Of course, as soon a I get done installing the carb and adjusting it, it starts to rain. No bother, I went and drove it around anyway, very happy with it!!!
I have been trying to keep this one out of the weather, oh well. The good news: it is so hot here, 30 minutes after the rain, it is so hot it is dry again, and the pavement is steaming!!!!!!!
On the test drive, I drove to Lowes first. When I left, and shifted into second gear, I could hear the engine revving, watch the tack climbing, no increase in speed. At first, I thought "crap", the clutch is slipping. Nope, the ass end broke loose on the slick asphalt and was starting to drift sideways. I am very happy with this one now, it runs awesome!!!
Later on, on an empty/wet/sharp curve road, I was able to "Tokyo Drift" it around the corner, until the ass end stepped out too far, and I flat spun it out. Note to self -take it easy on slick roads!!!!!!! Like I said, very happy with it, it is really fun to drive now!!!
And remember - this is 100% stock Jeep - engine, gears, tire size, and cursed feedback BBD carb, with all emissions intact, CA emissions at that. So, you can get them to run really well, it just takes time/patience
I went ahead and refilled it with gas. On the first tank,a round 240 miles, showing 1/4 tank left.
It took 16 gallons to fill it up, so gauge works, and it was getting 16 mpg. It should get better mileage now, since the carb/timing adjustments.
Gauge almost went to all the way FULL immediately:
After about 2-3 minutes, the gauge went all the way up, so happy with that.
A few pictures of my "special" stock Jeep CJ tools, nothing fancy:
An old Sears tach I bought off eBay, easy to observe under the hood, way better then trying to look at the stock tach in the dash:
Cheap Autozone sourced "Boost/Vacuum" gauge, great for diagnostics on vacuum stuff:
Older Sears timing light:
And a vacuum pump, comes in very handy: