Recent content by Don't Fence Me In

So I think this'll be my last update unless something catastrophic happens, but I've been running this motor for awhile now, including a 1000 mile round-trip x-mas jaunt, fully loaded through the Sierra Nevada's. The Jeep and the motor are keepers. Doesn't burn oil, plenty of power, no smoking...

Majority won't. I've already called about large parts in the past (fenders, seats, etc.) and 90% of the yards say they don't ship oversized parts. The ones that would ship charged so much for it, it's cheaper just to pay the higher prices for a shop to track them down for me. Yeah, that's...

Nothing will ever rot out here, which is great, but it makes scavenged parts like motors much more uncommon. Nobody is going to pull the motor from one vehicle to another, when both are otherwise fine. Almost nothing of value makes it to junkyards and anything that does, gets fixed and sold by...

We've had serious wind-storms the last few days so I haven't been able to grab any video. Finally said forget it and just took some video in the garage.

Wow, sorry for the very late update, but it took me way longer to get it running than I expected. Nothing to do with the Jeep, just related things. Like jabbed my head on the transmission crossmember stud when changing the trans fluid and filter. Tore my scalp from stem to stern. You know, there...

I listen to just about everything under the sun, from System of a Down to 'ol Blue Eyes. But lately I've been on an indie music kick. Really enjoying TWRP - Starlight Brigade and Rare American's - Hey Sunshine.

HF torque wrenches are surprisingly decent, but now that I have a full collection of HF units, I've slowly started upgrading to digital units. I have a Gearwrench (before they were bought by Home Depot) digital 3/8" torque wrench, and I absolutely love it.

I'm not much of a picture person; I prefer the feeling memories give me, but I'll see what I can dig up and/or take. No 69 GTS, but I do have an 89 Comanche and 80 Mk1 Scirocco that are crossing that boundary of ugly paint to the beginnings of a nice patina.

Thanks for all this golden advice; makes the decision considerably easier to make, and has given me some insight I didn't even consider before, like mpgmike's suggestion with the possible leaky fuel injector. That's an easy thing to test and if it happens to be the case, an easy fix and way to...

I originally posted about this over on /jeepforum/ and a friendly recommendation came through to seek out you folks. Said there was quite a wealth of knowledgeable people on here that would be more likely to steer me in the right direction, despite the fleeting connection between AMCs classic...

Sometimes it feels like I've owned just about every car under the sun, although I'm still far from it. Testament to that is I can't say I've ever owned an A body; mostly Jeeps and VWs. And while I can sing you tunes about the rise and fall of AMC and how the entire modern automotive world owes...

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