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The story of my jeep is kinda odd. It has been in my family since before my time. My great grandpa (Darwin) got it for pulling a small trailer "i think" and to just mess around in the mountains with. He put a Chevy V8 in and i think also plowed snow with it for a while. Then he died in 99 and it sat for maybe 9 years in a shop. Someone replaced the gas tank at a point in time and other than that it had nothing done with it. In 2015 my grandma got it passed down to her. They fixed the master cylinder for the brakes, got it a new clutch cable and had it running. In 2019 they passed it down to me because i am pretty much the only mechanic in my family. it had lots "and still does" of problems that needed to be gone. The carb was messed up, we had to adgust the clutch and many more. this year "2020" i have taken the roof that overhung off the sides and had no doors off. i have fixed a slave cylinder and replaced the carb and other things. It still is nowhere close to being driveable. the plugs are bad and carb is still out of adjustmentAngry. but there is lots of time to finish my many problems.Smile 
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Welcome Carson. Sounds like you have some very special family history in your jeep... which is very cool. Please post some pics of it at some point... and they don't need to be pretty.
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Thanks! I was very happy to get it and its always fun going down the road and having everyone wave. I will try to get some pics soon.
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Welcome aboard, Carson Smile... would love some pics, but right out of the gate you have that family connection that I couldn't buy at any price for mine.
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yea ill have some pics soon. Im very happy i got it it was going to go to one of my cousins but i got lucky and they didn't get it. its a fun vehicle to own.
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Welcome to the page, Carson!
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thank you i am happy to be here
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i finally got pics and have found out its a cj3 not a cj2 so that's always fun. sorry for the bad pics I'm taking them on a laptop because i lost my phone. i just painted the motor yesterday 
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Great looking jeep!!
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Thank you! I should have the inside of the tub painted soon so it will look a little better
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did some painting on my hood and some other things.  it needs new spark plugs its running rough haha.
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Did more painting, adjusted the valves on the motor, and tore down the rear driver wheel slave.
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Good Luck with everything.

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Thanks!
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i covered the jeep up for a month because i was out of gas and it was starting to snow. when i finally put gas and new plugs in I couldn't get any gas to the carb. Im thinking i probably have a hole in a hose so the pump is losing suction. Hopefully its not a line.
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i finally got gas to the carb and still don't know what was wrong with it. It is running like it just came out of the factory. there is lots of noise on the right side and my exhaust hole is getting worse. Any recommendations on a fix?
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jeep got put away for the winter. here comes boredom.
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