derf Posted October 20, 2025 Author Share Posted October 20, 2025 7 minutes ago, neohic said: Have you looked at Affordable Fuel Injection out of Michigan? Good, easy kits that are Howell based for our 4.2s. I specifically needed the CARB E.O. number to get through emissions. Not sure if they have that as part of their kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted October 20, 2025 Share Posted October 20, 2025 Mmm… I doubt it. I forgot about the testing up in your area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted October 20, 2025 Author Share Posted October 20, 2025 1 hour ago, neohic said: Mmm… I doubt it. I forgot about the testing up in your area. Yep. Would be nice to get away from that but the jobs that pay very well are here. And that funds my habit, er, hobby... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted October 20, 2025 Share Posted October 20, 2025 2 hours ago, neohic said: Have you looked at Affordable Fuel Injection out of Michigan? Good, easy kits that are Howell based for our 4.2s. I am a little familiar with their small block Chevy stuff. Seems like a good company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted October 20, 2025 Share Posted October 20, 2025 1 hour ago, 89 MJ said: I am a little familiar with their small block Chevy stuff. Seems like a good company. Guy named Kevin Witte owns it. Super knowledgeable guy and very helpful with answering questions. They run a stand up company if you’re not looking for any frills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted October 20, 2025 Share Posted October 20, 2025 2 minutes ago, neohic said: Guy named Kevin Witte owns it. Super knowledgeable guy and very helpful with answering questions. They run a stand up company if you’re not looking for any frills. And they've been around a while too. My parent's had their stuff on my mom's TBI 46 Chevy. Good stuff that never had any problems. My brother has some of their stuff on his J10 too. I'd use them in a heartbeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted November 2, 2025 Author Share Posted November 2, 2025 I found one of the oil leaks. Pulled the drain plug, which the last person had way over tightened. Drained the oil, went to put the Fumoto valve in and it was too small. That's when I noticed the rivnut in the pan. Someone had probably stripped out the threads on the original so they drilled it out and put in the rivnut, which had a slow drip. Every time I work on this Jeep I find another thing the DSPO had messed up. Fortunately, I'm running out of things I haven't touched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted November 3, 2025 Author Share Posted November 3, 2025 Making more progress on wiring and so forth. Got the battery tray in and the two batteries in place. I'm going to build my own isolator switch system. That's up next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted November 5, 2025 Author Share Posted November 5, 2025 Test fitting as I do wiring... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted November 9, 2025 Author Share Posted November 9, 2025 Got the manually controlled dual battery setup in. One switch for each battery to connect/disconnect it. I can run either battery or both if I want. Still have a bunch of wiring to finish. Also did the spark plugs. It may have been running a tad rich... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted December 6, 2025 Author Share Posted December 6, 2025 Slow progress, but I mostly got the dash buttoned up. Splurged a little on ebay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 It's warm in the garage this weekend so I have been making progress. Still fixing the DSPO (Dip "Stick" Previous Owner) problems. They apparently rewired the tail at some point. They ran wires in a stretch of garden hose to push them through from one side to the other. Then they attached them with wire nuts. I'm running the Painless kit that is a direct bolt in for a CJ. So I am gutting everything and running new replacement wiring. So it will be nice again and run properly. To that end, I need to drop the gas tank to run the wires properly. I'm going to go ahead and replace the skid plate with aftermarket. May as well while it's out. The tank hangs low so more protection is never a bad thing. Also, I mostly finished setting up the engine wiring. The CJ harness is pretty universal on that end from Painless. So I had to integrate the Duraspark ignition and tie it in with the Howell TBI kit. And I went ahead and did the heavy power cable for all the aux wiring I'm doing. All tied in to the dual battery switches. Oh, and I needed two relays. One for the TBI and one for the manifold heater circuit (needed for emissions in Denver). It's a little over engineered but it's better than random butt splices all over. And the plugs let me service it in the future. The oil pressure sending unit is sitting there waiting for me to crawl under and put it in. I need to finish wiring up the radios (CB and GMRS) and a few other things. Should be ready for spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 I've been having fun with the old broken gas tank strap. But the rear wiring has been done for a bit. I'm running new hoses (vent, supply, and return) as long as it's all apart. The Genright tank skid os quite a bit beefier than the stock. So I feel good about installing it. I've mostly been poking at a few odds and ends. Got the front bumper and fog lights installed so it looks more like a CJ now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 2 hours ago, derf said: … looks more like a CJ now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 Got my annual bonus at work. Got some toys for the CJ. Proper fabric doors. Still need to finish assembling the latches bit the initial test fit is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Made some good progress today. Got the fuel pump plumbed and the gas tank installed. The threaded portion at the end of the strap had broken and the welded on all-thread gave out. So I cut it back a bit further and put on a coupler nut with some red locktite. Got the tank installed. The Genright tank skid is a nice addition. But I found another issue while I was under there... So I guess the brake upgrade to power brakes is going to happen sooner than I planned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 Well, I'm exhausted now... Time to get to the brakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 So a previous owner went to the trouble of replacing the rear shafts. But they did aftermarket 2 piece shafts... This Jeep is definitely an example of pervasive half-assery for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 4 hours ago, derf said: Well, I'm exhausted now... Time to get to the brakes. I see what you did there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 The wheel cylinder was definitely leaking. And the brake fluid was a dark brown. So it's a good thing I'm replacing almost everything front to back. I do want to go on record that whoever designed the parking brake setup in the rear drums needs to get a swift kick in the jimmy. It's definitely one of the more annoying setups to get back together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted Friday at 11:52 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 11:52 PM So back brakes buttoned up. Starting in on the front. As long as I'm there I'm going to strip it all the way down and rebuild the outers. New ball joints, new shaft u-joints, new bearings, new calipers with pads and rotors, new brake hoses, all the seals, and I'm upgrading the hubs. With all of the tools I have, you'd think I could just knock this all out quickly. But I'm short one key tool. A 2-1/16" spindle nut socket. So I'm stuck for a little bit until I get one delivered. It'll be here Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman09 Posted Saturday at 04:44 PM Share Posted Saturday at 04:44 PM 16 hours ago, derf said: So back brakes buttoned up. Starting in on the front. As long as I'm there I'm going to strip it all the way down and rebuild the outers. New ball joints, new shaft u-joints, new bearings, new calipers with pads and rotors, new brake hoses, all the seals, and I'm upgrading the hubs. With all of the tools I have, you'd think I could just knock this all out quickly. But I'm short one key tool. A 2-1/16" spindle nut socket. So I'm stuck for a little bit until I get one delivered. It'll be here Sunday. On a nut like that, one could always use the old chisel method. That's what I did on the giant axle nuts on my Austin Healey Sprite, as did everyone else who has ever worked on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted Saturday at 06:10 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 06:10 PM 1 hour ago, pizzaman09 said: On a nut like that, one could always use the old chisel method. That's what I did on the giant axle nuts on my Austin Healey Sprite, as did everyone else who has ever worked on it. It's hard to torque to spec. Besides, the tool will be here tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman09 Posted Saturday at 07:42 PM Share Posted Saturday at 07:42 PM 1 hour ago, derf said: It's hard to torque to spec. Besides, the tool will be here tomorrow. That's logical. The one I've done just needed to be tightened and the anti rotation tab bent over on it to prevent it from backing off. It was in a full floating axle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted Sunday at 09:35 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 09:35 PM The upper ball joint nut was almost loose. It took a breaker bar to loosen the lower nut. Then it took some persuasion to get the lower joint to let go. Fortunately I didn't need to break out the oxy-acetylene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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