another busy day

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Sort of. I started the day lazy (mostly did email till 2PM then took the
J4000 for a spin and took the pup down for a McD's burger before rolling
into the backyard and rolling up my sleeves to get started) but ended up
with about 1/2 done what I wanted to do. I pulled the front clip and
manifolds as well as the PS, doors, rear side windows and stuff from the '80
Cherokee 2dr NT I'm parting. (still didn't get the torch out there, but
there's always tomorrow!) Then I fired up the 2.5L in the '85 Cherokee 2dr
XJ I recently dragged home (the blow transmission made horrible noises like
it had a rod knocking till I pushed in the clutch tho!).
   Then I yanked the carb off the J4000 just as it was getting dark (and
right after I opened the {insert string of 4 letter words here} carb kit, I
found out it was for a 2150 and not 2100!) I found out it was the float
knocked awry (all the hard pounding of the roughest stretches of Seattle's
highways took their toll) and not the power valve (which was good because
the kit has the wrong powervalve.) I adjusted the float level and cleaned
the carb out, then reassembled as much as I could with the old gaskets. I
need a pair of 2100 base gaskets now to finish the job tomorrow and test my
overhaul (since the power valve was still good, I don't need to take it back
off again anyways)
   Tomorrow, I'll roll out the torch and make short work of the front frame
of the '80. I plan to lift the whole truck front with my engine hoist and a
chain wrapped around the motor, then reblock the body higher off the ground
and undo the trans crossbar and torch the front frame loose at the firewall,
undo the motor mounts and drop the frame front, then the motor trans and
pull the body back before hacking it up. Oh yeah! I have to drop the gas
tank while it's up in the air too!
   Once that is done, I'll be pulling the motor from the XJ and possibly the
rear axle, then catch the store just before it closes and pick up the base
gaskets I need and finish assembling the carb on the J4000. So much for my
relaxing "weekend"! LOL!
   There just never seems to be enough time to do all the things you want to
do... (name that tune! <G>)