I could use some help...
Blew the muffler off my 86 today. She'd refused to start after I had driven, turned off for five minutes, and tried to re-start. It would start for literally a second or 2, then die totally. Repeated efforts to restart filled the muffler with fumes, and :explosionBANG! The people in the neighborhood came out like a gun had gone off heh heh (they didn't call the cops-they're used to it!). I left it for a few hours, and it started no problem. A quick drive, and the problem resurfaces. Anyways, now I'm stuck with a jeep in need of a muffler, and a no-start problem I can't even begin to think of a solution for.
It's an 86, 2.8 with the heap of crap varajet, and all those fun emissions bits. I'd appreciate some suggestions: to the experienced mechanics, does this sound like a carb, electrical, or other issue? Is the varajet a nightmare to rebuild?
Also, I'd love some tips on how to remove all the emissions junk under the hood (I live where it's legal to have no smog control on a vehicle of that "vintage":yap. However, I lack the experience and knowledge to just start removing the clutter...although maybe this is a subject for another thread!
Blew the muffler off my 86 today. She'd refused to start after I had driven, turned off for five minutes, and tried to re-start. It would start for literally a second or 2, then die totally. Repeated efforts to restart filled the muffler with fumes, and :explosionBANG! The people in the neighborhood came out like a gun had gone off heh heh (they didn't call the cops-they're used to it!). I left it for a few hours, and it started no problem. A quick drive, and the problem resurfaces. Anyways, now I'm stuck with a jeep in need of a muffler, and a no-start problem I can't even begin to think of a solution for.
It's an 86, 2.8 with the heap of crap varajet, and all those fun emissions bits. I'd appreciate some suggestions: to the experienced mechanics, does this sound like a carb, electrical, or other issue? Is the varajet a nightmare to rebuild?
Also, I'd love some tips on how to remove all the emissions junk under the hood (I live where it's legal to have no smog control on a vehicle of that "vintage":yap. However, I lack the experience and knowledge to just start removing the clutter...although maybe this is a subject for another thread!