while the site was down, i went ahead and purchased a 1979 CJ7. not sure why. lord, i need my head examined.
trailered it home, let it sit a few says to acclimate to its new home. No starter on the rig, so i bought a new starter.
i tried to turn the engine over, but it was 100 % dead so i was rocking the engine over with a wrench. was smoothly turning over. Put in a new battery and started from there. Power to the solenoid. check. it was hooked up backwards however. ford style 4post. battery power in on the left, and out to starter on the right. I was able to jump the starter now. so i had to go from there. the I and S terminals were also backwards. so i followed them in the loom from the starter solenoid to the coil, and to the ignition. switched them back to proper orientation. I poured a little fuel into the carb and cranked the engine. strong cranking. was pretty happy.
went into the cab and turned the key on, and the instrument cluster and everything lit right up. so then i tried to fire it and by god it ran like a top until the fuel in the carb was used up. pretty dang nice.
the mechanical fuel pump was disconnected and an electric one was put in its place. not sure why. so i went out and bought a new pump (the current one was not pumping fuel anymore.) replaced all the fuel lines from new pump to carb, and jerry-rigged a gas can up and viola. we had a running jeep. let it run a bit and then pushed in the clutch, shifted to 1st, and slowly let it out. it drove forward on its own! brakes worked too. so i tried reverse. they worked as well!
removed the hard top, and doors. there was a carpet kit inside so i took that out, it was just trapping moisture underneath. removed the fender flares. they look like they are for a TJ or something. going to remove the sluminum plate too. its gawdy. there are all kind of random lights and stuff that are going to get removed as well. but that is the start of the CJ7 story.
trailered it home, let it sit a few says to acclimate to its new home. No starter on the rig, so i bought a new starter.
i tried to turn the engine over, but it was 100 % dead so i was rocking the engine over with a wrench. was smoothly turning over. Put in a new battery and started from there. Power to the solenoid. check. it was hooked up backwards however. ford style 4post. battery power in on the left, and out to starter on the right. I was able to jump the starter now. so i had to go from there. the I and S terminals were also backwards. so i followed them in the loom from the starter solenoid to the coil, and to the ignition. switched them back to proper orientation. I poured a little fuel into the carb and cranked the engine. strong cranking. was pretty happy.
went into the cab and turned the key on, and the instrument cluster and everything lit right up. so then i tried to fire it and by god it ran like a top until the fuel in the carb was used up. pretty dang nice.
the mechanical fuel pump was disconnected and an electric one was put in its place. not sure why. so i went out and bought a new pump (the current one was not pumping fuel anymore.) replaced all the fuel lines from new pump to carb, and jerry-rigged a gas can up and viola. we had a running jeep. let it run a bit and then pushed in the clutch, shifted to 1st, and slowly let it out. it drove forward on its own! brakes worked too. so i tried reverse. they worked as well!
removed the hard top, and doors. there was a carpet kit inside so i took that out, it was just trapping moisture underneath. removed the fender flares. they look like they are for a TJ or something. going to remove the sluminum plate too. its gawdy. there are all kind of random lights and stuff that are going to get removed as well. but that is the start of the CJ7 story.
