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This past few days I did some updates to the Jeep. First off, I was having some major stalling and idle issues. It would stall out at every stop, and it would stutter while idling parked. It is a common problem with older Jeeps. The main reason for this problem is the carburetor. I got a good deal on a used Weber carburetor from a guy on JeepForum.com.

I was a little unsure if I could do the install. There are a lot of tubes and wires and nonsense that had to be plugged and moved. I had to buy new tubes since the used one did not come with the correct ones. A new fuel hose, PCV tube and some random vacuum tubes.

I should have started during the daylight hours, but I was supposed to meet up with another Jeep owner to trade tires. (The 35″ tires were a little unsafe for the stock axles and brakes on my jeep so we were going to trade my 35″ for his 33″ tires). The guy cancelled at like 4:00, so I decided to start the carb swap. It gets dark around 4:30 - 5:00 and I was working under the hood with 2 flashlights.

After a couple of hours and lots of looking at my installation instructions, the swap was complete. At least it was as complete as my knowledge would allow. I tried starting up the Jeep… and it started on the first try. It had no problems idling. No more sputtering or stalling out. I was surprised.

I took it for a few minute test drive and it didnt even sputter once at stops. It ran fine the whole time. I smelled some burning rubber smell, but I assumed it was the gasket sealer I used on the carburetor mounts. I drove for about an hour the next day it was very reliable and strong.

Here is the engine compartment before the swap:

Here is the engine with the new Weber carb:

Here is a pic of all the unused stuff from under the hood after the install:

Mrs Hooli (31) and our 12 year old banzai ninja! 

Todays weather was so awesome. It was near 70 most of the day. That is insane to me since it is early January. Any ways, today I did some more Jeep stuff. First I repaired the broken bolts in the valve cover and also put a new gasket on. Since I had to take the cover off and break the seal of the gasket I just put on, I decided not to get a new gasket to make sure the seal is tight. The swap went much quicker today, and I also was not rushed due to cold and dark (like last time).

I had to ride my bike to 2 different Autozone stores to get the gasket, but I felt it was worth it. More good luck: the broken bolts had some threads to grab onto with pliers. I was able to get the broken part out without drilling into it. I was happy.

I put RTV sealant on the valve cover, then stuck the cork gasket in the goo. I let it set so it wouldnt be too wet when I put the cover back on the motor. All went well. I didnt torque the bolts down too hard this time.

I also got the amp and wiring all installed and hidden. I didnt buy a radio for the car. Instead I am running a headphone jack plug on one end that splits into RCA plugs on the other end. This plugs into the amp so my mp3 player is the radio for the car. The mp3 players volume controls the volume of the speakers (an overhead soundbar made for jeeps). I wish they made a simple head unit for a car that all it has on it is a headphone jack for your mp3 player and a volume knob.

All is going well.

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Origin: English

The name Standeven came to England with the ancestors of the Standeven family in the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Standeven family lived in Gloucestershire, at Standish.

Spelling variations of this family name include: Standish, Standishe, Standich, Standidge and others.

First found in Gloucestershire where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Dorothy Standich who settled in Virginia in 1635; Sarah Standidge settled in New England in 1753; James Standish settled in Virginia in 1623; George Standish with his wife Dorothy settled in Virginia in 1643. and Captain Miles Standish sailed on the “Mayflower” in 1620.

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ginger’s walmart-uniform post

I just searched Walmart Uniform on Google, and biblicone came up as the second link. haha.

Valve Cover

Well, I dove in and decided to change the valve cover gasket. From the readings I did on it, it is supposed to just slide out and slide back in. Mine didnt. There were things in the way. One tube I started to loosen, but then coolant started seeping out before I even loosened it all the way. I left that tube alone after that.

I also had to unattach the fuel line. I didnt know what would happen if I did that, but luckily only a small amount of fuel leaked out. I wasnt sure if it would continuously leak or just a little bit.

I had to remove the air filter assembly, and about 5 different vaccum lines. I finally got the valve cover off the engine and snaked it out of the tangle of tubes and wires. I cleaned some parts of it and removed the old dry rotted gasket. I applied some new RTV sealant and attached the new cork gasket.

It was starting to get dark so I rushed to get the valve cover back on the motor. I probably should have waited til the RTV sealant dried a bit first. But I didnt.

I bought a torque wrench for this project and thought I knew how to use it. The manual said to torque down the bolts to 28 in-lbs. What I didnt know was that there is a difference between in-lbs (inch pounds) and ft-lbs (foot pounds). Actually i didnt know there was such a thing as in-lbs.

I learned about the difference when I broke 2 of the bolts with the torque wrench. Twenty eight in-lbs = about 1.57 ft-lbs. I was trying to tighten the bolts to 28 ft-lbs. SNAP… twice. I am now on the search for replacment valve cover bolts. ugh.

Radio Alternative

I also mounted some roll bar speakers and hooked up an amplifier. I wanted to have tunes without buying a radio for the Jeep (and risk it getting stolen). I came up with the idea of hooking up my mp3 player directly to the amp. I loosly routed all the cables and wires to the amp and speakers and tried out my idea. It worked. I can control the volume via the mp3 player.

Now I still need to go back to reroute and hide the wires. I need to mount the amp and cover the hole that the radio is supposed to fit in.