Achieved a major milestone today- the POS started off the tank and moved under its own power!
Nice weather allowed late night grinds after the seasonal honey-do's were completed. The "new" rear driveshaft is in after a pass thought he blast cabinet and rattle can booth, rear diff is filled after letting the fluid warm in the sun for a bit, coolant system is mostly filled, and the LED reverse lights work great.
We pushed the Jeep outside before the test fire. Key on and no leaks meant let 'er rip, and so we did. Nothing leaked, brakes and clutch were on-point, charging system works, and we had good oil pressure. We ran a few cycles of let the crud burn off and shut 'er off. Repeat a few more times until the crud is gone. So far, so good. The engine sounded decent but there were a lot of loose bits rattling around (exhaust clamp on downpipe for instance) that were drawing attention. Slowly whittlin' down the list. . .
Nice weather allowed late night grinds after the seasonal honey-do's were completed. The "new" rear driveshaft is in after a pass thought he blast cabinet and rattle can booth, rear diff is filled after letting the fluid warm in the sun for a bit, coolant system is mostly filled, and the LED reverse lights work great.
We pushed the Jeep outside before the test fire. Key on and no leaks meant let 'er rip, and so we did. Nothing leaked, brakes and clutch were on-point, charging system works, and we had good oil pressure. We ran a few cycles of let the crud burn off and shut 'er off. Repeat a few more times until the crud is gone. So far, so good. The engine sounded decent but there were a lot of loose bits rattling around (exhaust clamp on downpipe for instance) that were drawing attention. Slowly whittlin' down the list. . .