1970 Jeep Rebuild

By day 3 I am always asking myself how I fit all this crap in here 2 days ago.......

 

I finished the seat belt harness and got that all done.






I got all the parts for the frame tie in, I’ll get that done this week.

 

Nice seats, Rob. You will be a less beat up after 4 days on the trail.

 

Thanks Tim, I’ve been running them for the last 5-6 years… and your right they are comfy.

 

I had been driving JEEP quite a bit and the power steering pump started making grinding noise. Looking closer I could move pulley 1/4” from side to side and the fluid smelled burnt. Took it off and I actually had side to side movement from the shaft. Pulled the pump from the housing and found metal shavings stuck to the magnet inside.

this is after I wiped some of the metal shavings off.


pulled intake off to fix oil leak. Ordered fuel injection system, it’s 6-8 weeks out. I’ll be putting carburetor back on until it shows up.


pulled radiator to see if I can make the fan shroud fit better. This is how it fits now, I’ll be chopping it up and re fiberglassing it enclosing the bottom so I can get better air flow through the radiator.

 

Took everything off the intake manifold and took it to friends house who has blasting cabinet. Brought it home and chased all the threads and put it back together with new thermostat. Sitting on bench ready to go back on engine.

 

Ordered new GM power steering pump, waiting for it to come in.

 

Does that upper radiator hose have a ground for the sensor?

 

Yes it’s on the bottom side in that picture and is grounded back to the block. I’m using that for the electric fan I have hooked up .

 

Been moving slow this week, shoulder really bothering me.
Got intake back on motor and everything hooked up except carburetor.


Dropped distributor back in and hooked up.


Got the new power steering pump installed…. What a pain in the but…. Nothing lined up, ended up spacing the pump back to get the pulleys to line up. Also had to change out fittings to match up what I had on my lines.




Today I pulled the carburetor apart to rebuild. It was rebuilt about 3 years ago, couldn’t believe that the gaskets and rubber parts were hard and disintegrating with the crappy gas we have.




Had to order parts from 3 places to get this back together, now I wait.
Speaking of waiting I’m still waiting on the 7 blade fan, it shows it was shipped on the 17th, now it MIA… contacted the seller to find out wtf?…waiting to hear back.
I still need to work on my radiator shroud.