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...
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