PEAK PUTTERS

Posted: **Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:42 pm**

So Jim, is the 304 terminal?

Posted: **Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:43 pm**

No way man. . .new head will be here on Friday. :*)

Posted: **Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:07 am**

Jose, are you still on Brett about the Heep?

Posted: **Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:05 am**

So you get the old one stripped off yet?

Or are you still sittin' in yo' skivvies?

Posted: **Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:39 pm**

New head is on. . .Everything will get torqued/buttoned up on Wed/Thurs and should be ready for a test flight this weekend. . .I'm doing a full tune up and a couple of other clean up things while I'm in there. . .

Posted: **Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:31 pm**

Update:

Needed more parts. Ordered parts. Parts will arrive next week. I am on for the run. Also, while I'm in there, I'm upgrading to a hotter coil and electronic ignition as well as putting in a new clutch master/slave and insulating it from the exhaust heat.

Posted: **Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:58 am**

I have herd that the AMC 304 has valvetrain oiling problems from the factory, and that some people run a line similar to a manual guage sending unit to the Valve cover to assist in getting plenty of lube to the valvetrain? :?:

Posted: **Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:49 am**

colemancooler wrote:I have herd that the AMC 304 has valvetrain oiling problems from the factory, and that some people run a line similar to a manual guage sending unit to the Valve cover to assist in getting plenty of lube to the valvetrain?

I think that's just the mighty 401

Posted: **Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:03 am**

Yeah. . .and it is something else. . .like getting oil to the frontmost main bearings under hard acceloration. they put an extra oil tube from the rear to the front of the lifter valley. . .Mostly applies to drag cars. I've never had an oil problem and everything looked good when I tore it down.

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:24 pm**

Parts are starting to arrive. . .and they are purty. . .

Posted: **Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:53 pm**

Wrench wrench wrench. . .DAMN. . .wrench wrench OW!!

things are coming together. New head is on and attached. New iginition is almost complete, clutch parts are here and Roy is hooking me up with a part that I mis-ordered.

I plan on firing it up tomorrow. . .

Posted: **Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:35 pm**

Will I be able to hear it over here :woot:

Posted: **Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:37 pm**

So OG, is the seat in for the missus yet? Need help, holler. I'm ready to roll, shoot, I was ready to roll last Friday.

We all know the only way to keep yous in line is to have her tag along.

Posted: **Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:46 pm**

Danny wrote:So OG, is the seat in for the missus yet? Need help, holler. I'm ready to roll, shoot, I was ready to roll last Friday.

We all know the only way to keep yous in line is to have her tag along.

She has decided to stay home for some "me" time. . . :cry:

She's on for Moab though so I gots to get that seat in there soon.

Posted: **Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:26 pm**

It's alive. . .bwahahahahah. . ..

It is smokey. . .New heads + worn out bottom end = smokey. . .but it runs like a raped ape!!!

Still got to finish the clutch and some odds and ends tomorrow, but the big hurdle is crossed!!!

Posted: **Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:31 pm**

Dude, you can wheel with no steering, no clutch, and only a left nut . . .

were you ever worried? :woot:

Posted: **Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:05 pm**

No, not really. :lol:

Posted: **Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:09 pm**

Musta been the vague coughing sound I heard earlier :roll:

Posted: **Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:56 pm**

That's not what my neighbors said. . . :lol:

Posted: **Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:10 pm**

What I did in the last week:

Replaced a head (not as simple as one statement, it turns out)
Replaced most of the ignition system and changed to electronic ignition from points.(plugs, wires, coile, etc, etc.)
Replaced the clutch master/slave and hose. Coverted from a YJ setup to an XJ setup because they are more common. Rerouted hoses to stay awayish from the exhaust. :oops:

Hard wired the winch control into the cab using marine switches. . .one for power and a (on)off(on) momentary for in/out.
Pulled a hub to reseat the wheel studs

and changed the fawkin' oil. . .

tomorrow, I'll clean out the birds nests inside and get on the road!!!

Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2007 4:46 pm**

ARG!!! Both of my fuel pumps are dead. The mechanical went out and I think that is what fried the electric. . .Neither will pump anything. . .I'm off to the parts store. :evil:

Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2007 4:52 pm**

Uh, what exactly do you do to yourself to make this kind of thing happen :?:

Somebody been practiceing voodoo on that H##p :wink:

Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:07 pm**

No. . .it is just OLD. . I almost have everything replaced now. That fuel pump was original on a 1976 Wagoneer. . .it led a good, long life and then killed my $100 fuel injection pump.

Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:32 pm**

OldGreen wrote:and then killed my $100 fuel injection pump.

Ouch!

Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:44 pm**

Rather than go wheelin'. . .I'm just going to start a fire in my back yard and burn $100 bills.

NAW. . .I'm going' wheelin'!!!!!

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Is OG going to run?

Is OG going to run?