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more jeep fun....or not

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by andy howell, Oct 23, 2011.

  1. Oct 23, 2011
    andy howell

    andy howell Member

    Thomastown...
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    hey guys, i not been around for a while, been busy. i cam home & thought i would get the '64 out so after a half day of the usual, fuel, spark & brakes i had it purrin right along. kids came over & let my daughter & 9 yr old grand son drive it all afternoon. it stayed parked for about five days before i got ready to move it & when i started it it had a dead miss. crap. so got to checkin & #1 wont hit no matter what. got the old comp gauge out & only 50 on #1. crap. so today i drove it in the shop & thought i would adjust the valves. off with the carb & rocker cover- oh no! the #1 intake rocker is bent 90 deg to the push rod. the intake valve is up & clearly stuck in the guide. double crap. so now the head needs to come off. i either need to fix the engine right & since it smoked a little it should at least get rings. but i really wasn't gonna keep this jeep & hate to dump more money on it. it just may wind up being a parts jeep. i don't think i like jeeps very much right now. an old timer told me when i got my 1st army jeep- "boy, you know that the gov is the only place that has enough money to keep army trucks runnin, and they got rid of this one!" he also said a jeep will run fine until you turn the steering wheel & start home then one of two things will happen. either it will quit runnin or something really important will fall off of it. he was a mechanic for george patton in ww2. he didn't think much of jeeps. i must like them or i wouldn't have so many of them!R) hope yall are havin a good day today!
    andy
     
  2. Oct 23, 2011
    Walt Couch

    Walt Couch sidehill Cordele, Ga. 2024 Sponsor 2023 Sponsor 2022 Sponsor

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    It's just p&%$#d off at you for not bonding with it more often. They do like attention and money. Ring a Bell?
     
  3. Oct 23, 2011
    andy howell

    andy howell Member

    Thomastown...
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    yeah, some of my buddies have HIGH MAINTENANCE , er, "possessions".
    andy
     
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