Progress.

[CornFlake]

Found the key.. I put fuel in the carburetor-it cranked but wouldn’t stay running-when the engine is running it’s moving a fuel pump rod by camshaft pressing the fuel pump lever faster than turning over with no fire to pump fuel so it makes it easier to get the fuel circulating when a gas tank is empty…. No fuel was entering the Quadrajet-it wouldn’t stay running without giving it gas to the carburetor.. So I gave up and unbolted the fuel line from the carburetor and to no surprise the entrance to the carburetor at the fuel line was dry-indicating the fuel pump isn’t doing its job somehow or the tank is empty.. I turned the air compressor on,got an air sprayer and fill the gas tank up with air to see if I can press the gas out of the tank so I can see the lines are cleared with no obstructions and what type of gas I’m dealing with,nothing at all… So I moved down the fuel line chimney to a hose clamp holding the other fuel line to the fuel pump,the other side of the line goes to the gas tank.. I had fuel pumping out and it wasn’t bad fuel but clear fresh fuel.. the fuel pump is bad..

 

[CornFlake]

Bought a fuel pump.. when I put the fuel pump in I have to make sure the rod is all the way up so the fuel pump has a nice easy fit-hopefully I don’t have to bump it over a few times..

 

[CornFlake]

Fuel pumps out.

 

[CornFlake]

To many scratches to paint yet.. I fill in the scratches I could see today.

 

[CornFlake]

When one of these later model sits up it’s hard to get it out of neutral-if you have a later model car that has a electric shifter,key thob dead,and you can’t run it long because the valves are rattling bad it’s difficult to understand..
So I’m trying to deactivate the key thob-that orange-red string is suppose to be pulled up while your unlocking a mechanism.. well the mechanism is not going up.. doing that because the key thob is dead.. I wish dodge made it easier to switch out a key thob battery… we have the battery charger on it and the dash is lighting up but the light on the shifter isn’t-it’s indicating to me that not just the motor but the vehicle itself is not unlocked without the key thob-it’s not telling us it’s in neutral so we can pull it to the shop. these would be the worse junkyard cars in park when the key thob and battery are deader than a doorknob turning on its own..

 

[CornFlake]

Got the ole white truck out and washed it. Got the jeep in neutral..

 

[CornFlake]

No wax,no nothing for along time-this is how it looks just half a jug of a care given to it.. I got to get the broom and sweep out the bed tomorrow.

 

[CornFlake]

Wet sanded the passenger side.

 

[CornFlake]

Wet sanded again.

 

[CornFlake]

More pics.

 

[davek]

Looking good

 

[CornFlake]

Got the fuel pump on. Didn’t have to bump it over or turn the crank shaft, I put heavy weight grease on the rod-it held but slipped but I got the fuel pump in.. kind of a hard job for one person-like putting a door on with a jack and block of wood..

 

[CornFlake]

Got a new 3/8 hose also..