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Hi gang, long time. As what happens to all of us, "life is what goes on when we're busy making other plans". 'Black Betty' for another season, seems to be in good nick One hiccup was over the winter the trickle charger was set to Motor Sport instead of Automotive. Since my last login I've...

Hi Gang, Now that I have my e fans under control again I noticed that the vacuum nipple is hovering dangerously close and just above the power steering belt. Can someone give me the rundown on how to clock the distributor in it correct position? Thanks and a lift of the lynch lid. Gus

Hi gang, I've been tooling along with the Contour~actually Mystique dual fan setup for over a decade now on 'Black Betty.' Fortunately I was in town when this failure occurred...

Hi gang, It's been a long while since I last posted and I'm hoping to find the correct Radiator Overfill Tank for 'Black Betty' she's a 1978 CJ5 with a 360 (read 304) motor and while it has an aftermarket dingus on the radiator support, it lacks a Pickup Tube as many of the aftermarket ones...

Oops $69.00 I don't know if this is too good to be true but dig this for the NEW CDI module I found online; MSD Ignition 6425 6AL Control Box - $69.03 : I mean, if this is for real I'm going to snap one up, unless I'm missing something.

I found an M 416 Jeep trailer for sale near me for cheap. For those of you who've seen or been around 'em what should I watch out for? It's a pintle hook up and looks fairly straight from the pics. I'm seeing this tomorrow afternoon so this is kind of a rush help thing. Thanks so much for your...

Hi gang, a few years ago I was having spark carburation issues on 'Black Betty', I went with better plugs, MSD wires MSD Cap, and the large Ford Cap adapter following JeepHammer's excellent posts. Then I had a career meltdown, had some scheissekerl new supervisor that demanded to ignore customer...

Hi gang, On 'Black Betty' I have some late model rims and, if possible I'd like to retro it with Aluminum Slotted rims. The tires I have on her are 31x10.5x15. I'm trying to wrap my head around this but my years are taking their toll. Short of pulling one of the tires and taking it to the tire...

I've wired up my other DD with relays as I've done with so many vehicles over the years including my '78 CJ5 'Black Betty'. The trouble that I'm having is with verified wiring to/from the Ford PDB I'm using is initially I have 12 output availablefor low beams. Then suddenly 3v down to 1.8v WTF...

Howdy all, I've since got a Schumaker battery charger for my charging needs to replace a pair of NAPA 85-323A chargers. This isn't the right forum I think but given all of the work done in this section I thought it may be appropriate. These 85-323A's seem to continue charging without going...

Just wanted to post a hello to everyone I've missed. Had a career change that was devastating in some ways and others not. Hope everyone's staying clear of that damn virus!

Man, I hate these things. this may cross over to Jeeps later than mine but with the way the auto industry is going I thought I'd show some photos of what I'm contending with for errant gauge readings. Note: I am NOT a know it all, I'm learning as I go as I have found very little information...

For more than a couple of years now I've had these pair of Corbeau A4 seats in Black Betty. I also got from an EBay seller neoprene (skin suit material) seat covers. Through not so thorough use these things are tearing at the seams mostly on account of the profile of these A4 seats. Of course...

Well, now that the ignition seems to be working well time for me to think about other P.O. issues. This is a hard line fuel line that's been in 'BB' since I got her and realative to it's shape and placement this is what I'm accounting longer than normal startup times. I'm thinking of...

I've got 'BB' outfitted with a pair of Corbeau A4 seats that I find very comfortable. The trouble is the neoprene seat covers I puchased seperately about five years ago didn't exactly fit the contours of this seat and now the seams have given out on one side and I'm wondering if there's...

Now that I've got the ignition figured out time to tune that "Black Stallion" Carter AFB (like an Edelbrock Performer) I've had since the mid '80's. A couple of years back it developed a small leak at the primary throttle shaft. I sent it in for bushing installation and following that I did a...

So, when I first got 'BB' she had an unmolested ignition system, this seems to be for the 1978 V8 motor, by the service manual. In the process of detirmining a no start issue last year I got a Standard/Blue Streak cap and rotor and redid the abraded spark plug wires with a set of Accell wires...

I'd forgotted about this gem until someone on another forum posted for help on how to best mount up their radio gear. This is rock solid stable way better than those rattly things from the '70's

Would anyone know the approximate O.D. of the mainshaft on a T18. I'm going to make a disassembly/reassembly jig.