Recent content by Harcust

Hard to believe it's been four years since I replaced my pistons and over 7,000 miles ago. Jeep runs great and is quiet. Well, the engine knock is gone but there's plenty of other noises. I've done countless repairs to this thing over the last four years 😓. Just an update video: Also, glad...

I'm reviving this thread to hopefully get some traction and thoughts on this issue. When I purchased this Jeep it has an aftermarket economy style clutch master and slave with the metal body. It never had any issues but for whatever reason I decided to replace it with a Luk pre-bled system. Not...

Checking in at 2,000+ miles with the new pistons and all is good still. No noise at all and it runs great. Drive it to work every day (short drive to work).

Medium grit stones on this OEM brand tool.

I'm not sure if it's solely the pins. My noise was not present when first starting but came after about 30 seconds and slowly faded. I was thinking maybe the piston being aluminum is expanding faster than the pins causing an excess tolerance and noise. After a few minutes of running the steel...

[Engine knock/slap resolved] Okay, this post is going to be winded because it's about a weeks worth of information in one. As my last post said, I recently changed my oil and the sound was more prominent and took longer to subside. This pushed me to the point of ordering a set of pistons. I...

Has anybody noticed the sound being worse after an oil change? I just changed my oil and I swear the sound is louder and taking longer to subside. I also believe that when I bought this Jeep last year that I didn't even notice a sound until I did my first oil change to it. I can't imagine how...

Looks like I missed this question. My manifold was the two piece design and had no cracks. I'm guessing they changed from a one piece to a two piece because of the cracking? No idea but it was in good shape.

I never said to anybody in here to not check their timing chain. I never told anybody that's not their problem. I'm only sharing my troubleshooting experience, what I found and what I believe to be my issue, right or wrong. The OP checked bearing clearances and changed his timing chain to no...

I was going through pictures and videos of my Jeep and found a video showing the timing chain slop. It had 1/2" of movement. The service manual reads to replace the set if there is 1/4" or more of play. I did change the timing set and the noise did not get any better. Just wanted to share the video.

It's probably me you are referring to. I've changed the cam, lifters, push rods, rockers, timing set, oil pump and the sound remains (I didn'tchange this stuff chasing the cause of the noise but was hoping it would alleviate it). I've checked main bearing clearance and they're all in...

Just wanted to show I'm still observing this thread and I'm still driving my Jeep after the camshaft, lifters, push rods, rocker arms, fulcrums, oil pump etc. replacement. Jeep still makes the noise and hasn't gotten better nor worse. I drive it nearly everyday as a daily to work. I also had...

Yeah, the main reason I pulled the trigger is because my cam had galling and abnormal wear. I did hope the lifters would also fix the noise but obviously it didn't. 😑 The cylinders looked great while I had it apart. The engine in whole looked pretty good minus the cam. I was also surprised that...

Did you do any cylinder work or did you just replace the pistons/rings? I told myself to deal with the noise but I see myself pulling this head off and putting pistons in it 🤬