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New guy with and interesting find (Overlander Build)

Good news and bad news.......

Good news is the paint came back very nice! After untold hours polishing the is the result....

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The bad news is it appears the heater core has bit the dust......

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I am guessing it would be fairly easy to do if I didn't have the under dash AC in the way. Any suggestions on if I need to move the under dash AC unit out of the way??
 
That's too bad, in my experience the dash and a/c unit have to come off. Might consider upgrading to the GM Blazer heater core while you are there...now some one may have a Houdini way to do it without removal but I'm no magician.
 
I'd hate to see something like that put this back in the garage, especially down there in NC, bypass it and just keep rolling? Would only take a short while.
 
Changing the heater core really isn't that hard. While I don't have a CJ with A/C, so I can't speak to how that will impact removing the lower box, I can assure you that the dash doesn't need to be removed. Changing the core can be accomplished in a fairly short evening.
 
I removed the springs that were on the Jeep and replaced the with some Rubicon Express 2 1/2 inch lift. The shackles were not the original ones as the previous owner had an interesting spring over lift on the truck. I upgraded the front springs to the YJ 2 1/2 inch wide springs to help with the weight of the Cummins. I also had some 33 x 10.50 x 15 tires installed today. I think it really loos awesome!

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I'm all kinds of agreeing. I don't know how I could possibly agree any more than I agree with this. Agreed.
 
I KNOW it looks awesome, so do you Buffy, it's not pompous/arrogant when you KNOW it to be the truth.

Sent from my SM-J320P
 
I agree also with both the look and by-passing the heater core for now. I've always used the Blazer heater fan motor, but not the heater core itself. :wave:
 
Buffy said:
I removed the springs that were on the Jeep and replaced the with some Rubicon Express 2 1/2 inch lift. The shackles were not the original ones as the previous owner had an interesting spring over lift on the truck. I upgraded the front springs to the YJ 2 1/2 inch wide springs to help with the weight of the Cummins. I also had some 33 x 10.50 x 15 tires installed today. I think it really loos awesome!

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That looks great! Do you know what size rim you are running and the brand and style of tire?
 
These are the factory steel rims. They are 15 x 6 and the tires are BFG AT2sb33 x 10.50.
 
It appears I still have some bugs to work out of the ol Scrambler. While driving down the road the engine just shut off, after some conversation with Brian we determined a clogged fuel filter was the culprit. Swap out filters, and the old one was indeed nasty, and went for a test ride. Man what a difference! It ran fantastic...... for about a half mile and shut down again. Pulled it in the shop and dropped the tank and found what looks like an alien life form attached to my fuel pick up. I guess I should have dropped the tank and cleaned it better before driving it.....

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So now that it is in the shop.........

Will go ahead and replace the heater core and will replace the tank sending unit while I am there. I figured since the fuel system is cracked open I would makes some upgrades there as well. Will be installing a 3200 RPM governor spring and a 40 hp/90 ft pound torque fuel pin because 455 ft pounds of torque is never enough. :smokin: I hope to get all the parts installed by the end of next week and be back on the road soon.
 
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