Couple of questions with pictures.

Hi All,
More progress tonight. My front exhaust pipe and tail pipe showed up today. I got the front pipe installed and decided to see if the jeep would start up. Primed it with a bit of gas in the carb and voila...fired up first try. I only ran it for like 15-20 seconds because I have no rad at this point. Anyways, on to the questions.

1) It seems like the pulleys are not lining up. Specifically, the top and bottom inside pullies. Any ideas?





2) I am going to eventually go with a mojave heater but til then will this arrangement work ok?



3) Does this look like the correct orientation for the tailpipe?



Mike

 

could your crank pulley be on backwards?

 

Wow! I feel lazy when I see your post. I'll comment on #2 and #3. #2- the setup is fine. Run the same with the same intentions. #3- can't see in front of the tank but there is a bend that goes slightly up over the axle. Nice tight setup on the exhaust.

I saw your last post on mufflers. Ran the Walker originally, good sound and performance. With a little tweaking, you can tuck it up close to the body. It's a stock setup - small maybe 18" long. Available at Advance.

Once again - nice CJ and good luck. Come wheeln' in SC sometime when shes on the road.

 

Doug
-which pulley? I never removed the one on the crank and I am not sure the top one can go one backwards.

Garbageman
-I am going to try to find a muffler locally tomorrow. The Advance near work should carry the Walker. I'll pick it up for now and see how it works out.
As far as making you feel lazy I am lucky that my wife is ok with me spending my nights in the garage once the kids go to bed so I get to spend 10-12 hours per week on the Jeep. I am very please with the progress I am making. Where do you wheel around Columbia? I have a friend with a place on Lake Wateree and was planning a few weekends there this summer.

Mike

 

Could a spacer be missing between the pump and the pulley? Original pump and pulley right?

 

Doug,
As far as i know. They were with the engine when I got the jeep.

Mike

 

I would do the same but it would put me in the garage @ 10pm and I would stay up till 2am. Made me a Zombie the next day.

Theres a great park outside of Laurens SC called Gulches. http://www.gulchesorvpark.com/
Maybe an hour and half from Kershaw.

Also Manchester near Sumter. Limited due conditions,hunting etc.

Kershaw area just got a HUGE motorcross park with something like 200 miles of moto/atv trails of all sorts. No word on any 4x4 trails for the future.

Private land is all we have in the greater cola area.

 

Snapped a few pics of my setup. Sort of the same where it looks like the water pump pulley is recessed and the crank sticks out a little. No problems here. Look at the last three pics in the album. http://picasaweb.google.com/irmosc/74JeepCJ502/photo#5028395036203145234

 

In my exhaust set up, the stock position for the tailpipe is clamped to the underside of the hanger you show about a foot in from the pipe end. It would butt up to the underside of that U shaped piece on the end of the rubber, and a pipe clamp goes around the pipe and sets in the U. This would give you space between the pipe and the rear crosmember so as to avoid rattles.
You can put it anywhere it's suggested, I'm just describing how mine has always been since it was new.
As far as your pulley alignment,I second Doug's cj5 comment and go so far as to say that the crank pulley is definetly on backwards. I looked at mine and your's is reversed.That will straighten out all the alignment issues as well.

 

Seemed to me I remeber the pulley having a neck on it and that went toward the crank. I'll have a closer look when I get home this evening and I can turn it around if necessary. Thanks for looking.

Mike

 

After re-thinking the situation, I stand corrected!!
You right, it would have a snout and it would go in first since that's what the front seal rides on. If it is reversed,and you ran the engine, oil would come out there because of a space between the seal and the crank. The only other thing that comes to mind is, did you put the large washer, that goes under the pulley mounting bolt, behind the pulley instead? That would throw the alignment off about the amount you show, as well.
Maybe this will give you some things to check anyway.

 

Rick,
I'll pull it off tonite and see what the alignment issue is. I was pretty sure there was a neck for the oil seal but didn't want to rule anything out.

Mike

 

It'll be interesting to see what's happening. I was thinking that if everything is in the right place, when you torque the pulley center bolt, it would've pulled into position. If it was ok before the rebuild then the pulley must be the correct one.
Good luck

 

Rick,
Pulled it apart and put it back together based on the exploded view from a 73 FSM. Still the same. No parts missing. I have the Jeep ruunning right now as is and the belt seems to be fine.

Mike

 

Mike,

My pulley's are also out of alignment. I've never really been comfortable with it, but the belts don't seem to mind.

As to exhaust, I think the factory had them exiting to the side, behind the rear wheel. The previous owner of mine ran duals (304) out the back, and the Jeep was almost undrivable with the top up. The flat verticle rear of a CJ with the top up sucked all the exhaust right up into the Jeep. I couldn't drive it to the grocery store without smelling like exhaust for the rest of the day. Changing to a single exhaust out the side fixed it instantly. I can even drive with the back window rolled up without getting any fumes in the cab.

Good Luck,

Jon

 

Hi Jon,
I have had it runnign the past couple of nights and the belt seems to be doing ok. So no worries for now.

Mike

 

One tip for you with that Fan sitting so close to the radiator. Mount a piece of expanded steel on the back side of the radiator. That way if you engine torques too much from say, a motor mount letting go, you don't chew up you radiator and left completely stranded.

 

Good advice. Thanks alot.