Welp this concludes my night,got done weighing my rods and tore down a good chunk of my engine
So Goodmorning to some of yall that are awake and goodnight to me
What did you do to your TJ today?
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Welp this concludes my night,got done weighing my rods and tore down a good chunk of my engine
So Goodmorning to some of yall that are awake and goodnight to me
Lube Locker. Front and rear of my tj and now rear of my dakota. No leaks. And reusable and no scraping.
Getting ready to leave shortly!!!!
While waiting on my Dad to get ready to go with me.
I put this under the hood just for @Jerry Bransford
The start of my pirate days before a small cannon ball took me eye out matey!
I have been troubleshooting an engine miss for quite some time, but found that the original OEM throttle body (2000) throttle shaft bushings were leaking due to years of useā¦
Since there arenāt new OEM throttlebodies available I purchased a new 62mm throttle body (old was 55mm).
I disconnected the battery ground to reset the ECM while installing the new throttle body.
The first things I noticed were a smoother idle (suspect new fuel trim) and throttle response is better; as for gas mileage I will know more after I drive the Jeep more.
Since there arenāt new OEM throttlebodies available I purchased a new 62mm throttle body (old was 55mm).
I disconnected the battery ground to reset the ECM while installing the new throttle body.
The first things I noticed were a smoother idle (suspect new fuel trim) and throttle response is better; as for gas mileage I will know more after I drive the Jeep more.
Replaced my OEM headlights with the Toyota (Koito H4) headlights. Also put my Daystar hook keeper on the winch cable.
Getting ready to leave shortly!!!!
While waiting on my Dad to get ready to go with me.
I put this under the hood just for @Jerry Bransford
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Jimmyās best song.
What heater core did you end up using?
Went for a dive this morning in my 06 LJR and turned on the heat only to have the sweet smell of heater core death fill my nostrils.
Thatās all I ever use. But still caution rules the day. At least on fluids spilling.
Picked up a set of hard upper doors.
The upper is just sitting on the half door in the pic, it's not mounted yet.
Now I just gotta take them apart, clean them up, and then either paint them black or paint the Jeep green
Depending on how I like them, I may even start looking for a hardtop for the cold season.
The upper is just sitting on the half door in the pic, it's not mounted yet.
Now I just gotta take them apart, clean them up, and then either paint them black or paint the Jeep green
Depending on how I like them, I may even start looking for a hardtop for the cold season.
Picked up a set of hard upper doors.
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The upper is just sitting on the half door in the pic, it's not mounted yet.
Now I just gotta take them apart, clean them up, and then either paint them black or paint the Jeep green
Depending on how I like them, I may even start looking for a hardtop for the cold season.
Are those Bulldogs? Looks sharp.
did a preliminary test on the new bearings with the tear end still in the air. There was an immediate whine that went away very quickly. After that no noise whatsoever in either direction.
Then non jeep related, wife took the Expedition to get the oil changed. Normally I do it but she rightfully didnāt want to wait for me this time. Comes home, car has a crankcase ventilation code. Turns out they forgot to put the oil filler cap back on, and the engine cover is missing. I HATE letting other people touch my cars.
And perhaps a funny aside, I have 6 cars (which is kinda stupid in and of itself). ā21 Expedition, ā14 Lexus, ā12 JKU, and 3 TJās. The ONLY one that doesnāt have a CEL on is the 97 that I bought *because* it was broken down.
Then non jeep related, wife took the Expedition to get the oil changed. Normally I do it but she rightfully didnāt want to wait for me this time. Comes home, car has a crankcase ventilation code. Turns out they forgot to put the oil filler cap back on, and the engine cover is missing. I HATE letting other people touch my cars.
And perhaps a funny aside, I have 6 cars (which is kinda stupid in and of itself). ā21 Expedition, ā14 Lexus, ā12 JKU, and 3 TJās. The ONLY one that doesnāt have a CEL on is the 97 that I bought *because* it was broken down.
Not Bulldawgs. I believe they may be Smittybilt.
I'm pretty sure that with the Bulldawg uppers, only the rear section of the glass slides forward and the front section is fixed.
On these, the front and rear section slide independently.
The dead giveaway with the Bulldawgs is the bottom edge of the glass follows the line of the top of the half-doors (has an angle in it) for slightly better side visibility:
Swapped out the underhood light for an LED light module. Changed speedometer gear to accommodate 5.13 gearing.
