Made a few brackets today for the electric fuel pump and the two filters. It don't look like much, I would bet I went under that Jeep 75 times today.
78 Wagoneer, Building a driver! New Thread.
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Was able to get it started last night. Was able to do the cam break in thing, 20 minutes is a long time with open headers!!!!! Here is the list of problems we had.
1. intermittent no crank. fix was clean neutral safety switch.
2. holley sniper would not load any info. fix was to pull sim card from touch
screen, erase the info holley loaded the card with, and download new
firmware. I have no idea what new firmware is, but this fixed the problem.
3. Timing light took a dump. Fix was to guess until it started, then we could see
where it was on the touch screen.
4. no gauges. Fix was, I don't know what the problem is yet. might be related
to a ground problem or I think I read somewhere the headlight switch needs
to be in, and mine was not. I was sure we had oil pressure because we had
just primed the oil pump with a drill, so we just crossed the old fingers, it
worked out!!!!
5. coolant leak. Fix was to tighten the upper radiator hose, by-pass, and t-stat housing.1978 Wagoneer
401/turbo 400 trans. Quadra-Trac BW1339 (with Low) 4" Rusty's lift with 31" Summit Mud Dawgs
Mods:
Fuel Tank, Red Holley Fuel Pump, Razor Grill (profile pic out dated), Rebuilt steering box
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Overall it went like I thought it would, once we had the right download in the Holley Sniper, It cranked right up and ran fine. I'am going out in the shop to pick up tools and just get everything put away, regroup, and start trying to fix the gauge problem. Also I forgot to mention, the starter bendix a couple of times did not fully engage and made a grinding noise. will have to take a look at that, starter and flywheel are new.1978 Wagoneer
401/turbo 400 trans. Quadra-Trac BW1339 (with Low) 4" Rusty's lift with 31" Summit Mud Dawgs
Mods:
Fuel Tank, Red Holley Fuel Pump, Razor Grill (profile pic out dated), Rebuilt steering box
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WWWOoooooo Hoooooo!!!!! Videos?!?!? Sounds like your fire up was infinitely better than mine!
How stoked were you?! Was your son there? What did he think? How's the idle?Chuck McTruck 71 J4000
(Chuck McTruck Build Thread)
79 Cherokee Chief (SOLD, goodbye old buddy)
(Cherokee Build Thread)
11 Nissan Pathfinder Silver Edition 4x4
09 Mazdaspeed3 Grand Touring
00 Baby Cherokee
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Thanks all for asking, yes my son Jake was a big help and it was exciting, but glad we didn't wipe a cam on the first start up!1978 Wagoneer
401/turbo 400 trans. Quadra-Trac BW1339 (with Low) 4" Rusty's lift with 31" Summit Mud Dawgs
Mods:
Fuel Tank, Red Holley Fuel Pump, Razor Grill (profile pic out dated), Rebuilt steering box
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AWESOME FIRST START!!!
Rig sounded great! Thanks for getting us the start videos.Some call me Taylor...
1977 Jeep Wagoneer (Wedding Wagon)
Pewter, Blue Interior, Original 401
PO swapped in a 360, soon to be a 401 again!
"Soon" is a relative term.
Cracked cylinder put a hurt on me + bad connecting rods.
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