Since "Yard Scrambler" is now mobile, I have been able to move it close to the house so that I can work on it at night.
I wasted a bunch of time trying to filter out the ps fluid. I used an in-line diesel fuel filter/water separator set up:
I mounted it on the return line. I left it hanging below all the ps stuff, to make it easy to drain. You can just make it out in the following picture:
And after an hour of running, and two "drains", I was still left with a milkshake:
I finally just started running motor oil through the system, and two more quarts of fluid, finally got the water out. Water in the ps system sucks. In hindsight, I should have just changed the box and pump, I spent about 1/2 that amount in ps fluid.
After getting the water out, I finally put the correct ps pulley on. The Chevy truck one on the left, the smaller jeep one on the right:
I also installed the passenger seat. One of the little metal inserts that the seat bolt goes into was rusted out. I ended up using some "Sonic Weld" two part epoxy stuff and filled in the damaged area. Surprisingly, it worked. Probably not the safest thing in the world, but judging from how the factory metal insert are foamed in/held in by the thin metal straps, not much worse. It is only one hole, the rear inner insert closest to the seat belt latch, so i am not too worried about it. If it does break, the weight of the person in the seat coupled to the fact that the seat belt will squish them into the seat, should be OK. The other three inserts are intact. One out of four isn't terrible.
I also installed the fender flares and a rear bumper. Starting to look "complete".
I also put the rear view mirrors on, hooked up the power brake booster (it still works) and installed the air cleaner.
I still need to get the gauges working, then I will start driving it more often/longer trips. I have been driving it around the neighborhood, and it drives really well. The engine seems pretty "spunky", it accelerates rapidly, and all in, runs really wells. The steering is good and tight, the brakes work well, even the suspension seems OK. It just has the old "Detroit Locker" clunk, which after going to selectable lockers, seems pretty archaic.
That's it for now.
. My 8 has been sitting motionless at the new house (for one year this month) with only a few things left to get it on the road... And no progress. New home, new job, two kids , and MBA via night school are some of my excuses... As they say, there are no excuses, there are only reasons.
The decals, would be the biggest hindrance. In order to buff it out, you would have to masking tape over the decals to keep the machine from shredding them, they are pretty toasty
