Um..... I think you were telling us how you were going to swap in some kind of Japanese engine or something....
Aha! Indeed! BRING ME MY SAMURAI SWORD! WE HAZ HACKING TO DO!
Allright, all bull-pucky aside, sitting still hasn't been kind to the ol' girl... There's a small rust hole on top of the right rear quarter panel, some previous body work has been undone by the elements, and there are leaves and rat poop everywhere under the hood.
But there is good news! And... Umm... Bad news... and potentially good news as a result of the bad news?
Good news first: I don't have to drain any rotten gas. It all evaporated from that crappy fuel cell. By the way, I will soon have an RJS racing fuel cell for sale should anybody want or need one.
Bad news: The girlfriend and I broke up.
Potential good news: my free weekends to work on ElSuperPinto and all the other crap that needs fixing around here have officially doubled!
So...
I just opened the hood for the first time since... Well... The first time since the day that hood was installed. Yeah...
Where am I?
Well, first things first, that MSD throttle body, and the rest of the engine is filthy. Everything needs a good cleaning.
Next, that ignition coil needs a new home, the a/c bracket it used to live on (which also had the p/s pump bolted to it) is gone.
After that, I need to finish the manual rack install. The work stalled when I didn't have a long enough punch to knock that damned steering shaft pin out. Need to start there. (Which includes re-installing the passenger side plugs, wires, header, and the motor mount bolts.)
Then, I need to install the new fuel tank, straps, and filler neck... I think the broken aux. tank is still in the left quarter panel, that'll need to be addressed as well.
I still need to go get a "Jeep hat" from the salvage yard.
There's also the matter of the coolant seepage from the water pump gasket.
I should probably do an oil change to be on the safe side.
I also need to dig out the notebook and see which port that wiring harness on the MSD throttle body is supposed to plug into on the power module... Because MSD's dumb asses put identical and unlabeled ports there... No wonder they got swallowed by Holley just like everyone else.
I need to find the battery in the garage and see if it'll charge... Speaking of which, where did my hold-down go?
Nothing to it but to do it, right? Easy for you to say, I've been up since 4pm yesterday. It's time for a nap, but something is going to get done on this car today, even if it kills me. So... I'm going to set an alarm for a few hours, take a nap, and come do something from that list.
Allright, so first, a nap, and then project "Get Something Done For Once", a paragraph in the chapter "Let's Get This Old Rustbucket Moving Again" in the "Tale of ElSuperPinto" will begin!
(Also, a hint, the "super-secret future powertrain isn't Japanese.)