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Well, it happened. I have finally jumped with both feet into Jeepville. My name is Derek and I live in Kennewick, Wa. aka Tricities. My wife and I have been looking for a few years to purchase a "project" to fix up and do a little recreational offroading with friends.
This weekend we picked up a '76 GW that my buddy found on craigslist. It came with a 304 in it that the previous owner swapped into it when the 401 died. I got it and the 401 for $500 cash. I am currently ripping the guts outta the 401 to rebuild it, bigger and better, so I can stick it back where it belongs.
It sat for 18 mths in outside storage, so it didn't start (due to a dead battery). When I got it home, I added 8 gallons of gas and some fuel dryer to the tank, hooked up the battery charger and checked the plugs. I got it started with some starting fluid and it ran for 20 seconds before stumbling on it's face and dying. After repeated trys, it would run for 10-15 seconds, then stumble and die. On the final attempt it ran, started to backfire out the carb then spit a fireball out of the carb
which lite some tranny fluid on the intake manifold on fire... I had a extinguisher nearby so after dousing it with the nasty powder the fire was out and I gave up on the 304 running 
Once I figure out how to upload pics I'll add some.
This weekend we picked up a '76 GW that my buddy found on craigslist. It came with a 304 in it that the previous owner swapped into it when the 401 died. I got it and the 401 for $500 cash. I am currently ripping the guts outta the 401 to rebuild it, bigger and better, so I can stick it back where it belongs.
It sat for 18 mths in outside storage, so it didn't start (due to a dead battery). When I got it home, I added 8 gallons of gas and some fuel dryer to the tank, hooked up the battery charger and checked the plugs. I got it started with some starting fluid and it ran for 20 seconds before stumbling on it's face and dying. After repeated trys, it would run for 10-15 seconds, then stumble and die. On the final attempt it ran, started to backfire out the carb then spit a fireball out of the carb
which lite some tranny fluid on the intake manifold on fire... I had a extinguisher nearby so after dousing it with the nasty powder the fire was out and I gave up on the 304 running Once I figure out how to upload pics I'll add some.
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