Project "Blue", My 1987 J20 Build
- Thread starter Randyzzz
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- City
- Redmond
- State
- OR
The heads are 317 Castings. I do have the set of 823 Casting rectangular ports, but this reman engine has a 3/100 warranty, so I'm not changing a thing. Trying to decide if I want to sell the heads off my core engine (317's) and build the block and then use the 823's on it, and have a spare 6.0 on deck. I'll bet my 81 would really move out with that installed, although i was really wanting to get some MPG out of it with a 4.8.
The wise thing to do would probably be to sell off everything I'm not going to use and concentrate on one thing at a time. Having too many irons in the fire leads to nothing getting done.
The wise thing to do would probably be to sell off everything I'm not going to use and concentrate on one thing at a time. Having too many irons in the fire leads to nothing getting done.
- City
- Gonzales
- State
- La
I'm not familiar with all the castings and heads. I replaced the 862 heads on Stump Jumper with 243 ones and it made a world of difference then with the new cam it really started to sing. All this actually increased my fuel mileage by almost 4 mpg. I'm not sure that I have ever done the wise thing Randy.
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- City
- Palm Bay
- State
- FL
- City
- Redmond
- State
- OR
Truer words have never been said.
Well, it must have been meant to be. About 10 Scammer texts/emails, but all it took was one guy with cash. Made a profit to boot! Half way to a 4L80E!
- City
- Cobourg, Ontario, Cana
- State
- da
There must be a mistake, that was supposed to be dropped off at my house. Please forward to my address, thanks.
- City
- Marysville
- State
- CA
There must be a mistake, that was supposed to be dropped off at my house. Please forward to my address, thanks.
Ha! As soon as Randy posted that photo, I envisioned him making about a dozen "personal" engine purchases, and shipping them out to various forum friends....
- City
- Redmond
- State
- OR
Ha! As soon as Randy posted that photo, I envisioned him making about a dozen "personal" engine purchases, and shipping them out to various forum friends....
Ya know, If I ever hit the powerball, I'll think about that...
- City
- Redmond
- State
- OR
I hit the Jackpot many years ago, when my beautiful bride said yes. Everything else is just a bonus!
Here's another engine pic- just because it's cool!
- City
- Marysville
- State
- CA
I think your wife and my wife are cut from the same cloth... my wife said yes to me, and she's said yes to every crazy thing I've wanted to do ever since!
Airplanes, Jeeps, boats, motorcycles, guns... as long as there's still room for gardening and grandkids, and I make sure her ATM card doesn't run out, she's on board!
Thank god she's not in to horses....
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- Cobourg, Ontario, Cana
- State
- da
My wife too! We were watching a movie (Logan, in case you were wondering) yesterday. There was a really sweet original Bronco in it. My wife leans over and whispers in my ear, "That Bronco is awesome! If we had one, would an LS fit in it?"
- City
- Redmond
- State
- OR
I think your wife and my wife are cut from the same cloth... my wife said yes to me, and she's said yes to every crazy thing I've wanted to do ever since!
Airplanes, Jeeps, boats, motorcycles, guns... as long as there's still room for gardening and grandkids, and I make sure her ATM card doesn't run out, she's on board!
Thank god she's not in to horses....
My wife and I made an agreement many years ago. My Paycheck went to house needs, but anything that I could come up with outside of that was my "play money". It works out well, I have supported my gun and Jeep addiction over the years just by buying and reselling on the side. She does draw the line at too many non-operational vehicles at the house at one time. Her getting horses was a great equalizer- she now has a hobby that's as expensive as mine! I'll be testing the limits later today- a guy with a Wagoneer is looking to unload it. all depends on how much he wants to get out of it. If it's around 1K I'm in trouble...
Back to the J20- I forgot how much fun removing the actual cluster bezel was. Whomever in Jeep decided that the defroster vents needed to be attached to the back side of the glove box with one way speed nuts should be shot. My hands look like I went the rounds with an angry bobcat. But- the good news is that Jack the Ripper of wiring was unable to get to the wiring behind the dash. I removed a bunch of scotchlocks and what's left looks to be in great shape!
- City
- Columbia
- State
- MO
Nice work! Look at those floor pans! Clean!!
- City
- Redmond
- State
- OR
Testing the waters with the wife today, happened to mention I knew of a blue Waggy for sale. Her reply? "Are you going to build it for me?" I told her I got a message last night late but hadn't called back yet. Didn't want to seem to anxious. She told me to call him right away. We're going to talk when he gets off work at 6:00.
I love that woman!
I love that woman!
- City
- Dallas
- State
- tx
What a great canvas to start with .....this is getting good
- City
- Redmond
- State
- OR
Nice! I wonder if that new 6.0 is going to end up in the Wagoneer...?
Well, not to worry. I spoke with the seller and we couldn't arrive at a number. He's firm on $2400, I'm in the $1200-$1600 range. It's an 80 with 139K on the clock, runs and drives well, nice body. Really too nice for what I want to do- build a semi-replica of the light blue Beachcomber concept. I'm actually wishing the titled shell in Portland for $250 was closer. Because, really- I'm just going to keep the shell and replace most everything else.
The seller did say his neighbor has a beautiful 89 with under 100K for $9000...
Back to your regularly scheduled J20 build.
Today's progress- repairing broken headlamp switch tabs and filling a bunch of PO drilled holes. Plus a good cleaning. I'm going to have to make another overlay for the headlamp switch area. I'm thinking that might be a good place for the auxiliary tank switches.
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