Spinnakerblue89 Posted July 17 Author Share Posted July 17 33 minutes ago, 89 MJ said: Exactly. The lack of overdrive definitely hurts the fuel economy with the 3.54 gears and the fact that I drive it like a regular car doesn't help either. It gets driven in stop and go traffic and spends time idling, which kills the mileage too. I bet if I just went on a nice cruise in it, it would be in the 20s. And that was decent in the 80's. Can't really judge a product beyond it's time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinnakerblue89 Posted July 17 Author Share Posted July 17 32 minutes ago, eaglescout526 said: I haven’t looked at HO but I know Renix era for all the 2.5Ls were like this with the factory AC set up. But I'd imagine that the YJ would at least have more room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinnakerblue89 Posted October 19 Author Share Posted October 19 Update y'all! The Sequel has been fully converted to Duraspark, a project many old school Jeep owners may be familiar with, and it lives! I have some more work to do before the end of the year, but now that this, the ZJ, the Disco, and the Ranger are pretty much where I need them to be, I can resume the work on the MJ. I'd love to say it drives well, but sadly, the Bronco II essentially has no brake power at all. I had to stick with just driving it around the yard because I have to floor the pedal in order it to even begin to brake. So I'll start with bleeding the brakes, because the fluid in the reservoir is so nasty and putrid I'm afraid the brake flush is the least of my worries. Nevertheless, I'll do it at least if the brakes work better after the fact. As a bonus for me, everything I'm about to do to it I learned on my '93 ZJ just this year. My late father was right, although he may have meant it disparagingly, I picked a good brand to LEARN with. I don't mind it one but, I love learning all of this stuff. The only high better than bringing this Bronco II back to life was my first time hitting a bullseye at 1000 yards. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 if you're going to flush/bleed the brakes, now's a great time to also replace all the rubber lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinnakerblue89 Posted October 19 Author Share Posted October 19 5 hours ago, Pete M said: if you're going to flush/bleed the brakes, now's a great time to also replace all the rubber lines. Eh you're not wrong, there may be a myriad of reasons the fluid was so swampy, and line degradation is a high likelihood. Speaking of which, I have to put in a new fuel line to replace the old steel one. What's the consensus on stainless steel for a fuel line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 1 hour ago, Spinnakerblue89 said: Eh you're not wrong, there may be a myriad of reasons the fluid was so swampy, and line degradation is a high likelihood. Speaking of which, I have to put in a new fuel line to replace the old steel one. What's the consensus on stainless steel for a fuel line? asking if stainless will work? or how hard it is to bend it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinnakerblue89 Posted October 20 Author Share Posted October 20 More like is stainless the way to go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 I think all cars have stainless fuel lines these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinnakerblue89 Posted October 20 Author Share Posted October 20 I think you're right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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