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GREATCJ8 Restoration V3

I feel your pain. I had exactly the same issue only i wasn't as clever you; took me a week to figure it out.... and I don't have the cool- kid bleeder you do.
 
Got the brake situation worked out. Now I have to tackle some unexpected transmission leaks. 🤪
Anyway, Mike came by with some parts. He got to drive his jeep for the first time in a long time. And we got the hard top on.
 
Well that escalated quickly. Fixed the brake issues we had. Now on to fixing transmission leaks. This transmission came out of a running cj7. So I figured it would be good to go, but looks like it sat to long
 
No pics but small update. Transmission pan is back on garage floor is cleaned up. Still need to reseal the rear and reattach the transfer-case.
 
Went up to watch the wizard work today.
He fixed my doors of the typical rot and crack. PLUS he fixed my drivers window.
Dang thing hasn't worked in about 23 years.

Doors and dash are on!
Switching to laptop for pics
 
Got everything bolted back up and leak free :fingerscrossed:. Took it out for some more drive time so the holley sniper could learn, only to find out both front brake calipers locked up on me. We didn't replace them when I was putting the chassis together trying to save a little coin. Mike said the brakes where not that old before it was taken off the road.

I didn't realize front brake calipers where that hard to come by. I went to four different places before I could order a set and have them delivered in a reasonable amount of time. We are supposed to get snow tomorrow, so hopefully I can get them on.
 
Jeeperdd said:
Got everything bolted back up and leak free :fingerscrossed:. Took it out for some more drive time so the holley sniper could learn, only to find out both front brake calipers locked up on me. We didn't replace them when I was putting the chassis together trying to save a little coin. Mike said the brakes where not that old before it was taken off the road.

I didn't realize front brake calipers where that hard to come by. I went to four different places before I could order a set and have them delivered in a reasonable amount of time. We are supposed to get snow tomorrow, so hopefully I can get them on.
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I first encountered this "front brake caliper issue" a few years/builds ago. It would take NAPA 5-10 days to get calipers. The other parts stores were about the same.

I keep a spare set on the shelf now because it can be hit or miss on getting calipers in a timely fashion :shrug:

IIRC, I bought my spare set off of eBay.
 
I swear, I don’t think Mikes jeep likes me😞. Or maybe it misses him,🤷🏻‍♂️ I don’t know.

Got the new front pads, calipers on and bled out. Tie rod flip kit came in, so got that done as well. All of that went well.

Took it out yesterday late afternoon for a spin and the transmission decided to die😐.
According to the guy Mike got the transmission from years ago everything was good. But apparently it has sat to long and now needs a rebuild.
 
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