Two year circumnaviagtion of Africa in my 2007 JKUR - The Road Chose Me

Dan Grec

Expedition Leader
Can you get your hands on a meter like a Fluke 87 or 88 that will read frequency?

I didn't even know small meters existed that can do that - and it turns out my friend here has one! Thanks!

After lots of careful inspection, and talking to Shawn at jdjeeps.com at length, who was extremely helpful, we've figured out the crank reluctor ring we put on the harmonic balancer is the wrong way around.
Because it's not symmetrical it makes a difference.

It will take a few days to correct, I'll post again when we've done it.

-Dan
 

Dan Grec

Expedition Leader
Great find! :beer:

Of course, getting the harmonic balancer off to cut the ring off and re-weld it is easier said than done!

Check it out:
africa-jk-wrangler-engine-in-2-720x480.jpg


I think that crossmember might be getting a trim, for the 4th time :)

-Dan
 

SSF556

SE Expedition Society
Of course, getting the harmonic balancer off to cut the ring off and re-weld it is easier said than done!

Check it out:
africa-jk-wrangler-engine-in-2-720x480.jpg


I think that crossmember might be getting a trim, for the 4th time :)

-Dan

Man that is a tight fit...
 

Dan Grec

Expedition Leader
Drove the Jeep today 5 or so miles to a friends house.

Woah. It's a beast. Lots of little jobs to wrap up now. Very close.

-Dan
 

Dan Grec

Expedition Leader
Excellent! Video with sound ASAP!!!!

I just took it for a 20 minute drive, and I seriously thought about turning on the camera while it was idling in the garage :)

It's coming together now - we spent 10 hours today pulling wiring looms and chasing an electrical gremlin that turned out to be a short in the electric compass.
Who knew the compass could cause so many headaches!

Tach is working great, speedo is not, though I think I need to reprogram the tire size and that will be fixed, along with a couple of the other lights on the dash.

Once it builds boost, it pushes you back in the seat :)

-Dan
 

JStrider

New member
Had to come find your thread for updates, since you haven't updated the blog in a while!

Very glad to hear you got the jeep running Looking forward to seeing a video!

Do you have an idea when you'll be shipping the jeep to europe?
 

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