Howdy all, I've got a 75 CJ5 that I'd like to get going this winter, I've got a few choices for engine and just curious if there's a better choice...
Because the 258 is an unknown, which probably sounds silly since I want to take the head off and use it lol, I may still swap the whole thing,...
Well it was more for the ease of putting power steering on it for her, the possible loss of smoking was just an added bonus IF valve seals were...
I'm trying to put power steering on my wife's 5 for her and I have a 4.2 laying around so my plans was to just pull the head and intake and swap...
yeah, the hoses and stuff are all on rock auto i believe, if i was looking at the right stuff, so i think i could source the stuff IF i could find...
Thank you for all the info! I kind figured it wouldn't be a straight swap but I was hoping lol, I had googled CJ power steering and found images...
My wife recently picked up a 75 CJ5 with the 232 that's going to be wheeler/weekend cruiser and her only gripe is the lack of power steering,...
Well it appears as though my buddy put the front cam bearing in upside down, so it wasnt allowing oil into the drivers side head or lifters. So my...
well i am in the process of pulling the front of the engine off cause i found out that i am not getting any oil to the head on the drivers side,...
heres another longer video..... http://s177.photobucket.com/albums/w228/janfran03/?action=view¤t=VIDEO0003.mp4
yes i did put some pressure on the rockers, pushrod side, and no it didnt change the sound any to my ears....... yep so does mine, and thats...
heres the video.....sorry its sideways, not that it really matters i guess.........
no i didnt, per comp cams instructions......my friend also thought this was wierd....... as for the "put pressure on push rod side of rocker" it...
thank you Pete and Rob for the info, i will give it all a try, and thank you Kel, that gives me one more thing to check on..... i truely do...
no dickieness percieved, but no i am not absolutly positively sure, i am just going on what i see and hear, and i have had several other people...
so if the cam bearings are offf a lil bit they would keep oil from getting to the drivers side rockers, if this is the case i guess ia gotta pull...
there is only one oil port per head on my '70, in the front of the head, there are holes in the back of the head but there isnt one in the block...
gotcha, so does the path of the oil go through the lifters then to the rocker arms, or is it a totaly different stream of oil for the lifters and...
lol, i actually thought about tryin to run it on 3 cylinders, but i was weary of popping the lifters out........ as for the sheetmetal plate, i...
but i dont think the lifters are starved, they all seem to be pumped up and rockin the rockers, did you mean to say the rockers.........or does...
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