Good call on the 232.... I should have looked...
Engine code is 806 E 05.... = 1975 July 232...so it is a 232?, and is a 4.2?
Thanks guys...it has the 258 4.2...these were basically off the rack vehicles bought as a way to help AMC and give the military general purpose...
Here is the 75 CJ5 that i have been working on...sold to the US Government in 75 by AMC, sold off surplus, I am the third owner after to USAF. my...
great build, and I love the fact that it was an airport tug....so utilitarian....thanks for saving another flatty
LOL yep you aren't kidding...the ironic thing is... I purchased the CJ5 for it's simplicity..or so I thought...13 years of driving the 2A, never...
Hey Walt...I think I kicked it... I went out and bought new ballast resitor, coil, points and condensor..the distro was a reman and came with a...
I did not...but that is something easy I can do tonight...would be a hoot if it was something that simple...but then what caused the pin to...
I thought that too, if the chain had jumped so many times, how could backing the distro correct the timing...and then it purrs like a kitten at...
Thanks Walt.....Yeah the pin is there...I can't see too much wrong with the distro...not ruling it out but am leaning towards a timing set.....set...
I pulled the distro..there is slop verticaly. There is about a 1/16th inch gap/slop between the distro gear and the body...bearing seem rough not...
unfortunately it retards but doesn't come back up...So tonight will check the distro again, check the vacuum weights..Thanks Timgr for that...
as far as weights.. I dropped in a 74 distro from rock auto...so it has the points/condenser system...so no weights...
Hmm advance weights??? not sure......the timing mark was at about the 1 oclock position...a few inches above tdc marker..so out of three test...
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