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This is getting exciting..... I mean it was already exciting, now is more exciting....... Anyways, I'm excited.

Wow. Cleanest floor I think I have ever seen......

I had a small leak at my water pump to lower hose connection for years due to a faulty hose clamp. Didn't find it till I pressure tested the system. It never dripped on the shop floor. It was only evident by mysteriously disappearing coolant. I even did a probably unnecessary head gasket trying to fix it.

I don't know if there is room but I wonder if you roll the window down and pull the window sweep off, will that leave enough room to reach down in with a wire\tool and hook the opener rod? Short of that it sounds like your pulling a door panel with the door shut. This is not a fun undertaking. I did it to an xj once in the junkyard. I hope I never have to do that again.

Running and driving is a huge success in cj ownership. once that hurdle is cleared the rest is all gravy.

Hauled the yaks. had a great time.

Loaded it with 2 of the 3 kayaks it will be hauling tomorrow. Should be a good day on the water.

I assume you would just pay the painter to travel out there.

I have the same problem with the Eagle threads. Nice work on the spring swap.

I'm beginning to wonder if there isn't a mechanical problem. Like maybe the hard acceleration broke a rocker arm, stuck a lifter, popped a head gasket. These are all just possibilities that haven't seemed to have been discussed. At this point I think your on a goose chase with any kind of air leaks. Seems as though between you and the shops the air flow situation seems normal enough to run well. That's why I'm leaning towards something mechanical that may have been weak already and that accel was enough stress. Might be a good idea to pull the plugs and see what they look like. Maybe check compression while you there.

Parts have begun to roll in this week. I got a head start on this weekends work last night. Got the new brake master cylinder bench bled and installed. Drained all the old fluid from the lines, man it was nasty. Ready to bleed out the rest of the brakes. Next will be a lower steering shaft coupling rebuild, carburator rebuild and distributor gasket. Followed by new vacuum lines for the quadratrac.

Years ago I worked with a guy who had one. I got to use it a few times. Seemed to work ok. bits were definitely sharper after.

Ohhh shiny....

That's a good question. I have always thought it was just too much color.