A Decade of Problems

Well the day to put in some real work has come, We arrived and quickly went to work. It began with us hosing off the engine compartment and then clearing a lot of junk out of it. We decided to try and pull the doors off and went 1 of 2 and then pulled the spare tire off. Then we set off to Home Depot to get some WD-40 as well as a tow strap. Back to work we went with the job off moving it a huge goal. Our first try ended in failure. We then decided to pump the tires up and dig out the wheels. Then we gave it another go and it moved about 3 feet. After that attempt we discovered the steering had locked up, and that the rear right wheel was locked and not spinning in neutral. We began our nasty work in the mud to remedy both of those problems. The first was the rear right wheel where a lot of WD-40 and elbow grease go the job done. Then onto the steering; this required a lot of time and energy. The breakthrough came when we put the front end up on jacks, and then had Tom kicking the wheels and Myself cranking on the steering wheel. This caused a huge bang and then the wheels were free to move. We then proceeded to set up a battery charger and then check all of the light and stereo which worked great for not being used in a decade. Some more WD-40, and some cleaning up of the Jeep lead us to discover some light bulbs which we installed. Then our 12:30 AM incident came, and we had decided to make sure the steering was working. Well the steering had locked up again, and we began the same process as before. Except this time when it broke lose the horn began to go off uncontrollably whenever you move the wheel. So we went in and unplugged the horn so it would no longer have this problem. Something we will just have to deal with in the future.  We then called it a night. The next morning we began our work on getting out of the backyard where it had been left to decay more than 10 years ago. This took us a little over an hour to negotiate my truck and then the Jeep out of the back yard. After some more gas and muscle had been put into moving it we had it in the garage. Then off came the doors and the top again. We then assessed what we needed. Once we returned, we put new spark plugs in and attempted to unsuccessfully siphon out the old fuel. A few more things to do and then we were done for the weekend.  4/26-4/27/2014