Re: 79 CJ5 decisions
 

Another thing I thought of after posting this is that the evaporative
emissions system (charcoal cannister and associated parts) may have
something to do with that "raw gas" smell.

Earle

"Earle Horton" <earle-NOSPAM-horton@msn.com> wrote in message
news:44e48c6c$0$12259$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> The 304 should run pretty smooth if it is tuned up properly. It shouldn't
> "smell like raw gas all the time", but swapping in a 4.0 is overkill for
> fixing that problem. There are fuel injection kits and manifolds
available,
> and these are fine if you are rich, but you probably just have a bad float
> needle valve.
>
> Manual transmissions are a pain in the neck to rebuild. If they need
> rebuilding, there is always a high dollar part like a countershaft that is
> bad. If you just want to refresh the bearings, gaskets and small parts to
> get some extra life out of it, that shouldn't be too bad.
>
> Earle
>
> "Neil" <neilbedwell@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1155825546.472270.318040@m73g2000cwd.googlegr oups.com...
> > I guess I've finally been bitten by the "bug". My wife and I purchased
> > a 2006 TJ a few months ago. I thought it would be my daily driver /
> > weekend toy. Boy was I wrong! Now she likes it so much that it's HER
> > daily driver and definitely not a weekend toy. Anyway, after a lot of
> > whining on my part she agreed to let me buy another jeep of my own,
> > albeit it had to be an older/cheaper one. No complaints about that.
> > Plus I think she wanted another one too. Guess the bug can bite more
> > than once, LOL. Anyway, I found and bought a 79 CJ5 with 304 V8 and 4
> > speed transmission. It's in fairly good cosmetic shape, the frame is
> > great, it runs pretty good and the price was right so it followed me
> > home, LOL. Here's where it get's interesting, though. After I brought
> > it home some things started looking a little funny. OK, it is
> > supposedly a 79 model but it has drum brakes in the front. To my
> > knowledge all post 1976 jeeps had discs in the front, correct? From
> > what I can tell it has a T-176 transmission and a Dana 300 Transfer
> > case. Again, that transmission wasn't available in 1979, right? The
> > rear axle is an AMC 20 and the front axle, I think, is a Dana 30, but
> > I'm having trouble proving that as there is no tag and it doesn't look
> > exactly like a Dana 30 should. It has power steering, but no power
> > brakes. It has a clock in the dash, so does that mean it's been a
> > renegade model? If so, shouldn't it have power brakes if it has power
> > steering? Here's where it get's even more bizzare. I got the title
> > back and under the year column it says 1979, but under the vehicle
> > description column it says exactly this: 83CJ5. So, it is a
> > frankenstein jeep for sure. Again, the drum brakes in the front make
> > even less sense if it turns out to be an 83 model. The 304 has side
> > pipes for the exhaust that I'm not nuts about, but boy do they sound
> > good going down the road. It's just the exhaust fumes that are a bit
> > nasty. The carb on the 304 seems to be running very rich so it smells
> > like raw gas all the time. The passenger side rear axle seal was
> > leaking so I went ahead and installed a one-piece axle kit and new
> > seals/bearings. It just made sense to do that instead of worry about
> > fixing the old two-piece design. So, here are my decisions: I'm not
> > nuts about the 304 for a few reasons. It is simply tooth chattering in
> > its current configuration. After 30 minutes of driving my ears are
> > ringing. The side pipes could go, I know, and that would take care of
> > a little of the noise, but not all of it. I'm not building an extreme
> > off roader. This will be a weekend rider and a VERY mild sunday picnic
> > off roader, so I don't need rock-crawler ability. Question 1 is:
> > Would I be happier swapping the 304 V8 for the 258 I6 and adding fuel
> > injection to make it smoother driving? Would it be wiser to just add
> > fuel injection to the 304? Question 2: I know that I can add power
> > brakes by just adding a brake booster, but what do I do about the front
> > drum brakes? I could find a junk yard axle and rob the parts off it
> > and switch them over, but is there some weird benefit I'm not realizing
> > to having drum brakes on the front? Question 3: If I go with a 258
> > I6, will it bolt up to my T-176 trans and Dana 300 TC? How hard is it
> > to rebuild a T-176? Question 4: The steering wanders just a bit, so
> > I've been looking at ways to upgrade it. Do I need a new Heavy Duty
> > steering box bracket, or is the brace that goes to the other side of
> > the frame better? Or both? I already plan on putting on a steering
> > stabilizer, so that may fix most of the issues. I am just wondering
> > which is better the brace or the HD bracket. I apologize for the
> > lengthy post. Thanks everyone for your help and I hope everyone is
> > having a wonderful day.
> >
>
>

