- City
- Baton Rouge
- State
- La
Dude we were only inside for like 10 minutes
Spankrjs 1985 Spring Special CJ-7
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- Baton Rouge
- State
- La
I think it was ’Corn Pop’!
- City
- Olathe
- State
- KS
Backside, showing the nuts:
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Putting the two parts back together is a bit of a PIA. I installed the two parts of the headlight bucket assemblies together with the adjuster screws first, then installed the spring.
The adjuster screws have a machined "valley" that rides in the sheet metal "slot" of the headlight bucket:
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Anyway, adjuster screws first, then the spring, back together:
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Back "under the interstate bridge", recreated my "urban art":
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Headlights adjusted back to specification. This simple adjustment makes a world of difference. Everyone wants to "upgrade" their headlights, I wonder if they ever adjust the originals correctly, first, before they condem them?
That's it for now
The relay is almost a safety issue...35 year old switch handling way more amps than it needs to...
Great work. It's beautiful!!
- City
- Biloxi
- State
- MS
Everyone likes pictures, so here are a few more.
I have had this Jeep over a year, took the top off it for the first time the day it gets kidnapped:
I drove it for over 125 miles on Saturday, trying to burn some fuel out of the tank. Got good and sunburned LOL!!! Jeep is driving awesome, last few tanks of fuel have averaged over 18 MPG!!! Sorry to see it go back into hibernation.
One final picture for awhile, at the kidnappers layer:
That's it for now
I have had this Jeep over a year, took the top off it for the first time the day it gets kidnapped:
I drove it for over 125 miles on Saturday, trying to burn some fuel out of the tank. Got good and sunburned LOL!!! Jeep is driving awesome, last few tanks of fuel have averaged over 18 MPG!!! Sorry to see it go back into hibernation.
One final picture for awhile, at the kidnappers layer:
That's it for now
- City
- Baton Rouge
- State
- La
Man I didn’t realize how full the shop was until one of my workers put the spring special away. 
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- Biloxi
- State
- MS
Went and uncovered my poor Spring Special this weekend:
Tommy has been doing a great job of storing it. He has driven it some and starts it up every once in awhile.
It fired right up, drove it around about 10 minutes this weekend, it is still running and driving great, miss it even more now!!
It was mainly a "work on Scrambler" weekend, but felt good to drive this one again.
Motivation to finish the red Scrambler project in my garage!!!!
Tommy has been doing a great job of storing it. He has driven it some and starts it up every once in awhile.
It fired right up, drove it around about 10 minutes this weekend, it is still running and driving great, miss it even more now!!
It was mainly a "work on Scrambler" weekend, but felt good to drive this one again.
Motivation to finish the red Scrambler project in my garage!!!!
- City
- Biloxi
- State
- MS
I went to Baton Rouge this past weekend to help celebrate Tommy's one year old twin girl's birthday, had just enough time to visit my abandoned SS:
In a sea of slate blue, my turd brown SS stands tall LOL!!!!!!
The 10+ year old blue top Optima had to get replaced with a fresh battery, it won't hold a charge any longer. After a battery swap, it started right up and ran perfectly. I only drove it around for about 20 minutes due to a hard rain storm, but it is still running/driving perfect, so happy about that.
After it brief reprieve, I stuffed it back in the closet
I might bring it back home later on this year, after I work on some other Tommy Jeeps first.
That's it for now
In a sea of slate blue, my turd brown SS stands tall LOL!!!!!!
The 10+ year old blue top Optima had to get replaced with a fresh battery, it won't hold a charge any longer. After a battery swap, it started right up and ran perfectly. I only drove it around for about 20 minutes due to a hard rain storm, but it is still running/driving perfect, so happy about that.
After it brief reprieve, I stuffed it back in the closet
I might bring it back home later on this year, after I work on some other Tommy Jeeps first.
That's it for now
- City
- Baton Rouge
- State
- La
It ran like a champ. We literally beat the rain by about 2 minutes. The storm prevented any real “Jeep Time” unfortunately
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- Biloxi
- State
- MS
In the above outdoor picture, it was really overcast due to the storm that was about to dump 3" of rain per hour!!!!
