derf Posted April 19 Author Posted April 19 The upper was definitely loose. Torque spec on it is 100 ft-lbs. But the driver side is back together. I'm going to hook up the new brake line after I flush the old system.
derf Posted April 19 Author Posted April 19 Passenger side done. Hubs are a greasy mess but at least they're back together.
derf Posted April 26 Author Posted April 26 I got the power brake booster lined up. Good news is that it clears everything. Bad news is that I need a boot for the rod. The old manual brakes plugged the hole. That'll be here on Tuesday. If you don't know, vacuum boosters are too tall to fit in the stock location so AMC designed a bracket with a cantilever rod to lower the booster enough to fit under the hood. I also got most of the steering back together. The stabilizer will also be here Tuesday. Lots of little nit picky things to finish. I'm mostly done under the dash. Just have a handful of things to onock out. I may actually be able to fire it up next weekend.
JZLAJeep Posted April 27 Posted April 27 17 hours ago, derf said: If you don't know, vacuum boosters are too tall to fit in the stock location so AMC designed a bracket with a cantilever rod to lower the booster enough to fit under the hood. Good to know. Where did you pick that up? Our CJ-7 is stock and has no booster, but it doesn't have upgraded brakes either.
derf Posted April 27 Author Posted April 27 2 hours ago, JZLAJeep said: Good to know. Where did you pick that up? Our CJ-7 is stock and has no booster, but it doesn't have upgraded brakes either. I bought an aftermarket kit off ebay. But the brackets put the booster too far forward. I found a used power brake booster bracket off ebay instead. It moves the vacuum booster closer to the firewall so it clears the air cleaner. You will have to bend the brake lines because the master cylinder moves forward.
JZLAJeep Posted April 27 Posted April 27 13 minutes ago, derf said: I bought an aftermarket kit off ebay. But the brackets put the booster too far forward. I found a used power brake booster bracket off ebay instead. It moves the vacuum booster closer to the firewall so it clears the air cleaner. You will have to bend the brake lines because the master cylinder moves forward. Copy. Could probably fab one up at home too, but might be some trial and error to get distances correct. Hmm, probably put this off a while yet.
derf Posted April 27 Author Posted April 27 2 minutes ago, JZLAJeep said: Copy. Could probably fab one up at home too, but might be some trial and error to get distances correct. Hmm, probably put this off a while yet. They're not too difficult to find from dedicated CJ parts recyclers. The brackets are like 3/16" steel so not terrible to fabricate but you need some heavy metal working tools. For $60 shipped, I decided to just buy them.
derf Posted May 9 Author Posted May 9 Had a minor setback. The vacuum booster moves the master cylinder forward. I bent the lines going to the new cylinder and ended up breaking one of them. Ordered a set of replacement lines specifically for the power brake CJ. And a new proportioning valve while I was at it. I got the full line kit but opted to skip doing all of them. Getting the front to back line out is hard. So is the passenger side front. Anyway, got the new lines in and bled. Next step is to try to do a first fire tomorrow.
derf Posted May 9 Author Posted May 9 I still have to run through emissions testing. But I'm down once that's done.
derf Posted May 10 Author Posted May 10 The computer needed to self adjust a little and it settled into a pretty smooth running engine. But it's alive again!
derf Posted May 14 Author Posted May 14 After the first fire, the heater core let go. I ordered a replacement. In the short term I bypassed it. But I got to take it around the neighborhood and gas it up.
neohic Posted May 14 Posted May 14 10 hours ago, derf said: After the first fire, the heater core let go. Not the CJ stuff I was referring to, but thats definitely CJ stuff.
derf Posted May 14 Author Posted May 14 30 minutes ago, neohic said: Not the CJ stuff I was referring to, but thats definitely CJ stuff.
derf Posted June 6 Author Posted June 6 Ready for bikini season... Trouble is, the steering is all over the place. I have replaced all tie rod ends and ball joints. But not the steering gear. So I have one on order. The spring bushings are not in good shape either but I'm swapping out the Rough Country suspension with new Skyjacker.
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