather gets too bad.
