AFter 2 weeks of having the carburator gods upset with me....
I finally have my Jeep running back to normal.
It all started with a simple... "Lets fix the *minor* valve cover leak". That project went greatly wrong and cost me a days of good Jeep driving weather as I waited for a new gasket. In the mean I time I decided to paint the last remaining unpainted engine items. Namely, Distrubutor and Carb...
Apparently the carburator gods, were not initial accepting of the new color... They forced me to rebuild the carb 3 times! Idle was non-existant. THe idle jets were way opened up, and the idle screw was also jacked up.. and it still stalled and idled horribly... On the final rebuild, they (the carb gods) reveiled to me.. the check balls were in the wrong location. (they were apparently coming to accept the new color and thought I had paid enough penance)
I now have the idle jets back to their previous settings and the idle is back to normal and it is running great now!!
AND it looks GOOD too!!!
check out the engine bay, as I've continued the painting...
Dang... I don't know what else i can do...
What do I do next?
http://community.webshots.com/album/165478870qyxFGu/5
Full Version: Engine stuff all finally painted
QUOTE(jeepinjoe @ Jun 14 2006, 08:20 AM)
AFter 2 weeks of having the carburator gods upset with me....
I finally have my Jeep running back to normal.
It all started with a simple... "Lets fix the *minor* valve cover leak". That project went greatly wrong and cost me a days of good Jeep driving weather as I waited for a new gasket. In the mean I time I decided to paint the last remaining unpainted engine items. Namely, Distrubutor and Carb...
Apparently the carburator gods, were not initial accepting of the new color... They forced me to rebuild the carb 3 times! Idle was non-existant. THe idle jets were way opened up, and the idle screw was also jacked up.. and it still stalled and idled horribly... On the final rebuild, they (the carb gods) reveiled to me.. the check balls were in the wrong location. (they were apparently coming to accept the new color and thought I had paid enough penance)
I now have the idle jets back to their previous settings and the idle is back to normal and it is running great now!!
AND it looks GOOD too!!!
check out the engine bay, as I've continued the painting...
Dang... I don't know what else i can do...
What do I do next?
http://community.webshots.com/album/165478870qyxFGu/5
[right][snapback]79517[/snapback][/right]
I finally have my Jeep running back to normal.
It all started with a simple... "Lets fix the *minor* valve cover leak". That project went greatly wrong and cost me a days of good Jeep driving weather as I waited for a new gasket. In the mean I time I decided to paint the last remaining unpainted engine items. Namely, Distrubutor and Carb...
Apparently the carburator gods, were not initial accepting of the new color... They forced me to rebuild the carb 3 times! Idle was non-existant. THe idle jets were way opened up, and the idle screw was also jacked up.. and it still stalled and idled horribly... On the final rebuild, they (the carb gods) reveiled to me.. the check balls were in the wrong location. (they were apparently coming to accept the new color and thought I had paid enough penance)
I now have the idle jets back to their previous settings and the idle is back to normal and it is running great now!!
AND it looks GOOD too!!!
check out the engine bay, as I've continued the painting...
Dang... I don't know what else i can do...
What do I do next?
http://community.webshots.com/album/165478870qyxFGu/5
[right][snapback]79517[/snapback][/right]
CATERPILLAR on the hood? Paint the hat yellow?
QUOTE(wetskier2000 @ Jun 14 2006, 01:29 PM)
QUOTE(jeepinjoe @ Jun 14 2006, 08:20 AM)
AFter 2 weeks of having the carburator gods upset with me....
I finally have my Jeep running back to normal.
It all started with a simple... "Lets fix the *minor* valve cover leak". That project went greatly wrong and cost me a days of good Jeep driving weather as I waited for a new gasket. In the mean I time I decided to paint the last remaining unpainted engine items. Namely, Distrubutor and Carb...
Apparently the carburator gods, were not initial accepting of the new color... They forced me to rebuild the carb 3 times! Idle was non-existant. THe idle jets were way opened up, and the idle screw was also jacked up.. and it still stalled and idled horribly... On the final rebuild, they (the carb gods) reveiled to me.. the check balls were in the wrong location. (they were apparently coming to accept the new color and thought I had paid enough penance)
I now have the idle jets back to their previous settings and the idle is back to normal and it is running great now!!
AND it looks GOOD too!!!
check out the engine bay, as I've continued the painting...
Dang... I don't know what else i can do...
