"bobvonbob" <bennettvonbennett@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Earle Horton wrote:
> > Consider that the previous owner "who owned this thing for almost 20
> > years and apparently never took 5 minutes or $5 to see that she
> > was taken care of" got 20 mpg from it. 'nuff said.
>
> well - actually, she wasnt running at all for about 4 years... i
> cleaned her up and fixed a few problems with the choke and then she ran
> for ME getting about 20mpg... i was fairly happy with that - is that
> low? i really have no idea...
>
Twenty is pretty good for these beasts. The body aerodynamics are bad. My
more modern four cylinder fuel injected Wrangler only gets 24.

> thanks for the link to the nutter bypass, think i'll try it as it will
> take at least some of the problems out of the equation.
> question tho: does the CTO do anything after the nutter bypass? will i
> still need to buy a new one?
> thanks for your advice.
> bennett
>
I don't know if you will need it, but Mike Romain would.

Earle

 

"bobvonbob" <bennettvonbennett@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Earle Horton wrote:
> > Consider that the previous owner "who owned this thing for almost 20
> > years and apparently never took 5 minutes or $5 to see that she
> > was taken care of" got 20 mpg from it. 'nuff said.
>
> well - actually, she wasnt running at all for about 4 years... i
> cleaned her up and fixed a few problems with the choke and then she ran
> for ME getting about 20mpg... i was fairly happy with that - is that
> low? i really have no idea...
>
Twenty is pretty good for these beasts. The body aerodynamics are bad. My
more modern four cylinder fuel injected Wrangler only gets 24.

> thanks for the link to the nutter bypass, think i'll try it as it will
> take at least some of the problems out of the equation.
> question tho: does the CTO do anything after the nutter bypass? will i
> still need to buy a new one?
> thanks for your advice.
> bennett
>
I don't know if you will need it, but Mike Romain would.

Earle

 

"bobvonbob" <bennettvonbennett@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Earle Horton wrote:
> > Consider that the previous owner "who owned this thing for almost 20
> > years and apparently never took 5 minutes or $5 to see that she
> > was taken care of" got 20 mpg from it. 'nuff said.
>
> well - actually, she wasnt running at all for about 4 years... i
> cleaned her up and fixed a few problems with the choke and then she ran
> for ME getting about 20mpg... i was fairly happy with that - is that
> low? i really have no idea...
>
Twenty is pretty good for these beasts. The body aerodynamics are bad. My
more modern four cylinder fuel injected Wrangler only gets 24.

> thanks for the link to the nutter bypass, think i'll try it as it will
> take at least some of the problems out of the equation.
> question tho: does the CTO do anything after the nutter bypass? will i
> still need to buy a new one?
> thanks for your advice.
> bennett
>
I don't know if you will need it, but Mike Romain would.

Earle

 

Maybe you left off a vacuum hose somewhere?

Fred

"Earle Horton" <Earle-NOSPAM-Horton@msn.com> wrote in message
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> "bobvonbob" <bennettvonbennett@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1154298808.330069.218010@s13g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> Earle Horton wrote:
>> > Consider that the previous owner "who owned this thing for almost 20
>> > years and apparently never took 5 minutes or $5 to see that she
>> > was taken care of" got 20 mpg from it. 'nuff said.
>>
>> well - actually, she wasnt running at all for about 4 years... i
>> cleaned her up and fixed a few problems with the choke and then she ran
>> for ME getting about 20mpg... i was fairly happy with that - is that
>> low? i really have no idea...
>>
> Twenty is pretty good for these beasts. The body aerodynamics are bad.
> My
> more modern four cylinder fuel injected Wrangler only gets 24.
>
>> thanks for the link to the nutter bypass, think i'll try it as it will
>> take at least some of the problems out of the equation.
>> question tho: does the CTO do anything after the nutter bypass? will i
>> still need to buy a new one?
>> thanks for your advice.
>> bennett
>>
> I don't know if you will need it, but Mike Romain would.
>
> Earle
>
>

 

Maybe you left off a vacuum hose somewhere?

