Recent content by tshoess

Hey guys, So I went to work the other day and my TJ started up right away. I come out of work around 6 and go to start it, no crank but still have power. I bought a new starter and I am pretty handy about getting things fixed on it. I got the first bolt to the starter off and the solenoid and...

Just to follow up here, my radiator was bad. Replaced it and it runs good as new. The trans cooler actually completely busted and I was losing fluids all over the place. A radiator and transmission and coolant fluid drain later she runs better than before.

Something else worth pointing out, there is NO transmission fluid on the dip stick. It was completely bone dry when I checked it at home, and the coolant is also still disappearing.

This was from earlier, can’t see a whole lot, but you can definitely see that it was spraying all over the damn place.

I'm going to check it out here in the next 10 minutes or so. Will post back shortly with pics.

Thank you for the tips fellas. I also forgot to mention another detail due to me being at work, but I am leaking ATF from where the tranny cooler hose connects to the radiator. It's also spraying everywhere when I am driving, I believe that to be from wind while driving, but it is all over the...

Hey guys, so I have a 2005 TJ and I noticed a problem when I was driving back from a wedding in Savannah, GA. About an hour and a half into my drive back, I noticed that my temp gauge was spiking to "Check Gauges" so I pulled off immediately to find that there was smoke coming from the engine...