Re: 79 CJ5 decisions
 

I hadn't thought of that. For the `79 there's a fuel line that runs
down the right frame rail and a return line and a vent line that run
down the left frame rail. They're all steel and one could be rusted and
leaking. There's the vapor cannister system that you mention bolted low
in the firewall hard up against the left fender and a roll-over
valve/vapor vent valve bolted to a splash shield inside the left rear
wheel well. It take two vent lines from the tank and send vapor to the
cannister in the front. The splash shield tends to rust out and the
valve assembly tends to fall apart, leaving three vent lines dangling in
the breeze.


Earle Horton wrote:
> Another thing I thought of after posting this is that the evaporative
> emissions system (charcoal cannister and associated parts) may have
> something to do with that "raw gas" smell.
>
> Earle
>
> "Earle Horton" <earle-NOSPAM-horton@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:44e48c6c$0$12259$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>
>>The 304 should run pretty smooth if it is tuned up properly. It shouldn't
>>"smell like raw gas all the time", but swapping in a 4.0 is overkill for
>>fixing that problem. There are fuel injection kits and manifolds
>
> available,
>
>>and these are fine if you are rich, but you probably just have a bad float
>>needle valve.
>>
>>Manual transmissions are a pain in the neck to rebuild. If they need
>>rebuilding, there is always a high dollar part like a countershaft that is
>>bad. If you just want to refresh the bearings, gaskets and small parts to
>>get some extra life out of it, that shouldn't be too bad.
>>
>>Earle
>>
>>"Neil" <neilbedwell@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:1155825546.472270.318040@m73g2000cwd.google groups.com...
>>
>>>I guess I've finally been bitten by the "bug". My wife and I purchased
>>>a 2006 TJ a few months ago. I thought it would be my daily driver /
>>>weekend toy. Boy was I wrong! Now she likes it so much that it's HER
>>>daily driver and definitely not a weekend toy. Anyway, after a lot of
>>>whining on my part she agreed to let me buy another jeep of my own,
>>>albeit it had to be an older/cheaper one. No complaints about that.
>>>Plus I think she wanted another one too. Guess the bug can bite more
>>>than once, LOL. Anyway, I found and bought a 79 CJ5 with 304 V8 and 4
>>>speed transmission. It's in fairly good cosmetic shape, the frame is
>>>great, it runs pretty good and the price was right so it followed me
>>>home, LOL. Here's where it get's interesting, though. After I brought
>>>it home some things started looking a little funny. OK, it is
>>>supposedly a 79 model but it has drum brakes in the front. To my
>>>knowledge all post 1976 jeeps had discs in the front, correct? From
>>>what I can tell it has a T-176 transmission and a Dana 300 Transfer
>>>case. Again, that transmission wasn't available in 1979, right? The
>>>rear axle is an AMC 20 and the front axle, I think, is a Dana 30, but
>>>I'm having trouble proving that as there is no tag and it doesn't look
>>>exactly like a Dana 30 should. It has power steering, but no power
>>>brakes. It has a clock in the dash, so does that mean it's been a
>>>renegade model? If so, shouldn't it have power brakes if it has power
>>>steering? Here's where it get's even more bizzare. I got the title
>>>back and under the year column it says 1979, but under the vehicle
>>>description column it says exactly this: 83CJ5. So, it is a
>>>frankenstein jeep for sure. Again, the drum brakes in the front make
>>>even less sense if it turns out to be an 83 model. The 304 has side
>>>pipes for the exhaust that I'm not nuts about, but boy do they sound
>>>good going down the road. It's just the exhaust fumes that are a bit
>>>nasty. The carb on the 304 seems to be running very rich so it smells
>>>like raw gas all the time. The passenger side rear axle seal was
>>>leaking so I went ahead and installed a one-piece axle kit and new
>>>seals/bearings. It just made sense to do that instead of worry about
>>>fixing the old two-piece design. So, here are my decisions: I'm not
>>>nuts about the 304 for a few reasons. It is simply tooth chattering in
>>>its current configuration. After 30 minutes of driving my ears are
>>>ringing. The side pipes could go, I know, and that would take care of
>>>a little of the noise, but not all of it. I'm not building an extreme
>>>off roader. This will be a weekend rider and a VERY mild sunday picnic
>>>off roader, so I don't need rock-crawler ability. Question 1 is:
>>>Would I be happier swapping the 304 V8 for the 258 I6 and adding fuel
>>>injection to make it smoother driving? Would it be wiser to just add
>>>fuel injection to the 304? Question 2: I know that I can add power
>>>brakes by just adding a brake booster, but what do I do about the front
>>>drum brakes? I could find a junk yard axle and rob the parts off it
>>>and switch them over, but is there some weird benefit I'm not realizing
>>>to having drum brakes on the front? Question 3: If I go with a 258
>>>I6, will it bolt up to my T-176 trans and Dana 300 TC? How hard is it
>>>to rebuild a T-176? Question 4: The steering wanders just a bit, so
>>>I've been looking at ways to upgrade it. Do I need a new Heavy Duty
>>>steering box bracket, or is the brace that goes to the other side of
>>>the frame better? Or both? I already plan on putting on a steering
>>>stabilizer, so that may fix most of the issues. I am just wondering
>>>which is better the brace or the HD bracket. I apologize for the
>>>lengthy post. Thanks everyone for your help and I hope everyone is
>>>having a wonderful day.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Re: 79 CJ5 decisions
 

