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Be still my heart...

Sensible?....I'm paying full coverage insurance right now on 7 vehicles and I live alone but my gun habit is even more expensive.
Did someone say sensible?
 
OK, I'm better off than I thought I was yesterday, but still no closer to making a decision/game plan. My trans guy came over and now the trans shifts great forward, still feels a little mushy in reverse, but he didn't seem concerned. He did advise I replace the carburetor or at the very least do a complete rebuild and hope I get lucky. Didn't seem concerned about the distributor. I can't repeat what he said about the PO's wiring... something about Jack the Ripper doing the wiring while blindfolded. It will try and break the tires loose on pavement now, so maybe I'll rebuild the carb, order a Y-pipe and cobble together an exhaust and see how it runs. Found milkshake in the power steering reservoir- looks like a flush is due.

I'm going to start saving up for a LS swap anyways.

Never really looked at the odometer....looks like the mileage is really low, seeing as this year has the 100k digits.

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Sweet! I say go LS swap and be done. However, drive it like it is until you have everything ready to go and then do it. I've found it is easy to let a project fall to the wayside if your budget/parts stash isn't fully there upfront. Not to mention how your enthusiasm for a vehicle fades in correlation to the length of time you're not driving it regularly.
 
Polarfire said:
Sweet! I say go LS swap and be done. However, drive it like it is until you have everything ready to go and then do it. I've found it is easy to let a project fall to the wayside if your budget/parts stash isn't fully there upfront. Not to mention how your enthusiasm for a vehicle fades in correlation to the length of time you're not driving it regularly.
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There's wisdom in these words. However I doubt the enthusiasm for either this truck or my Scramblers will ever fade. It may sound weird, but I get a great deal of satisfaction form the build- possibly more than once it's done. I get great satisfaction form the planning and acquisition stages too. I have big plans for this truck afterwards, as I do for my Red Scrambler. What I'll have the biggest problem doing is staying on task to save for the powertrain and not buy stuff like wheels and tires and flares and seats and a parts rig and...;)
 
My enthusiasm for my Scrambler build waxes and wanes and I get side tracked with other Jeeps and parts and I just really miss driving a CJ. So much so that I've come close to buying a beater one just to drive until I get the Scrambler done. However that would take money away from the build and I just need to get it finished!
 
I think that's why I feel so lucky that sometimes I have to pinch myself to make sure it's all real. I've been driving my '81 Scrambler that I restored a few years back as my daily driver lately which gives me much more time to devote to doing my present "83 cj8 restoration the right way. Randy I certainly agree that to me all the fun is in the build and I have a tremendous let down once a project is complete. Anyone can buy a truck, only a lucky few get to build their own.
 
Polarfire said:
I've found it is easy to let a project fall to the wayside if your budget/parts stash isn't fully there upfront. Not to mention how your enthusiasm for a vehicle fades in correlation to the length of time you're not driving it regularly.
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So true.
Where were these pearls of wisdom years ago?
Now I have a pile of parts that has been moved three times, as well as trying to find a replacement workspace. :banghead:
 
Polarfire said:
My enthusiasm for my Scrambler build waxes and wanes and I get side tracked with other Jeeps and parts and I just really miss driving a CJ. So much so that I've come close to buying a beater one just to drive until I get the Scrambler done. However that would take money away from the build and I just need to get it finished!
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I am glad I have my CJ-5 for this very reason although I am finally close enough to smell the unburnt fuel so I am very monitvated at the moment.
 
Randyzzz said:
Amen, Dennis!
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I agree with that sentiment as well. Although my Scrambler decided for me that it was time to strip it down and put it all back together. I wish I had the resources to do a full restoration. But even if I did, this Scrambler would not have been the one to do that with. This one is going to be driven until it dies. Just trying to prolong that eventuality. I will get another project at some point to turn into a full restoration. Thinking military Jeep. But not sure and not there yet.

Sorry. Randy, back to your beautifull truck ......
 
PO's are funny and frustrating--- couldn't seem to find a vacuum leak, until I traced a vacuum line going down from the back of the manifold. PO thought it went to the transfer case vent. Finally able to adjust my idle down. Doh!
 
Well the Transfer case should have been well vented.
or
Pulling a vacuum on the TC could possibly eliminate an oil leak???? LOL
 
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So where is the build thread for this?..............did I miss it?..............or is this thread going to become the build? :popcorn:
 
jbeemer said:
So where is the build thread for this?..............did I miss it?..............or is this thread going to become the build? :popcorn:
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Build thread will be coming...soon I hope. I need to get a small shop built as there's my son-in-law's Bronco filling my garage. The plan is build him a garage of his own and then I get me workspace back. I'm perfectly happy having the garage, it's a 2 car standard width but it's an extra 10' deep. Plus the heater is in the garage so it stays warm in winter. Can't afford a large shop at this time, we were able to refinance our place to get some money out, and drop the mortgage insurance. But I also need to do a roof, patio french door, bathroom remodel, and paint with the funds. Getting a bunch of bids today. It's going to be a busy summer.

My garage currently...
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Thanks for the link! I'll measure the Bronco and see how it translates to the Scrambler.
 
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