Fred

"Earle Horton" <Earle-NOSPAM-Horton@msn.com> wrote in message
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> "bobvonbob" <bennettvonbennett@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1154298808.330069.218010@s13g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> Earle Horton wrote:
>> > Consider that the previous owner "who owned this thing for almost 20
>> > years and apparently never took 5 minutes or $5 to see that she
>> > was taken care of" got 20 mpg from it. 'nuff said.
>>
>> well - actually, she wasnt running at all for about 4 years... i
>> cleaned her up and fixed a few problems with the choke and then she ran
>> for ME getting about 20mpg... i was fairly happy with that - is that
>> low? i really have no idea...
>>
> Twenty is pretty good for these beasts. The body aerodynamics are bad.
> My
> more modern four cylinder fuel injected Wrangler only gets 24.
>
>> thanks for the link to the nutter bypass, think i'll try it as it will
>> take at least some of the problems out of the equation.
>> question tho: does the CTO do anything after the nutter bypass? will i
>> still need to buy a new one?
>> thanks for your advice.
>> bennett
>>
> I don't know if you will need it, but Mike Romain would.
>
> Earle
>
>

 

Maybe you left off a vacuum hose somewhere?

Fred

"Earle Horton" <Earle-NOSPAM-Horton@msn.com> wrote in message
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> "bobvonbob" <bennettvonbennett@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1154298808.330069.218010@s13g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> Earle Horton wrote:
>> > Consider that the previous owner "who owned this thing for almost 20
>> > years and apparently never took 5 minutes or $5 to see that she
>> > was taken care of" got 20 mpg from it. 'nuff said.
>>
>> well - actually, she wasnt running at all for about 4 years... i
>> cleaned her up and fixed a few problems with the choke and then she ran
>> for ME getting about 20mpg... i was fairly happy with that - is that
>> low? i really have no idea...
>>
> Twenty is pretty good for these beasts. The body aerodynamics are bad.
> My
> more modern four cylinder fuel injected Wrangler only gets 24.
>
>> thanks for the link to the nutter bypass, think i'll try it as it will
>> take at least some of the problems out of the equation.
>> question tho: does the CTO do anything after the nutter bypass? will i
>> still need to buy a new one?
>> thanks for your advice.
>> bennett
>>
> I don't know if you will need it, but Mike Romain would.
>
> Earle
>
>

 

Maybe you left off a vacuum hose somewhere?

Fred

"Earle Horton" <Earle-NOSPAM-Horton@msn.com> wrote in message
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> "bobvonbob" <bennettvonbennett@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1154298808.330069.218010@s13g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> Earle Horton wrote:
>> > Consider that the previous owner "who owned this thing for almost 20
>> > years and apparently never took 5 minutes or $5 to see that she
>> > was taken care of" got 20 mpg from it. 'nuff said.
>>
>> well - actually, she wasnt running at all for about 4 years... i
>> cleaned her up and fixed a few problems with the choke and then she ran
>> for ME getting about 20mpg... i was fairly happy with that - is that
>> low? i really have no idea...
>>
> Twenty is pretty good for these beasts. The body aerodynamics are bad.
> My
> more modern four cylinder fuel injected Wrangler only gets 24.
>
>> thanks for the link to the nutter bypass, think i'll try it as it will
>> take at least some of the problems out of the equation.
>> question tho: does the CTO do anything after the nutter bypass? will i
>> still need to buy a new one?
>> thanks for your advice.
>> bennett
>>
> I don't know if you will need it, but Mike Romain would.
>
> Earle
>
>

 

Fred V. wrote:
> Maybe you left off a vacuum hose somewhere?
>
> Fred

is possible but i labeled everything and all the ports on the carb are
connected... the rest of the vacuum/emissions hoses are a disaster -
but then they've been like that as long as i've owned her.
i just did the nutter bypass today and also discovered that the timing
was somewhat off - 4 degrees BTDC. i just reset it to 8 BTDC and filled
her up - so we'll soon see.
thanks
b

 

Fred V. wrote:
> Maybe you left off a vacuum hose somewhere?
>
> Fred

is possible but i labeled everything and all the ports on the carb are
connected... the rest of the vacuum/emissions hoses are a disaster -
but then they've been like that as long as i've owned her.
i just did the nutter bypass today and also discovered that the timing
was somewhat off - 4 degrees BTDC. i just reset it to 8 BTDC and filled
her up - so we'll soon see.
thanks
b

 

Fred V. wrote:
> Maybe you left off a vacuum hose somewhere?
>
> Fred

is possible but i labeled everything and all the ports on the carb are
connected... the rest of the vacuum/emissions hoses are a disaster -
but then they've been like that as long as i've owned her.
i just did the nutter bypass today and also discovered that the timing
was somewhat off - 4 degrees BTDC. i just reset it to 8 BTDC and filled
her up - so we'll soon see.
thanks
b