I hadn't thought of that. For the `79 there's a fuel line that runs
down the right frame rail and a return line and a vent line that run
down the left frame rail. They're all steel and one could be rusted and
leaking. There's the vapor cannister system that you mention bolted low
in the firewall hard up against the left fender and a roll-over
valve/vapor vent valve bolted to a splash shield inside the left rear
wheel well. It take two vent lines from the tank and send vapor to the
cannister in the front. The splash shield tends to rust out and the
valve assembly tends to fall apart, leaving three vent lines dangling in
the breeze.


Earle Horton wrote:
> Another thing I thought of after posting this is that the evaporative
> emissions system (charcoal cannister and associated parts) may have
> something to do with that "raw gas" smell.
>
> Earle
>
> "Earle Horton" <earle-NOSPAM-horton@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:44e48c6c$0$12259$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>
>>The 304 should run pretty smooth if it is tuned up properly. It shouldn't
>>"smell like raw gas all the time", but swapping in a 4.0 is overkill for
>>fixing that problem. There are fuel injection kits and manifolds
>
> available,
>
>>and these are fine if you are rich, but you probably just have a bad float
>>needle valve.
>>
>>Manual transmissions are a pain in the neck to rebuild. If they need
>>rebuilding, there is always a high dollar part like a countershaft that is
>>bad. If you just want to refresh the bearings, gaskets and small parts to
>>get some extra life out of it, that shouldn't be too bad.
>>
>>Earle
>>
>>"Neil" <neilbedwell@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:1155825546.472270.318040@m73g2000cwd.google groups.com...
>>
>>>I guess I've finally been bitten by the "bug". My wife and I purchased
>>>a 2006 TJ a few months ago. I thought it would be my daily driver /
>>>weekend toy. Boy was I wrong! Now she likes it so much that it's HER
>>>daily driver and definitely not a weekend toy. Anyway, after a lot of
>>>whining on my part she agreed to let me buy another jeep of my own,
>>>albeit it had to be an older/cheaper one. No complaints about that.
>>>Plus I think she wanted another one too. Guess the bug can bite more
>>>than once, LOL. Anyway, I found and bought a 79 CJ5 with 304 V8 and 4
>>>speed transmission. It's in fairly good cosmetic shape, the frame is
>>>great, it runs pretty good and the price was right so it followed me
>>>home, LOL. Here's where it get's interesting, though. After I brought
>>>it home some things started looking a little funny. OK, it is
>>>supposedly a 79 model but it has drum brakes in the front. To my
>>>knowledge all post 1976 jeeps had discs in the front, correct? From
>>>what I can tell it has a T-176 transmission and a Dana 300 Transfer
>>>case. Again, that transmission wasn't available in 1979, right? The
>>>rear axle is an AMC 20 and the front axle, I think, is a Dana 30, but
>>>I'm having trouble proving that as there is no tag and it doesn't look
>>>exactly like a Dana 30 should. It has power steering, but no power
>>>brakes. It has a clock in the dash, so does that mean it's been a
>>>renegade model? If so, shouldn't it have power brakes if it has power
>>>steering? Here's where it get's even more bizzare. I got the title
>>>back and under the year column it says 1979, but under the vehicle
>>>description column it says exactly this: 83CJ5. So, it is a
>>>frankenstein jeep for sure. Again, the drum brakes in the front make
>>>even less sense if it turns out to be an 83 model. The 304 has side
>>>pipes for the exhaust that I'm not nuts about, but boy do they sound
>>>good going down the road. It's just the exhaust fumes that are a bit
>>>nasty. The carb on the 304 seems to be running very rich so it smells
>>>like raw gas all the time. The passenger side rear axle seal was
>>>leaking so I went ahead and installed a one-piece axle kit and new
>>>seals/bearings. It just made sense to do that instead of worry about
>>>fixing the old two-piece design. So, here are my decisions: I'm not
>>>nuts about the 304 for a few reasons. It is simply tooth chattering in
>>>its current configuration. After 30 minutes of driving my ears are
>>>ringing. The side pipes could go, I know, and that would take care of
>>>a little of the noise, but not all of it. I'm not building an extreme
>>>off roader. This will be a weekend rider and a VERY mild sunday picnic
>>>off roader, so I don't need rock-crawler ability. Question 1 is:
>>>Would I be happier swapping the 304 V8 for the 258 I6 and adding fuel
>>>injection to make it smoother driving? Would it be wiser to just add
>>>fuel injection to the 304? Question 2: I know that I can add power
>>>brakes by just adding a brake booster, but what do I do about the front
>>>drum brakes? I could find a junk yard axle and rob the parts off it
>>>and switch them over, but is there some weird benefit I'm not realizing
>>>to having drum brakes on the front? Question 3: If I go with a 258
>>>I6, will it bolt up to my T-176 trans and Dana 300 TC? How hard is it
>>>to rebuild a T-176? Question 4: The steering wanders just a bit, so
>>>I've been looking at ways to upgrade it. Do I need a new Heavy Duty
>>>steering box bracket, or is the brace that goes to the other side of
>>>the frame better? Or both? I already plan on putting on a steering
>>>stabilizer, so that may fix most of the issues. I am just wondering
>>>which is better the brace or the HD bracket. I apologize for the
>>>lengthy post. Thanks everyone for your help and I hope everyone is
>>>having a wonderful day.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Re: 79 CJ5 decisions
 

