ghinmi Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share Posted March 20, 2023 Grommets are designed and printed. Also played with the fuzzy skin feature and got a surface finish I like. And then made mounting bosses and welded them on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghinmi Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 I forcefully removed the inner covers off of the valve cover to investigate how it was engineered and also to clean all the crap out. Turns out the breather is in the completely wrong spot for a rear wheel drive application. Under hard acceleration when it's trying to relieve crankcase pressure it would be picking up straight oil. No good. I can't just move it to the front because the PCV is there and it would reduce the effectiveness of that. So I'm essentially swapping the vent and pcv locations. I will be running an inline PCV. All those little details that I run into with this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghinmi Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 I forgot to take many photos since it was a messy job but I got the old PCV opening tapped for the new fitting and the intake all cleaned up. Was able to get the tins reattached by laying down dabs of aluminum weld through the holes where they were attached originally. Paint should be here Thursday and then it'll be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghinmi Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 Amazing what a little paint did for the looks of this valve cover. I used the VHT wrinkle black and wiped off the numbers/letters before it fully cured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghinmi Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 I did get the truck rolled outside the other day to see it in natural light and snap some shots for photoshopping potential graphics. Very happy with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Salvagedcircuit Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Looking extra fly. Very nice color indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghinmi Posted March 24, 2023 Author Share Posted March 24, 2023 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drahcir495 Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 I am always blown away over how talented some of you guys are. You do amazing work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlindsey86 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Such an amazing build! Cannot wait to see more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante2 Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 Excellent work on bringing the MJ back to like new! Great color choice too. Your last pic reminds me of some different color deja vu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxyjeep Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 Haven't heard any updates in awhile. How’s the build going @ghinmi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kansashogan Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Man, I love this thing, great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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