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To: wally_bert

Nice lookin’ Chevy!

I’ve got a 1998 Ford Explorer 4x4 complete with a few dents and a little rust here and there.

Bought it used two years ago and it’s now 99.99% road worthy. Great for deer hunting and weekend home project hauling.

I’ve got about $3K in it after repairs.


63 posted on 09/29/2017 4:51:59 AM PDT by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: 2111USMC

That’s an old photo.

Glad you like it.

I have the hood and fenders off, heavy GM cancer in places.

It runs ok. Cooling system and 4bbl replacements are next.


78 posted on 09/29/2017 5:58:45 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: 2111USMC

After posting that like to the smugmug gallery, the hit counter went from a hundred or so to a little over a thousand as of this morning.

I was going to change it’s long overdue oil. The first obstacle was a stuck filter that I finally got removed. I shot the base area with Kroil and bumped it with a filter wrench.

There was a new but not unexpected problem. The oil flowed like water and smelled of gasoline. At some point the fuel pump was going to go. It looked ancient.

I had one in a box but the original has a vent line. Mr. search engine found one that has what looks like all the fittings.

It is an elderly quadrajet sitting on top of that 350. I think someone used threadlocking compound. That fitting holding the filter simply would not give. Eventually I got it apart destroying the old fuel line. I have a new one from LMC already.

LMC has an Edelbrock that should go right on. Pricey though. There are remain quads that are a little cheaper.

I had an extra Fram filter that got spun on to cover that filter area. A Baldwin is on hand and was going to be put on anyway.


103 posted on 09/30/2017 3:49:21 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: 2111USMC

I sent this up to youtube from a master clip I just found tucked away on another drive. My half disassembled CJ7 now.

It’s a speed effect with some royalty free music. Originally, it’s three minutes of slowness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg1H-zCbNuY


106 posted on 09/30/2017 7:16:23 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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