I hadn't thought of that. For the `79 there's a fuel line that runs
down the right frame rail and a return line and a vent line that run
down the left frame rail. They're all steel and one could be rusted and
leaking. There's the vapor cannister system that you mention bolted low
in the firewall hard up against the left fender and a roll-over
valve/vapor vent valve bolted to a splash shield inside the left rear
wheel well. It take two vent lines from the tank and send vapor to the
cannister in the front. The splash shield tends to rust out and the
valve assembly tends to fall apart, leaving three vent lines dangling in
the breeze.


Earle Horton wrote:
> Another thing I thought of after posting this is that the evaporative
> emissions system (charcoal cannister and associated parts) may have
> something to do with that "raw gas" smell.
>
> Earle
>
> "Earle Horton" <earle-NOSPAM-horton@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:44e48c6c$0$12259$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>
>>The 304 should run pretty smooth if it is tuned up properly. It shouldn't
>>"smell like raw gas all the time", but swapping in a 4.0 is overkill for
>>fixing that problem. There are fuel injection kits and manifolds
>
> available,
>
>>and these are fine if you are rich, but you probably just have a bad float
>>needle valve.
>>
>>Manual transmissions are a pain in the neck to rebuild. If they need
>>rebuilding, there is always a high dollar part like a countershaft that is
>>bad. If you just want to refresh the bearings, gaskets and small parts to
>>get some extra life out of it, that shouldn't be too bad.
>>
>>Earle
>>
>>"Neil" <neilbedwell@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:1155825546.472270.318040@m73g2000cwd.google groups.com...
>>
>>>I guess I've finally been bitten by the "bug". My wife and I purchased
>>>a 2006 TJ a few months ago. I thought it would be my daily driver /
>>>weekend toy. Boy was I wrong! Now she likes it so much that it's HER
>>>daily driver and definitely not a weekend toy. Anyway, after a lot of
>>>whining on my part she agreed to let me buy another jeep of my own,
>>>albeit it had to be an older/cheaper one. No complaints about that.
>>>Plus I think she wanted another one too. Guess the bug can bite more
>>>than once, LOL. Anyway, I found and bought a 79 CJ5 with 304 V8 and 4
>>>speed transmission. It's in fairly good cosmetic shape, the frame is
>>>great, it runs pretty good and the price was right so it followed me
>>>home, LOL. Here's where it get's interesting, though. After I brought
>>>it home some things started looking a little funny. OK, it is
>>>supposedly a 79 model but it has drum brakes in the front. To my
>>>knowledge all post 1976 jeeps had discs in the front, correct? From
>>>what I can tell it has a T-176 transmission and a Dana 300 Transfer
>>>case. Again, that transmission wasn't available in 1979, right? The
>>>rear axle is an AMC 20 and the front axle, I think, is a Dana 30, but
>>>I'm having trouble proving that as there is no tag and it doesn't look
>>>exactly like a Dana 30 should. It has power steering, but no power
>>>brakes. It has a clock in the dash, so does that mean it's been a
