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I suspect no one else is relieved when you pass emissions.
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SJTD wrote:I suspect no one else is relieved when you pass emissions.
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Haha, lots of folks in AZ are. They use me as their spare parts carrier on the trails. ;)
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Got it on the road tonight. First the good

Oil pressure is up when hot.
Lights work
She starts again
Power windows work again
Transmission shift is way better

The Bad

Geeeez it runs like crap! The carb bogs down any time over 40 mph
Runs crappy
Constant hot oil smell
No speedo from np 208
Wobbles all over. May need DPA

FSJ caught in natural habitat.
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Congradulations on the road trip!
Thoughts on it running like crap. Double check that your mechanical advance is working and advancing as much as you want.
Remind me what carb you have?
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Congratulations Craig!
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will e wrote:Congradulations on the road trip!
Thoughts on it running like crap. Double check that your mechanical advance is working and advancing as much as you want.
Remind me what carb you have?
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Is it making TITD?
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Reminds me of this one. Image


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fxtechphx wrote:Is it making TITD?
I want it to. :fsj:
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Update:

With Tad's help and pdf I got the carb reset. It runs MUCH better now. The fault is mine on that. I took a nicely overhauled carb and screwed with the wrong adjustments when it would not start several months ago. Put everything back to spec and that helps a lot. Timing is a bit off but still playing with that.
Wobbles: It has square tires right now. Tires Friday. There is no wobble or give in any of the tie rods or ball joints. I know, not conclusive but there is not a spec of grease in any of them. I might try that. Thought I read that a XJ steering U joint 91-95 would work on our FSJ's. Is that worth looking at? It feels like I am steering a 40 foot wide vehicle.
Speedo: Not found a gear yet. Tranny shops? 4x4 shops? ideas?
Hot oil smell: No idea. I think when I dropped the oil for the oil pump replacement I got some oil on the crossover pipe.

No pics tonight. To tired and start school at work soon. Not much time to work on it with school in the morning and work at night equal 15 hour days and a tired Jeeper.
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That's great news. You are getting new tires on friday?
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will e wrote:That's great news. You are getting new tires on friday?
Or Saturday.
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Timing done today. Also found after all the work on the carb base gasket, it is leaking again. Grrrr. Timing was at 0 degrees. Running crappy. Seems to like 12 degrees btdc at idle. Found this kick butt timing light on eBay that is basic enough to work with the MSD-6.
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I had that light. Loved it, used it for years. It was tough enough to be used in my classroom.
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Curly wrote:I had that light. Loved it, used it for years. It was tough enough to be used in my classroom.
Yes. I thought I had to have an expensive one to test with the MSD installed. Nope. This one was $20.
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I think I still have that same model, or one very similar. Used it many times on my '70 Cutlass (first car) and a '79 Bronco (winter beater). And many friends' cars in college.
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Right?!! I have a fancy Actron/snap on that errors on multiple spark ignitions, but my cheapo works for MSD and even odd fire just fine. I loved my die cast Craftsman but lost it forever ago. The things you don't appreciate until they're gone.
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Nice light! The Sears Best seal of approval brings me back to shopping for stuff in those 3" thick Sears catalogs.

Oh and bonus points for that pic you posted. In the background, I can see wire going to the heater core housing plug from a cable up above...that wire got snipped on my truck sometime it the past, before me, and I never bothered to see where it went since my heat and blower motor work fine. Now I have a clue. Thanks!
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Glad I could help.
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