Pete M

does this help?

appears to be https://mancravez.com/1950-chevy-pick-up

It contains fumes from the gas tank and allows the engine to suck them in and burn them. there should be a line running to it from the tank too.

in the past 2 days the price of a car has gone up and is now equal to the price of a van. anyone need help moving anything?

It's a good habit to also put the tire you removed under the truck too.

any 2.5L from any year XJ/MJ/YJ (plus most TJs) will work for the block

that's a neat trick!

I never want to own Jeep drum brakes again. part of me wants to convert the drums of the dana 35 on my MJ trailer just to make that statement true.

time to convert to disks

welcome to the addiction!

corrected my thermostat temp in my prior post. I meant 195.

some years had shorter shafts than others and I had to pop the little gears off and swap them.

make sure you rotate them on schedule.

it isn't enough of a restriction to matter. there is something else wrong if the engine can't stay at around 210* under all conditions. how old is the radiator? water pump? do you have an intact fan shroud for the mech fan? items that can cause a sudden rich situation include: bad coolant temp sensor, bad O2 sensor, or an injector that has failed in some manner and is spewing gas in an uncontrolled manner.

are those JK rims? if so, what thickness adapters did you use? truck is coming along nicely!

I have 4 of the short ones (used the most), 2 middle height ones and 2 of the biggest I could get at harbor freight (because my truck is now kinda tall and I needed something that could reach the bumpers/frame).

well, lets start with the basics then. put a 195* thermostat back in. removing it does nothing to prevent overheating. its sole purpose is to keep closed to help bring the engine up to operating temp as quickly as possible so you can burn the fuel at max efficiency. after that, it opens up and becomes irrelevant. edit: corrected my temp

I don't understand what this means.

crazy idea here, but is there some sort of design reason why the main leaf couldn't have 2 holes in it? the original plus another one an inch back? that would allow for fine tuning.

what has gone wrong with the current engine?

the later years have an electric pickup that can be swapped out for the mechanical one from the earlier years. you may need to mix annd match the little shafts that the speed gear is on.

auto or manual? when you get a spare moment, try to add your truck's details into your signature.

are the tires all the same pressure?

the link in my sig should have a couple writeups for dakota seats. one of our members is currently fabbing up custom floor brackets for that swap too. don't get a seat that doesn't have headrests (early MJ benches didn't have them).