I wanted to start a new thread and cover the current plans and work on the DieselWag.
In mid-2010, the injection pump went out. Up to that point, I had put about 60K miles on it. I think I racked up 40K miles in the last 18 months that it was running. I drove it A LOT. Plans were to park it and do some long awaited updates while the pump was being rebuilt. Well, right around that same time I ended up filing for divorce and everything came to a screeching halt. Between moving, divorce hearings, custody battle, a couple job changes and taking on a full time parenting role, DieselWag just sat and collected dust. I moved in with my fiancee onto her 5 acre spread (oh, I could fill this place with Jeep projects!!). My only problem was no garage. About 2 years ago, things settled enough that I actually got the pump removed and sent it out for a rebuild. Ex-hag must have been watching because she chose that time to go for another custody battle, so again project on the back burner. Got through that, got a couple major house renovations done, and now time to work on the DieselWag again. During all of this, I moved my folks to AZ and bought them a house about 5 miles from me. A few weekends ago, we got his garage all cleaned out, got all my tools moved over there, and got the DieselWag towed and dropped in the garage. Finally! A place to work!! Now I can run over there in the evenings after the kids are in bed and work for a few hours. I am excited to get onto this again.
Pulled out of the weeds, waiting for the tow truck.
Parts loaded up - 208, new intake, timing covers, cam/injection pump gears, ...
In mid-2010, the injection pump went out. Up to that point, I had put about 60K miles on it. I think I racked up 40K miles in the last 18 months that it was running. I drove it A LOT. Plans were to park it and do some long awaited updates while the pump was being rebuilt. Well, right around that same time I ended up filing for divorce and everything came to a screeching halt. Between moving, divorce hearings, custody battle, a couple job changes and taking on a full time parenting role, DieselWag just sat and collected dust. I moved in with my fiancee onto her 5 acre spread (oh, I could fill this place with Jeep projects!!). My only problem was no garage. About 2 years ago, things settled enough that I actually got the pump removed and sent it out for a rebuild. Ex-hag must have been watching because she chose that time to go for another custody battle, so again project on the back burner. Got through that, got a couple major house renovations done, and now time to work on the DieselWag again. During all of this, I moved my folks to AZ and bought them a house about 5 miles from me. A few weekends ago, we got his garage all cleaned out, got all my tools moved over there, and got the DieselWag towed and dropped in the garage. Finally! A place to work!! Now I can run over there in the evenings after the kids are in bed and work for a few hours. I am excited to get onto this again.
Pulled out of the weeds, waiting for the tow truck.
Parts loaded up - 208, new intake, timing covers, cam/injection pump gears, ...
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