1999 | |
Spring: I found someone in Ohio online who was selling their '84 Scrambler. With some creative financing I managed to buy it. I drove out with my friend, Andrew, to pick it up and trailer it home. | |
2000 | |
Summer: While at a Lowes in Peoria, I found a cheap snowplow , bought it, brought it home and bolted it on. It's a good plow for light use. | |
Fall: Chad (who owned an FC-150) lent me some garage space and we replaced the heater core. | |
2001 | |
Licensing went up to $84 and I couldn't pass emmisions, so I stopped licensing it. | |
Didn't do any work on the Jeep. It got light use to plow the driveway in the winter. | |
2002 | |
Didn't do any work on the Jeep. It got light use to plow the driveway in the winter. | |
2003 | |
Didn't do any work on the Jeep. It got light use to plow the driveway in the winter. | |
2004 | |
Summer: Replaced the alternator and belts because it was squealing bad and couldn't charge the battery. It got light use to plow the driveway in the winter. | |
2005 | |
Summer: With some prompting from my wife and help from my friends I decided it was time to really get to work on this Jeep. | |
August 6: Pull out distributor to replace points. Turns out it's electronic igntition! | |
August 10: Start the leakdown test. | |
September 24: Remove the engine for rebuilding. | |
October 22: Started painting the engine and other under-hood parts. | |
October 29: Rebuilt the Motorcraft 2100 carburetor. | |
Winter: Too cold to work on the Jeep so I built an arcade. | |
2006 | |
Didn't do any work on the Jeep. Ended up selling my house and moving to a smaller one. | |
2007 | |
Didn't do any work on the Jeep. Realized that I won't be able to keep working on the Jeep at the new location. To many hobbies, not enough time, space & money for all of them. Putting the Jeep up for sale |