cj5 with v8

1250bandit · Post by **1250bandit** » Thu 27 Feb 2014, 05:43

It is for a 305. I did not realize these things are so hard to find.

marnus · Post by **marnus** » Thu 27 Feb 2014, 06:34

my bad thought you had the 308, but the 305...mayb the 327 chevy one should fit and it angles to the right hand side when you are in front of the car

1250bandit · Post by **1250bandit** » Thu 27 Feb 2014, 13:14

I got another housing !!! Yippeee. Found one aftermarket type ones at US Connection.

Last night I sorted / cleaned the alternator wanted to do more but got home late after work. Think I should start posting some pictures.......

Hahahahaha so I have been reading a lot of posts on this forum, seems like I would offend a few guys here to have a Chevy motor in a CJ5. Sorry to those

I got it that way as it was generally in good nick, it gets worse........ the body is fibre glass...... as I understand the steel one was really badly rusted. The chassy was kept, and the re-build was done around what was available. Dispite the carb it ran ok with no smoking at all. The 305, I think, will stay in for a while (hopefully).

Anyway thanks for the input thus far.

gordini · Post by **gordini** » Thu 27 Feb 2014, 17:26

1250bandit wrote: Think I should start posting some pictures.......

You better start posting pix

1250bandit · Post by **1250bandit** » Sat 01 Mar 2014, 21:56

Aaarrrrgggg I did a stupid thing today.......... With all the cleaning and swearing at all the rust and dirt I am stripping it down to eventually respray the motor........ So what did I do........ I went and pull the distributor out without marking any spot.......... Sh1t.... I can kick myself.......

Checking the distributor (HEI) I saw the three wires' plastic insulation is breaking up, can this be unplugged and buy new ones or can new ones be soldered in?

1250bandit · Post by **1250bandit** » Sun 09 Mar 2014, 20:41

Got the timing right again. No big deal what I thaught hahahaha

. Opened / took the inlet manifold off and think I may have an issue. On the left head in the middle between the inlet port there is an exhaust port? Some of the metal sheared away and may leak into the block. I reckon I can fix with pratley steel and the new gasket will seal but I do not want to spend too much on fixing? If I must spend money then I may as well look for a 350 to fit to the 350 turbo box. Would you say differently?

1250bandit · Post by **1250bandit** » Mon 24 Mar 2014, 00:37

Finally some pictures.....

this is the carb before Wolf sorted it

Open heart surgery

manifold before re-spray

Diff is Dana 44 with 4.09 ratio. It is in a very good state inside

marnus · Post by **marnus** » Mon 24 Mar 2014, 20:43

Looking good...just one thing..... where are the after pics

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