What do I do next?
http://community.webshots.com/album/165478870qyxFGu/5
[right][snapback]79517[/snapback][/right]
I finally have my Jeep running back to normal.
It all started with a simple... "Lets fix the *minor* valve cover leak". That project went greatly wrong and cost me a days of good Jeep driving weather as I waited for a new gasket. In the mean I time I decided to paint the last remaining unpainted engine items. Namely, Distrubutor and Carb...
Apparently the carburator gods, were not initial accepting of the new color... They forced me to rebuild the carb 3 times! Idle was non-existant. THe idle jets were way opened up, and the idle screw was also jacked up.. and it still stalled and idled horribly... On the final rebuild, they (the carb gods) reveiled to me.. the check balls were in the wrong location. (they were apparently coming to accept the new color and thought I had paid enough penance)
I now have the idle jets back to their previous settings and the idle is back to normal and it is running great now!!
AND it looks GOOD too!!!
check out the engine bay, as I've continued the painting...
Dang... I don't know what else i can do...
What do I do next?
http://community.webshots.com/album/165478870qyxFGu/5
[right][snapback]79517[/snapback][/right]
CATERPILLAR on the hood? Paint the hat yellow?
[right][snapback]79527[/snapback][/right]
The hard part is to keep people from SCRATCHING it!!!!
see:
http://forum.newjo.org/index.php?showtopic...st=60&p=68663&#
POST #62, for the full story.
QUOTE(jeepinjoe @ Jun 14 2006, 08:20 AM)
Dang... I don't know what else i can do...
What do I do next?
[right][snapback]79517[/snapback][/right]
What do I do next?
[right][snapback]79517[/snapback][/right]
Wanna paint mine?????
Looks good Joe!! What brand of paint and how is it applied?
looks good, joe.
you must have patience.
you must have patience.
For the engine, I've used 2 brands...
One is official CAT yellow.
THe other was Seymour brand paint.
I used the Seymour brand on the block, because I could not find a temp rating for the CAT paint.
For all the accessories that do not get intentionally hot I've use the CAT paint. Both brands are the same color when side by side.
Seymour carries many popular farm and industrial colors and also car colors too. When I orginally painted my engine (about 2-3yrs ago) I was able to call Seymour and find a local distributor.
Seymours home page:
http://www.seymourpaint.com/
farm and industrial colors:
http://www.seymourpaint.com/index.cfm/products/?id=89
I also noticed that CAT paint seems to soften/loosen when gasoline contacts it.
One is official CAT yellow.
THe other was Seymour brand paint.
I used the Seymour brand on the block, because I could not find a temp rating for the CAT paint.
For all the accessories that do not get intentionally hot I've use the CAT paint. Both brands are the same color when side by side.
Seymour carries many popular farm and industrial colors and also car colors too. When I orginally painted my engine (about 2-3yrs ago) I was able to call Seymour and find a local distributor.
Seymours home page:
http://www.seymourpaint.com/
farm and industrial colors:
http://www.seymourpaint.com/index.cfm/products/?id=89
I also noticed that CAT paint seems to soften/loosen when gasoline contacts it.
joe,
i noticed from some of the pictures that you don't have the heater hoses hooked up. i've got the same intake manifold sitting on a spare motor, and was thinking of using it. looks like it can be done without utilizing the jacketing property. hmmm.
wally
i noticed from some of the pictures that you don't have the heater hoses hooked up. i've got the same intake manifold sitting on a spare motor, and was thinking of using it. looks like it can be done without utilizing the jacketing property. hmmm.
wally
QUOTE
i noticed from some of the pictures that you don't have the heater hoses hooked up. i've got the same intake manifold sitting on a spare motor, and was thinking of using it. looks like it can be done without utilizing the jacketing property. hmmm.
Yeah, it seems to run just fine without them. I've never had them hooked up since I started using this motor.
BUT!! (Here is the gotcha) If you notice, I have caps on the block for those lines...Because I don't have the heater hooked up either.
The caps are just rubber, and after 5 yrs one of them developed a leak. THey do not have the reinforcement fibers like a hose would. So that cost me another precious sunny day of Jeep driving
. SO maybe for durability purposes, using standard heater hose would be a better choice. (but I don't follow my own advice.) I got another cap and put it on! (It looks better) but maybe connecting it to the manifold would be a good idea.
This is a "lo-fi" version of our main content. To view the full version with more information, formatting and images, please click here.