Dan_Goodwin
Red Skull Member
A few, actually.
First up was to fix the misfire. These engines are known to have an issue with spark knock caused from improper spark plug routing (there's actually a TSB for it), so wire routing was the first thing I confirmed correct. Next I started pulling plug wires one a time and checking for resistance. Sure enough one of my brand new plug wires had gone bad (or I'd broken it) so I threw on an old wire and it's been running like a top since. I've driven it to work all but 2 days the last 2 weeks.
Since the last update the cold temperatures have exceeded my motivation to work outside so I've been working on things that fit inside my shop. I ran to the farm and picked up the 8.8 I purchased a while back and have it stripped, center section welded to the tubes and the Barnes 4wd truss primed and tacked together to prep for the axle swap. I'm shooting to swap the axle out this spring once I've sold a few jet skis to replenish my project fund.
The next project was a hardcore fab and electrical project I'd been wanting to do for a while - installing a better third brake light.
And yes, I did finally find the missing machine screw.
For the wiring, I copied the design of the TJ trailer wiring harness and used weather pack connectors to plug into the stock wiring without any splices. The wire was routed through the stock light housing and out a cable gland to another weather pack plug for the light to plug into. I picked up the ground from the stock light as well.
One of these days I'll actually use low range and wheel this garbage, but I've got to work on the things I'm selling to recoup my project funds first.
If anyone is looking for a sub $5k Seadoo or Yamaha Wave Runner in the Birmingham area, slide on into those DM's
(isn't that what the kids say these days?)
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