It’s been awhile. I have not taken the time to upload anything I worked on over the last few months because I had a lot to do and a short time to get it done before packing up for a nearly 3,000 mile move…but I made sure to take pictures along the way so there will be more coming soon now that I have a little down time. The move was terrible and is not really finished yet since all our junk is still sitting in storage waiting for us to actually get into a house, but good news is that I’ll have a two car garage now instead of a single. Woot!

Bob and the jHeap were trailered, but Bonnie made the trip under her own power. Everything went pretty well up until we were about 50 miles away and driving through a construction zone. We were headed up a hill with jersey walls on either side and no shoulder at all when the engine started loosing power, bucking, and eventually back-firing (through the exhaust). I made it through the construction and pulled over to check everything out, but couldn’t find anything wrong. Engine temps were fine, oil pressure was good, idle was smooth, and revving the engine up didn’t make any noticeable difference so we jumped back on the interstate. All seemed to be going okay again as long as I kept speeds under 55 mph, but that only lasted for about 15 minutes when the bucking started again. All I could come up with was some kind of fueling issue. I was fairly certain it wasn’t vapor lock, and when I checked the fuel filter I could see that fuel was flowing through it although it looked pretty nasty. We got back on the road and didn’t have anymore issues, and it’s been fine driving around off the highway ever since so I think it may have been the filter plugging up. I guess I jostled it enough when I checked it to get fuel flowing again. First order of repair once we’re settled in the new house is a fresh fuel filter, blowing out the lines, and I’m strongly considering dropping the tank to clean it out.

Until then, I’ll upload more about the work I did on козел; disc swap, Powr-lok install, power brake conversion, new tail lights… I’m sure I’m missing something else too.