Recent content by firefighterjed

That sucks. Will you have the machine shop assess your old crank ?

enjoyed an evening exploring between Star and Emmett Idaho. Found a spot to set up and shoot some ground squirrels. Snapped this beauty of a pic from one of the hill tops

Sent some $$. I know Uma needs to be a daily driver so I hope it helps get her back on the road soon. I’m also grateful to you for the work you’ve done with the TLC pod cast. Youve been helping strengthen this community, so hopefully the strength of the community can shine in this moment...

Which flare tool did you get?

Took a little drive through the Owyhees in Souther Idaho. It was a nice trip, planned by the teenage son of one of my good friends. He’s building the Jeep Cherokee that’s in the group picture. He planned a good route, but we ran into some locked gates so we had to adapt our plans and find a...

Had a really great little outing in southern Idaho the other day. A friends teenage son has been building a Cherokee and he planned this route. It was good fun and nice to gain some elevation and get out of the heat. These peaks in the Owyhees have always captured my attention as a potential...

dude, what a relief!!!! Well done

Great work!!! Keep it coming !

Any progress?

It’s a 40 year old South American truck with an unknown history. Trust nothing. 1982 fj40 weren’t common in the US and might confuse the parts stores, plus your world spec truck was probably has different accessories than a US truck in 1982. The motor is the same so as long as you choose one...

“verify timing” is just the title of the item on the organized list for trouble shooting. Trying to help you not bounce around so much. Since the timing light delivered erratic flashes you can’t verify timing and you need to resolve the spark problem before you move in to carb or vacuum or...

You need to complete the “verify timing” step before you move on. Sounds like most of your ignition components are new. Is the correct voltage constantly present at the correct post of the coil? Maybe your if ignition switch or some old, bad wiring is causing your erratic spark. You can...

That suuuuuuucks. Just run the Chinese carb for now. It will run fine with it, just might not be “awesome”. Maybe jimC or mark can sell you a used top plate. I’m less help with the ignition side. I have an HEI distributor from Davis (DUI). It has the coil built in and has been ZERO problem...

Also, that’s a really cool truck. It will be awesome to have it running reliably. I daily drive mine and it gives me great joy.

Okay. You’re throwing the kitchen sink at this thing and not really getting anywhere. I’ll admit to not reading every single post in this thread but I do know that it’s time to get methodical about solving this problem. Make a plan, and rule out problems in order, without jumping around...