i finaly have some great news!!!!!!

[1977cherokeechief]

as the title says, i have some great news. my truck finally runs, (the j10 that i have been workin on for a while).


today at school i topped off the fluids, found some water leaks (from wresteling the head around)


so i fixed the hose that was leaking, cut about an inch off of the end, fill the water back up.




i crank it over for 5 secs, then another 5 secs, and on the thrid try right when i let the key it kicked. i was goin from this to


i cranked it over and didnt even touch the gas and it fired right up, idled perfectly. so i let it run for about 15 minutes, gave it a little gas and it was just purin, the WHOLE time....





i was driving it around the parkin lot, prolly tickin off all of the teachers, (there is no muffler). but i lost my power stearing some how, before i started the tear down i could turn it from lock to lock no effort, not it is like i am trying to park my 66 mustang at a crawl, and even when i was moving it was still hard to turn the wyheel....









im very very happy. tomorrow i am goin to drive it home, after i put a glasspack on there... it is a little too loud without it.

[Chris Barry]

[yoslvr442]

Congrats on the recreation of life!!

[1977cherokeechief]

Originally Posted by Chris Barry

i knew that that was coming, i have a couple pics of before it broke...


http://www.tmobilepictures.com/crazy...=1210282451413

[bigun]

One of the cool things with shop class in high school was test driving with no muffers!

[ne715]

So are you going to bring it to Tuttle Creek on Memorial Weekend??

Pam

[Wayne]

Way to go
Good to see it up and running again.

[1977cherokeechief]

Originally Posted by ne715

So are you going to bring it to Tuttle Creek on Memorial Weekend??

Pam

ya, if i can work out some other kincks...

around 40MPH i get a really bad vibration when i am in the gas, but as soon as i lift it stops the vibration

on monday i will put it up on the lift and check every driveline bolt.

[1977cherokeechief]

and thank you everyone for the support and for helping me through this problem.....


Hey, i think (knock on wood) first non-leaking FSJ!!!!

[janie]

Originally Posted by 1977cherokeechief

around 40MPH i get a really bad vibration when i am in the gas, but as soon as i lift it stops the vibration

Had that in Peso once, and it turned out to be a well worn motor mount giving it the shakes. Congrat's on getting the rig up and running. Feels good don't it.

[YellowJeep]

Congrats on getting the rig going...and with no leaks! I remember working on cars in the school shop and I feel your pain!

[1977cherokeechief]

Originally Posted by janie

Had that in Peso once, and it turned out to be a well worn motor mount giving it the shakes. Congrat's on getting the rig up and running. Feels good don't it.

ill have to check that out... if it aint that then it might be the chain in the QT.

[1977cherokeechief]

OR NOT


to start off with, i left my jeep over at a friends house last night. today after school i came home, and had my mommy take me to go and pick it up. starter did not want to engage. so about the third try it grabbed and fires up.

i drive it to work, putting the whole way, abut a 5 minute drive took me about 10.


then my lunch break came. i go to the local McParts stores to check on some headlights. i go to leave and i hit the starter, and it did the exact opposite it has been doin... can you guess?


yuppp. the bendix stuck engaged to the flywheel. i go back inside and ask for a hammer. didnt work, so about 50 bucks that i dont have later and im back on my marry way. i get back to work, (35 minutes late).

then after work, i noticed a little puddle of oil under her, and yes it was and is fresh oil. it was as clear as clear could be. didnt bother me too much, i popped the hood and it was only about a half quart low.



i call a buddy to see where he was at, and he was in town, so i figured i would go meet him at the car wash, i make it about half way there, and i had to slow down because of a car was turning. i gave it a little gas and it starts to miss then backfire.


i slide it into neutral and cost to a nearest parking lot. waited on him to show up, and decided to check timing. timing was dead on, but now it was starting to knock. we tow it out to his house, i fire it up to pull into the barn. i can feel something that felt like the piston hitting a vavle.

we pull the valve cover to find two of the rocker arms loose. we tightened them back up, slapped the valve cover back on and fire her up,


it sounded sweet... then we went for a test drive. and it did good,


but i stopped to check on something, i popped the hood and i see orange.



is the exhaust manifold supposed to get hot enough to glow?

[J.J.]

What has become of this?

[fubar]

dose it have a cat hooked up if it dose that might be pluged up. ive had that happen

[1977cherokeechief]

holy crap dead thread... lol


the truck had no cat, it barely had a muffler. i no longer am driving this truck, i started to have too many issues for me at the time and ended up selling it to a co-worker. he is going to build either a 3/4 or 1ton build on it.

right after he puts a 383 stroker in a samurai

[JeepBountyHunter]

Have your co-worker sign onto the forums here..you got me curious to know what's up..I'm thinking stuck valve did that..

[1977cherokeechief]

he said that he got it running, and there was a crack in the block on the back passenger side of #6.


but it was not bad enough to leak any coolant... but there was a little oil seepage... which i could never find exactly where it was when i owned it...


the first weekend he got it he took the axles out of his blazer to see what it would look like spring over on the front, but has to put the stock axles under it to get it out of the garage

[COLOFIREMAN]

Originally Posted by 1977cherokeechief

http://www.tmobilepictures.com/crazy...=1210282451413

[Elliott]

Originally Posted by 1977cherokeechief

the first weekend he got it he took the axles out of his blazer to see what it would look like spring over on the front, but has to put the stock axles under it to get it out of the garage

That's too funny, after he gets it out let him know all he had to do was take the wheels off, drop the rig onto floor jacks and roll it out then put the wheels back on...