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82 UK Spec Laredo Scrambler Build No 2

Interesting that you decided to ”Americanize” the front grille. I personally like the UK lights and round grilles, but probably because they are unique in the US with a sea of “normal“ versions.
 
Good eyes, I totally missed that.

He Americanised the fuel too, filling it with 'gas'. Next thing you know, Dave will be sporting a gun rack and following baseball. Winning him over one thing at a time.
 
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Any chance you could grab some pics of the fender braces for me for my Postal build? Assuming you were still able to use them with the engine swap
 
AdamH said:
Any chance you could grab some pics of the fender braces for me for my Postal build? Assuming you were still able to use them with the engine swap
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Heres the passenger side from when i stripped the blue one down,, drivers side just has 2 to the fenders, mirror image of this.
The passenger side has the stubby one under the battery tray from one of the fender mounts and the longer one under the battery tray that goes to one of the threaded studs that are stuck out.

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You freakin rock! Thanks!
 
Took me ages to figure out how those fit back on! - theres one on the RHS too which caused me grief.

Oh no vapour canister on the EU version!
 
Mancunian said:
Took me ages to figure out how those fit back on! - theres one on the RHS too which caused me grief.

Oh no vapour canister on the EU version!
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The charcoal canister thingy was there originally, just removed whilst i was stripping the old girl down.

I kind of assumed the only extras were the battery tray ones and the rest were same as LHD. :shrug: No real reason for any differences is there?
 
Dave The Sparky said:
The charcoal canister thingy was there originally, just removed whilst i was stripping the old girl down.

I kind of assumed the only extras were the battery tray ones and the rest were same as LHD. :shrug: No real reason for any differences is there?
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There are quite a few differences between the two. I can take pics from my 81 and 83 to show. Also certain years didn’t have as many. Strange things
 
AdamH said:
There are quite a few differences between the two. I can take pics from my 81 and 83 to show. Also certain years didn’t have as many. Strange things
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I would love to see some pics of the '83 braces (no rush), as I'll have to search around when I get to that stage of reassembly.
TIA
 
FLCJ8 said:
I would love to see some pics of the '83 braces (no rush), as I'll have to search around when I get to that stage of reassembly.
TIA
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Happy to help. It’ll be about a week and a half when I’m back in town fyi
 
No updates for months mainly because i finished it and then found a few issues to sort out whilst also being busy at work so like i sometimes tend to do i fell out with it for a bit...
Trip to see my mate who helped weld this thing up , when i say helped i mean did 99% of the work really 😁

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That photo was taken in June when it was sunny and nice, the summer was wet and horrible though so i shoved the Jeep in the workshop and got on with my snagging list.
Had a coolant leak from the front of the engine somewhere and an engine code that took a while to come on but was becoming a common occurrence?

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It took me ages to suss out that the O2 sensor it was talking about was plugged in to the wrong plug that was part of the gearbox harness (exact fit!) and wanted plugging in to one nowhere near where the O2 sensor actually was.
It was found mainly due to a conversation with a mechanic about this who said that the code will be time delayed and this is why it does not show up straight away but will always come on after a period of time and he was bang on with that statement.
 
Coolant leak was the water pump, which i had changed whilst it was easy to get to.
Changing the cast iron lump in situ was a pain made far easier by removing all the ancillaries so i could see properly, hopefully thats now cured.
Rear diff was leaking but a drain down and some sealer sorted that one out, no way that cover was sealing with just the O-ring gasket on an AMC 20.
 
So due to the UKs inclement (crap) weather i painted my hardtop black and installed that at which point the sun finally came out but its now staying on i refuse to remove it.
So thats where i am up to,got a few miles on it now and currently hiding away for the winter with its Jeep stablemates thats the plan anyway!.

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Great to see that you have it going!!!

You're going to want MASSIVE blind-spot mirrors on the left side with that top like that with no side windows. I used the convex side-view mirror from Omix on mine and it was a godsend.
 
bigwalton said:
Great to see that you have it going!!!

You're going to want MASSIVE blind-spot mirrors on the left side with that top like that with no side windows. I used the convex side-view mirror from Omix on mine and it was a godsend.
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Yeah the mirrors are dire, just ever so slightly better than no mirrors 😁 .
Need to find or make some like my blue 8 has they are way,way superior but also like rocking horse poop to find
 
One other issue i forgot to mention is that front prop and the 4L60 which as is well documented just dont seem to get on with each other.
It clears... just, but i wouldn't want to go off tarmac with it the way it is so i suspect a 2 piece shaft is the future, just need to find the right shop to make me what i want.
 
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