Thursday, January 19, 2006

Jeep's New carburetor

I finished the Jeep's carburetor install. It seems to be working very well. It started easily. It ran rough for a bit, but I think that was due to the jeep being parked for so long. It no longer seems to jump back and forth between 2 gears. The acceleration is a bit sluggish, and it died going around a corner. Both should be fixed with some tune up and a checkup on the vacuum hose paths. I suspect that there are some limited vacuum leaks. I am curious what kind of gas mileage I can get now. It may still top out at 12 miles per gallon but I can live with that the few times a year I plan to drive the jeep.

Between my motorcycle and my wife's car, I don't use the jeep much. When it snows, when I need to haul something, or when the motorcycle is in for maintenance.

Now that the Jeep runs, the next step (after tuning it,) is to organize the garage such that all the vehicles can find a home inside. We've had them all in before, but it was crowded and difficult to pull off. One wouldn't think a 1000 sq.ft. garage would have that problem.

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