is there suppose to be a hood seal on a cj7?
12-17-2003, 05:49 PM
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Re: is there suppose to be a hood seal on a cj7?
that's called cruise control...
"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@ntplx.net> wrote in message
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> On or about Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Mike Romain of romainm@sympatico.ca wrote:
>
> > I had my carb actually freeze up a couple weeks ago on a 250 km drive in
> > white out conditions. I was running for an extended time (2 or 3 hours)
> > in 3rd gear at 2000 rpm and the sucker froze at 2000 rpm. I had to pull
> > off the road and let it sit for a while running to melt the ice/snow
> > buildup around the carb linkage.
>
> My `79 CJ-5 (2 bbl I-258) used to do that occasionally while highway
> driving. If I hadn't varied the throttle for more than a couple of
> minutes, under just the right weather conditions, the throttle (or,
> perhaps, the cable) would ice up and lock it at speed. Stomping on the
> pedal was the only way to free it up.
>
>
>
"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@ntplx.net> wrote in message
news:Pine.GSO.4.43.0312171343541.25631-100000@sea.ntplx.net...
> On or about Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Mike Romain of romainm@sympatico.ca wrote:
>
> > I had my carb actually freeze up a couple weeks ago on a 250 km drive in
> > white out conditions. I was running for an extended time (2 or 3 hours)
> > in 3rd gear at 2000 rpm and the sucker froze at 2000 rpm. I had to pull
> > off the road and let it sit for a while running to melt the ice/snow
> > buildup around the carb linkage.
>
> My `79 CJ-5 (2 bbl I-258) used to do that occasionally while highway
> driving. If I hadn't varied the throttle for more than a couple of
> minutes, under just the right weather conditions, the throttle (or,
> perhaps, the cable) would ice up and lock it at speed. Stomping on the
> pedal was the only way to free it up.
>
>
>
12-17-2003, 05:49 PM
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Re: is there suppose to be a hood seal on a cj7?
that's called cruise control...
"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@ntplx.net> wrote in message
news:Pine.GSO.4.43.0312171343541.25631-100000@sea.ntplx.net...
> On or about Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Mike Romain of romainm@sympatico.ca wrote:
>
> > I had my carb actually freeze up a couple weeks ago on a 250 km drive in
> > white out conditions. I was running for an extended time (2 or 3 hours)
> > in 3rd gear at 2000 rpm and the sucker froze at 2000 rpm. I had to pull
> > off the road and let it sit for a while running to melt the ice/snow
> > buildup around the carb linkage.
>
> My `79 CJ-5 (2 bbl I-258) used to do that occasionally while highway
> driving. If I hadn't varied the throttle for more than a couple of
> minutes, under just the right weather conditions, the throttle (or,
> perhaps, the cable) would ice up and lock it at speed. Stomping on the
> pedal was the only way to free it up.
>
>
>
"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@ntplx.net> wrote in message
news:Pine.GSO.4.43.0312171343541.25631-100000@sea.ntplx.net...
> On or about Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Mike Romain of romainm@sympatico.ca wrote:
>
> > I had my carb actually freeze up a couple weeks ago on a 250 km drive in
> > white out conditions. I was running for an extended time (2 or 3 hours)
> > in 3rd gear at 2000 rpm and the sucker froze at 2000 rpm. I had to pull
> > off the road and let it sit for a while running to melt the ice/snow
> > buildup around the carb linkage.
>
> My `79 CJ-5 (2 bbl I-258) used to do that occasionally while highway
> driving. If I hadn't varied the throttle for more than a couple of
> minutes, under just the right weather conditions, the throttle (or,
> perhaps, the cable) would ice up and lock it at speed. Stomping on the
> pedal was the only way to free it up.
>
>
>
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