NEW MEMBER HELLO
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2019 2:27 pm
Hello everyone ,
I have been a longtime owner of my 72 J4000 ( J4600). I have read a great many things on the jeep j truck forums .
I am interested in sharing many things done to my J4000 and getting great ideas from you guys and gals on these trucks .
I am a 40 plus year automotive and truck tech with experience in jeeps and other 4x4s . This J4000 was always a must have from early years of car building and today I have it .Not a show queen and of course needs the floors done ,but also alot has been accomplished on this truck.
Fear not friends ,my rig has suffered many things most of you have dealt with .My earliest recollection of the great Wagoneer ,was my dads 65
with manual brakes , 4 speed transmission and the AMC Kaiser 327 . Dad did crazy things with that jeep that forever stick in my mind , especially this fathers day .=its a good memory .
We then acquired a 68 with the Buick 350 , it was a "Super" if memory serves , A/C with the fancy trim and lots of chrome and the console I think . I recall it sat at BERTON MOTORS here in Santa Barbara for many weeks in the early 70s with a persistant drivers side oil leak between the head and the block , rocker oil pressure passage seeped oil out . They finally did a full rebuild which I am sure they "decked the block" finally repaired that pesky leak . I will tell you the 65 was the best though ,and even all manual it was a bruiser with fat tires and 8 inch KELSEY HAYS RIMS .
thank you everyone
sansabarJ
I have been a longtime owner of my 72 J4000 ( J4600). I have read a great many things on the jeep j truck forums .
I am interested in sharing many things done to my J4000 and getting great ideas from you guys and gals on these trucks .
I am a 40 plus year automotive and truck tech with experience in jeeps and other 4x4s . This J4000 was always a must have from early years of car building and today I have it .Not a show queen and of course needs the floors done ,but also alot has been accomplished on this truck.
Fear not friends ,my rig has suffered many things most of you have dealt with .My earliest recollection of the great Wagoneer ,was my dads 65
with manual brakes , 4 speed transmission and the AMC Kaiser 327 . Dad did crazy things with that jeep that forever stick in my mind , especially this fathers day .=its a good memory .
We then acquired a 68 with the Buick 350 , it was a "Super" if memory serves , A/C with the fancy trim and lots of chrome and the console I think . I recall it sat at BERTON MOTORS here in Santa Barbara for many weeks in the early 70s with a persistant drivers side oil leak between the head and the block , rocker oil pressure passage seeped oil out . They finally did a full rebuild which I am sure they "decked the block" finally repaired that pesky leak . I will tell you the 65 was the best though ,and even all manual it was a bruiser with fat tires and 8 inch KELSEY HAYS RIMS .
thank you everyone
sansabarJ
, first year for the V8