>>>renegade model? If so, shouldn't it have power brakes if it has power
>>>steering? Here's where it get's even more bizzare. I got the title
>>>back and under the year column it says 1979, but under the vehicle
>>>description column it says exactly this: 83CJ5. So, it is a
>>>frankenstein jeep for sure. Again, the drum brakes in the front make
>>>even less sense if it turns out to be an 83 model. The 304 has side
>>>pipes for the exhaust that I'm not nuts about, but boy do they sound
>>>good going down the road. It's just the exhaust fumes that are a bit
>>>nasty. The carb on the 304 seems to be running very rich so it smells
>>>like raw gas all the time. The passenger side rear axle seal was
>>>leaking so I went ahead and installed a one-piece axle kit and new
>>>seals/bearings. It just made sense to do that instead of worry about
>>>fixing the old two-piece design. So, here are my decisions: I'm not
>>>nuts about the 304 for a few reasons. It is simply tooth chattering in
>>>its current configuration. After 30 minutes of driving my ears are
>>>ringing. The side pipes could go, I know, and that would take care of
>>>a little of the noise, but not all of it. I'm not building an extreme
>>>off roader. This will be a weekend rider and a VERY mild sunday picnic
>>>off roader, so I don't need rock-crawler ability. Question 1 is:
>>>Would I be happier swapping the 304 V8 for the 258 I6 and adding fuel
>>>injection to make it smoother driving? Would it be wiser to just add
>>>fuel injection to the 304? Question 2: I know that I can add power
>>>brakes by just adding a brake booster, but what do I do about the front
>>>drum brakes? I could find a junk yard axle and rob the parts off it
>>>and switch them over, but is there some weird benefit I'm not realizing
>>>to having drum brakes on the front? Question 3: If I go with a 258
>>>I6, will it bolt up to my T-176 trans and Dana 300 TC? How hard is it
>>>to rebuild a T-176? Question 4: The steering wanders just a bit, so
>>>I've been looking at ways to upgrade it. Do I need a new Heavy Duty
>>>steering box bracket, or is the brace that goes to the other side of
>>>the frame better? Or both? I already plan on putting on a steering
>>>stabilizer, so that may fix most of the issues. I am just wondering
>>>which is better the brace or the HD bracket. I apologize for the
>>>lengthy post. Thanks everyone for your help and I hope everyone is
>>>having a wonderful day.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Re: 79 CJ5 decisions
 

I hadn't thought of that. For the `79 there's a fuel line that runs
down the right frame rail and a return line and a vent line that run
down the left frame rail. They're all steel and one could be rusted and
leaking. There's the vapor cannister system that you mention bolted low
in the firewall hard up against the left fender and a roll-over
valve/vapor vent valve bolted to a splash shield inside the left rear
wheel well. It take two vent lines from the tank and send vapor to the
cannister in the front. The splash shield tends to rust out and the
valve assembly tends to fall apart, leaving three vent lines dangling in
the breeze.


