Weekend Work (Now Living)

"Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness" (long-voyager-2nd-edition) 04/09/2019 at 07:08 • Filed to: weekend wrenching, wrenching, Mopar, Voyager

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Got my parts Friday, so I got my motor back together Saturday morning. I rolled it out of the garage around 10 am:

Then I went to work putting everything back together. Around 5 pm I had it all together:

Then to my dismay, she decided starting is not something she wants to do today, just crank and crank and crank. At this point I packed it up for the night, took a shower, and had some Bloody Marys.

Woke up Sunday morning to try to figure out what’s going on. Figuring the crank sensor got damaged installing the trans, so I set to pulling it. Of course it’s stuck, so I say to hell with it. Give the key another try just for shits and giggles, and now it’s cranking and popping off. Still won’t start, but I at least have something now. I have to pack up again so we can go get the kids and run our errands.

Get home Sunday afternoon and I figure I’ll try cranking it over once more. Boom, she fires right up. She was only running on 4, but this gave me a new direction on the issue. I think the injectors/rail are gummed up from sitting, so I’m going to try running it for a bit tonight. If that doesn’t clear it up, I’ll swap my old motor’s injectors.

All in all an accomplished weekend, despite not being able to drive it to work today.

Update:

Went home last night and changed out the wonky radiator hose. Then I jumped in and hit the key , she fired right up and settled in to a perfect idle. So I got all the fluids topped off and went for a drive.

I found a terrible vibration above 50 mph, which has me thinking the new axle I put in is junk ( no surprise ), but the motor seems very strong. Drove it around for a while ( staying under 50 mph ) without issue. Then I pulled back in at home and noticed something dripping. Apparently my brand new power steering pump is junk as well ( again no surprise ). So I’ll order 2 CVs and a PS pump today, but she lives again!

pip bip - choose Corrour > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 04/08/2019 at 07:40

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well done. 

random001 > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 04/08/2019 at 07:53

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You really do make this look too damned easy.

Even back in my heyday of being single, racing all the time, and rebuilding whatever random car I had with every spare minute of my life, I don’t think I could accomplish as much as you do this quickly.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > random001 04/08/2019 at 07:57

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90s Mopars are damn easy.

random001 > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 04/08/2019 at 07:59

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Maybe, but even so....

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 04/08/2019 at 08:05

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So shiny

I’m sure you’ll have it running great in no time. 

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > random001 04/08/2019 at 10:01

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You gotta remember, I did my drivetrain swap in a day on it.  ;)

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 04/08/2019 at 10:04

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It sounds perfect other than the cylinder or 2 not getting fuel, so I’m not worried.

Try running it for a while tonight and see if it clears up, if not I’ll swap injectors and it should be good.

Looking forward to driving it again.

random001 > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 04/08/2019 at 10:06

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I know you did.  It’s crazy.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > random001 04/08/2019 at 10:17

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Once you get into them it’s amazing how easy they are to do things on. I literally changed the new van’s wheel bearing in 15 mins after work the other day.

random001 > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 04/08/2019 at 10:22

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Hah!  That's quick work.  The Montero requires the removal of a lot of parts to get to the bearings.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > random001 04/08/2019 at 10:24

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Remove wheel, remove axle nut, remove brake calipers/disk, unbolt bearing, remove, installed new bearing, reinstall everything else.

I could do it faster if I had an impact, but simple sockets work fine.

VincentMalamute-Kim > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 04/08/2019 at 10:41

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They may indeed be “easy” to work on.  But I think a lot of it is you.  I could change the oil in the time you put the engine back in.

random001 > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 04/08/2019 at 10:57

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Add in a manual locking hub to that list, and you’ve got the monty.  but then it’s pack new bearing, preload, back it off, install the secondary ring, snap ring...etc.  it’s a lot.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 04/09/2019 at 07:15

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Congrats!

The amount of effort you put into those Chryslers is just something else...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 04/09/2019 at 08:53

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Careful that engine stand doesn’t tip over.

I got side tracked from packing up that camera. I got it out and gathered the the bits...