But you are correct, under indoor lights or bright Sunshine, it appears "lighter/more goldish", like below:
If it is dark outside, it looks more brown
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- Biloxi
- State
- MS
Almost two years since I have seen or drove this one.
Finally purchased a battery for it, installed it, won't run/start. It had 10 gallons of ethanol free/Stabil protected gas, but I'm getting no fuel to the carburetor, gauge reads "E". For some reason JeepAddicts climate controlled warehouse sucks gas tanks dry, no idea how, but it happens to everything in here.
Will go back tomorrow with some gas and fire it up after we dig it out!!!!
Finally purchased a battery for it, installed it, won't run/start. It had 10 gallons of ethanol free/Stabil protected gas, but I'm getting no fuel to the carburetor, gauge reads "E". For some reason JeepAddicts climate controlled warehouse sucks gas tanks dry, no idea how, but it happens to everything in here.
Will go back tomorrow with some gas and fire it up after we dig it out!!!!
- City
- Biloxi
- State
- MS
So, got the old Spring Special out briefly this weekend, really only two issues to report:
1) The Optima blue top battery that I purchased for $5 back in 2010 finally died, so I had to purchase and install a new battery.
It also needs a new +battery cable end, the current one is broke in half, but still works.
2) It was out of gas. There are no liquid leaks, and the Jeep never stinks like gas, but sitting so long inside a climate controlled garage somehow made whatever fuel that was left in the tank evaporate out. This is a common issue inside JeepAddict's warehouse, has happened to quite a few Jeeps. It never smells like fuel in there, who knows.
Dumped 2 gallons of fuel in the tank, turned the engine over for about 20 seconds, it fired right up.
The engine ran great, all gauges are still working (including the gas gauge that did read 'E" before putting fuel in the tank, should have trusted it!!), drove fine. All four tires are a little low on air, but other then that, no real issues, except I don't drive it enough!!
Of all my Jeeps, this one is my favorite. Need to get it back home, but that would mean a current Jeep would have to leave permanently. First world problems........
That's it for now
1) The Optima blue top battery that I purchased for $5 back in 2010 finally died, so I had to purchase and install a new battery.
It also needs a new +battery cable end, the current one is broke in half, but still works.
2) It was out of gas. There are no liquid leaks, and the Jeep never stinks like gas, but sitting so long inside a climate controlled garage somehow made whatever fuel that was left in the tank evaporate out. This is a common issue inside JeepAddict's warehouse, has happened to quite a few Jeeps. It never smells like fuel in there, who knows.
Dumped 2 gallons of fuel in the tank, turned the engine over for about 20 seconds, it fired right up.
The engine ran great, all gauges are still working (including the gas gauge that did read 'E" before putting fuel in the tank, should have trusted it!!), drove fine. All four tires are a little low on air, but other then that, no real issues, except I don't drive it enough!!
Of all my Jeeps, this one is my favorite. Need to get it back home, but that would mean a current Jeep would have to leave permanently. First world problems........
That's it for now
- City
- Cobourg, Ontario, Cana
- State
- da
Thats Bullsh!t!! you should call Optima and get them to warranty it! What a rip off.
- City
- Biloxi
- State
- MS
Went over to Tiger Town this past weekend to work on Tommy stuff, briefly liberated this one!!
Key on, pumped the gas pedal twice to set the choke, had to spin it over about 30 seconds due to all the gas evaporating out of carburetor float bowl, once fuel reached the carburetor it fired right up and ran perfect. Drove it a couple of miles, still running and driving great!!!
My 392 is obviously at the extreme polar opposite of my '85 CJ-7, but I still prefer my CJ7!!! (except on the interstate where the 392 can cruise at triple digits LOL)
Key on, pumped the gas pedal twice to set the choke, had to spin it over about 30 seconds due to all the gas evaporating out of carburetor float bowl, once fuel reached the carburetor it fired right up and ran perfect. Drove it a couple of miles, still running and driving great!!!
My 392 is obviously at the extreme polar opposite of my '85 CJ-7, but I still prefer my CJ7!!! (except on the interstate where the 392 can cruise at triple digits LOL)
