Table of Contents Tear Down / Inspection DIY Head Porting Valve/Spring Assembly Installation onto Block Miscellany Tear Down / Inspection I’ll write this section someday. The heads, like the rest of the engine, were a basket case. 1974 heads…
AMC 401 V8 Engine Rebuild Parts List
Here’s the list of parts I needed in order to get my401 V8 back on the road.
Holley 1850-4 (4160-style) Carburetor Rebuild
By July 2002, I was finally finishing up the engine rebuild on the AMC 401 V8 in my ’77 Wagoneer. This vehicle was a bit of a basket case, especially under the hood. It had had 10 owners in the…
Badlands Off-Road Park, 8-9 June 2002 near Attica, IN
A handful of us from the JeepOffRoad (JPOR) Mailing List finally decided that we needed to get together and meet each other, so we planned a trip to the Badlands. It turned out to be a longer drive and…
Trac-Lok LSD Install in a ’95 YJ Dana 35
Trac-Lok LSD Install in a ’95 YJ Dana 35 I always said I didn’t want to waste money by upgrading the Dana 35 rear axle in my YJ. I planned on upgrading to a Dana 44 some day [UPDATE:…
5th Annual Flatlanders 4×4 Fest, 4 May 2002 near Randolph, KS
The 5th anniversary 4×4 Fest, sponsored by the Flatlanders Jeep Club, probably saw the best weather of any of them: 75 F, 50% humidity, 5 mph winds, and only a few clouds in the sky. The morning started out a…
5th Annual Flatlanders 4×4 Fest Advertisement
5th Annual Flatlanders 4×4 Fest Saturday, 4 May 2002 It’s time once again for the 5th annual Flatlanders Jeep Club 4×4 Fest. The 4×4 Fest is traditionally held on the first Saturday in May in the thriving metropolis of…
Chalk Creek Canyon, July 1972
These photos were taken at a family gathering at Love Ranch in Chalk Creek Canyon near Salida, Colorado. The date on these prints was July 1972. I was only 17 months old at the time, so this was almost certainly…
’77 Wagoneer Engine Bay Dress-Up
I took an extended break from working on the Wag in order to finish some school work and prepare for the birth of our second child. I then decided that, as slowly as I was making progress, I should probably…
Nebraska National Forest, September 2001 near Halsey, NE
We’d been wanting to visit the Nebraska National Forest near Halsey, NE, for some time. Jim Davis finally decreed that there would be a Just Jeeps trip out there over Labor Day weekend (31 August – 3 September 2001). The…