Rot Box
Diesel and Dust
- Location
- Smithfield Utah
Today I was jamming out to Eddie Money Radio on Pandora working on the Bushwacker and I thought I might share. I picked this jewel up for $100 between me and a friend. The po used to drive it to work (he works graves at the same place as me) everyday and then parked it for several months. I figured throw some good gas in it and give it a tune up and drive right?! WRONG 
The 21R-U was burning oil and leaking--actually gushing oil out of every seal like a geyser. Instead of rebuilding/resealing it I decided to throw in a spare motor I had been saving. The 21R-U's were basically an R series mutt. They had a 22R crank, small pistons, a weird head (22R intake manifold and 20R exhaust side) and a total displacement of 2.0L. My spare motor is an almost brand new 20R imported from Japan by the po that should last a long time. In the process I removed all the emissions as I think they do more bad than good in the condition everything was in. When I went to unbolt the old motor I found only one bellhousing bolt in place lol.
The exterior is mint compared to the Rot Box and it even has an old school "Bushwacker" decal on the side :greg: The interior was by far the most disgusting thing I have ever seen in all my 26 years. I spend several hours cleaning out live 22 bullets (probably several hundred), dozens of cigarette cartons, and a bunch of other nasty slimy crap. There was so much garbage that there wasn't much room for a passenger The seat has to go and I have a really nice carpet kit to replace the rotted out vinyl.
The 21R-U was burning oil and leaking--actually gushing oil out of every seal like a geyser. Instead of rebuilding/resealing it I decided to throw in a spare motor I had been saving. The 21R-U's were basically an R series mutt. They had a 22R crank, small pistons, a weird head (22R intake manifold and 20R exhaust side) and a total displacement of 2.0L. My spare motor is an almost brand new 20R imported from Japan by the po that should last a long time. In the process I removed all the emissions as I think they do more bad than good in the condition everything was in. When I went to unbolt the old motor I found only one bellhousing bolt in place lol.
The exterior is mint compared to the Rot Box and it even has an old school "Bushwacker" decal on the side :greg: The interior was by far the most disgusting thing I have ever seen in all my 26 years. I spend several hours cleaning out live 22 bullets (probably several hundred), dozens of cigarette cartons, and a bunch of other nasty slimy crap. There was so much garbage that there wasn't much room for a passenger
The seat has to go and I have a really nice carpet kit to replace the rotted out vinyl.
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