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'Mater - '77 Cherokee S 4-door

Voltage variations to the ignition could cause problems, but not sure how much of an issue on an HEI:shrug: I know that on the fuel injection kits, the instructions are very specific about "voltage variations" not being good, so maybe so:shrug: A relay powered HEI does not sound like a bad idea, shouldn't be too difficult :thumbsup:
 
This morning.

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Took Rusty for a walk on a trail nearby, pics just because it was awfully pretty this morning.
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Drove Mater down to my office in Cincinnati a couple weeks ago. Made it down great but cut off on me again on the way to dinner with some Scrambler folks. Then when I headed back home with a full tank of gas on the highway in 80 degree weather it started spewing gas out the filler pretty badly.

Something in the vent must be messed up. Pulled over to let it chill out and watched it dump gas for the next 15 minutes or so. Tried a couple things to fix it but I think the only reason it finally quit was after the level got low enough. For now I'm keeping less than half a tank or so in it until I can fix it proper.

Otherwise it made the trip fine and cruises the highway great. No, I did not try to figure out mpg.

It's leaking oil from the front of the engine worse, but nothing too horrible. From what I can see, I figure the front main seal probably dried out while sitting so long unused.

Today I finished an oil change I started last week before realizing I had no filter for it. :banghead: and there was just enough light left to take Rusty and try to find some good fall colors/light.

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Beautiful. And you are the king of the panorama shots on the iphone!!!!


Dain
 
Nice. I'll be in Cleveland area soon, may need to stop by and get some "Mater Gas". :bacon: :wave:
 
Nice. I'll be in Cleveland area soon, may need to stop by and get some "Mater Gas". :bacon: :wave:

Hardee har har Mr Toby. Happy to have you drop by despite your amusing comments. Maybe you can crawl under there and fix whatever it is that's wrong with the gas tank/vent?? :D
 
Do your two tanks share any kind of vent line?
Wouldn't it be easiest/best to just add the cannister & lines back into the system?
There is a swap meet down here in minus 2 days. I could hop in the Delorean and look for one for you if you like.
 
Do your two tanks share any kind of vent line?
Wouldn't it be easiest/best to just add the cannister & lines back into the system?
There is a swap meet down here in minus 2 days. I could hop in the Delorean and look for one for you if you like.

No, I completely separated the two tanks, no vent connection between them though maybe that would be a good idea for a place to vent the aux tank. Currently it runs from the aux tank, through the over-the-wheel metal tube and then into the top fitting on the filler neck elbow. I have a vented gas cap, so something's clearly not right unless the filler inlet on the aux tank goes down inside the tank, below the top level of the fuel. Reminds me to try to call Aerotank and ask. Thanks.
 
Hope you had a great night out. My wife would nit ride in my CJ so props to you.

I guess you did not have any burping fuel issues that night out?


Dain
 
Hah, great dinner but actually almost the opposite fuel problem.

Part of my attempted roadside fixes for the gas overflow was to swap the fuel feed lines going into the tank switchover valve in case it had failed in the main tank position and was sending extra fuel into the already full aux tank through the return line.

When the did the aux tank, they spliced the fuel sender wires for both tanks into the switch so the gauge read the correct amount for whatever tank you were on.

Well, I didn't pull the switch to swap those wires around when I swapped the feeder lines so the gauge was reading from the other tank and I ran the aux tank dry because I hadn't though to flip the switch to check the aux tank level :banghead:

Luckily, at the first stumble, I realized what I'd done and flipped back over to the main tank which still had a few gallons in it. Got to fix the switch (and the electric valve) or decide to just pull the switchover valve altogether. I'm thinking about just using a manual valve to replace it and make it all dead simple.

On this topic, I called Aerotank and they said that the filler tube does stop at the tank wall, it does not continue down into the tank, so the only possible reason gas was coming out of the filler was that it was running off the main tank and returning fuel to the full aux tank.
 
Used Mater to take out trailer to store for the winter, first time it's towed anything more than our little Bantam. Needed the weight dist. hitch but towed great.

Took some nice fall pics on the way back and then went to the pumpkin patch with Kate and Laura.

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Laura and I took Mater for a ride and stopped by the POs house to see if he felt up for a ride. Last time he wasn't feeling well enough for one due to his cancer treatments.

Unfortunately, no one was home.

He was sitting to the left of the barn at the back of the property when I found him.

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Okay, I admitted all the mistakes I made buying the Scrambler, so I'm not too proud to admit that I read that exactly the same way and you found the prior owner passed away. I wouldn't have caused this confusion as all my cars are named after girls :thumbsup: Even the Kubota is named after a waitress I met in Iceland (Helga).
 
Jeez, sorry. Had that been the case, you can rest assured there's no way I would have posted that on here.
 
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