Earle Horton wrote:
> Another thing I thought of after posting this is that the evaporative
> emissions system (charcoal cannister and associated parts) may have
> something to do with that "raw gas" smell.
>
> Earle
>
> "Earle Horton" <earle-NOSPAM-horton@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:44e48c6c$0$12259$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>
>>The 304 should run pretty smooth if it is tuned up properly. It shouldn't
>>"smell like raw gas all the time", but swapping in a 4.0 is overkill for
>>fixing that problem. There are fuel injection kits and manifolds
>
> available,
>
>>and these are fine if you are rich, but you probably just have a bad float
>>needle valve.
>>
>>Manual transmissions are a pain in the neck to rebuild. If they need
>>rebuilding, there is always a high dollar part like a countershaft that is
>>bad. If you just want to refresh the bearings, gaskets and small parts to
>>get some extra life out of it, that shouldn't be too bad.
>>
>>Earle
>>
>>"Neil" <neilbedwell@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:1155825546.472270.318040@m73g2000cwd.google groups.com...
>>
>>>I guess I've finally been bitten by the "bug". My wife and I purchased
>>>a 2006 TJ a few months ago. I thought it would be my daily driver /
>>>weekend toy. Boy was I wrong! Now she likes it so much that it's HER
>>>daily driver and definitely not a weekend toy. Anyway, after a lot of
>>>whining on my part she agreed to let me buy another jeep of my own,
>>>albeit it had to be an older/cheaper one. No complaints about that.
>>>Plus I think she wanted another one too. Guess the bug can bite more
>>>than once, LOL. Anyway, I found and bought a 79 CJ5 with 304 V8 and 4
>>>speed transmission. It's in fairly good cosmetic shape, the frame is
>>>great, it runs pretty good and the price was right so it followed me
>>>home, LOL. Here's where it get's interesting, though. After I brought
>>>it home some things started looking a little funny. OK, it is
>>>supposedly a 79 model but it has drum brakes in the front. To my
>>>knowledge all post 1976 jeeps had discs in the front, correct? From
>>>what I can tell it has a T-176 transmission and a Dana 300 Transfer
>>>case. Again, that transmission wasn't available in 1979, right? The
>>>rear axle is an AMC 20 and the front axle, I think, is a Dana 30, but
>>>I'm having trouble proving that as there is no tag and it doesn't look
>>>exactly like a Dana 30 should. It has power steering, but no power
>>>brakes. It has a clock in the dash, so does that mean it's been a
>>>renegade model? If so, shouldn't it have power brakes if it has power
>>>steering? Here's where it get's even more bizzare. I got the title
>>>back and under the year column it says 1979, but under the vehicle
>>>description column it says exactly this: 83CJ5. So, it is a
>>>frankenstein jeep for sure. Again, the drum brakes in the front make
>>>even less sense if it turns out to be an 83 model. The 304 has side
>>>pipes for the exhaust that I'm not nuts about, but boy do they sound
>>>good going down the road. It's just the exhaust fumes that are a bit
>>>nasty. The carb on the 304 seems to be running very rich so it smells
>>>like raw gas all the time. The passenger side rear axle seal was
>>>leaking so I went ahead and installed a one-piece axle kit and new
>>>seals/bearings. It just made sense to do that instead of worry about
>>>fixing the old two-piece design. So, here are my decisions: I'm not
>>>nuts about the 304 for a few reasons. It is simply tooth chattering in
>>>its current configuration. After 30 minutes of driving my ears are
>>>ringing. The side pipes could go, I know, and that would take care of
>>>a little of the noise, but not all of it. I'm not building an extreme
>>>off roader. This will be a weekend rider and a VERY mild sunday picnic
>>>off roader, so I don't need rock-crawler ability. Question 1 is:
>>>Would I be happier swapping the 304 V8 for the 258 I6 and adding fuel
>>>injection to make it smoother driving? Would it be wiser to just add
>>>fuel injection to the 304? Question 2: I know that I can add power
>>>brakes by just adding a brake booster, but what do I do about the front
>>>drum brakes? I could find a junk yard axle and rob the parts off it
>>>and switch them over, but is there some weird benefit I'm not realizing
>>>to having drum brakes on the front? Question 3: If I go with a 258
>>>I6, will it bolt up to my T-176 trans and Dana 300 TC? How hard is it
>>>to rebuild a T-176? Question 4: The steering wanders just a bit, so
>>>I've been looking at ways to upgrade it. Do I need a new Heavy Duty
>>>steering box bracket, or is the brace that goes to the other side of
>>>the frame better? Or both? I already plan on putting on a steering
>>>stabilizer, so that may fix most of the issues. I am just wondering
>>>which is better the brace or the HD bracket. I apologize for the
>>>lengthy post. Thanks everyone for your help and I hope everyone is
>>>having a wonderful day.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>