Replacing the pump in my 03, so off came the skid. Itās never seen a winter or exposed to the Buffalo salt. Surprised at how little rot there is. Time to clean it up and put it back on.
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Alrighty, made the trip to Nashville and back.
Met a really cool gentleman @tnjeepguy and saw a bunch of cool Jeeps.
Here is his TJ parked in his garage.
Anywhoooo I picked up my new to me Warn 8274 from him and made it back home in time to help my Wife put a bed together.
Then helped my son in law learn what a HiLift jack should not be used for but I did it anyway, just cause I like taking chances.
Yep we leveled their shed.
Met a really cool gentleman @tnjeepguy and saw a bunch of cool Jeeps.
Here is his TJ parked in his garage.
Anywhoooo I picked up my new to me Warn 8274 from him and made it back home in time to help my Wife put a bed together.
Then helped my son in law learn what a HiLift jack should not be used for but I did it anyway, just cause I like taking chances.
Yep we leveled their shed.
Edit- IGNORE MY POST IS WAS THE FAULTY "Even Fischer catalytic converters" causing the excessive blowby
Alright ladies and gentlemen.....uhm I done torn down the engine took every single piston out and ALL the pistons and rings are OK....
So whatever non ferrous metal (not metallic) weren't pieces of piston...so maybe I dropped aluminum chunks/shavings when I did my head and cam swap ? I know I ported my intake and maybe I didn't flush out the aluminum pieces out completely?
Please read this
I need some input from you guys cause I'm stumped,the reason I was gonna swap out the old pistons with new ones is cause my jeep made this horrible rattling sound when I decaccelarate ! As well when i accelerate or rev my engine it reeks of burnt oil but no blue smoke or smoke at all comes out my tailpipe !
Under load it stops the rattling and the timing chain seems loose as always cause it's a 4.0 and it's new lifters are all good same with the cam!
My only suspicion would be the crankshaft bearings being shot but I wiggled the crank and basically no play,haven't checked the cam shaft play but that's next
The rings spin freely ofcourse cause they're out the engine but I did kinda have to pry the rings but no crazy force to take em out so it could've just been the rings being slightly stuck? But what could cause that rattling spun Rod type noise ?
Also the wear on the rod bearings is beautiful!
Edit : to note the flexplate doesn't have any apparent Cracks on it
The engine makes the same sound when a flexplate is loose ! So could the flex plate bolts on the crank be loose?
Still am confused due to the strong smell of oil when I step on the gas/rev it
Alright ladies and gentlemen.....uhm I done torn down the engine took every single piston out and ALL the pistons and rings are OK....
So whatever non ferrous metal (not metallic) weren't pieces of piston...so maybe I dropped aluminum chunks/shavings when I did my head and cam swap ? I know I ported my intake and maybe I didn't flush out the aluminum pieces out completely?
Please read this
I need some input from you guys cause I'm stumped,the reason I was gonna swap out the old pistons with new ones is cause my jeep made this horrible rattling sound when I decaccelarate ! As well when i accelerate or rev my engine it reeks of burnt oil but no blue smoke or smoke at all comes out my tailpipe !
Under load it stops the rattling and the timing chain seems loose as always cause it's a 4.0 and it's new lifters are all good same with the cam!
My only suspicion would be the crankshaft bearings being shot but I wiggled the crank and basically no play,haven't checked the cam shaft play but that's next
The rings spin freely ofcourse cause they're out the engine but I did kinda have to pry the rings but no crazy force to take em out so it could've just been the rings being slightly stuck? But what could cause that rattling spun Rod type noise ?
Also the wear on the rod bearings is beautiful!
Edit : to note the flexplate doesn't have any apparent Cracks on it
The engine makes the same sound when a flexplate is loose ! So could the flex plate bolts on the crank be loose?
Still am confused due to the strong smell of oil when I step on the gas/rev it
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I FOUND THE PROBLEM
Yall see anything crooked and missing
Yeah the actual catalyst is missing and one is crooked dude
So that rattling was coming from withing and the backpressure was so bad that it was causing my engine to have blowby ! Cause I noticed that my pcv didn't have as much vacuum as before !
BUYERS BEWARE OF THESE CATS
Edit- American racing headers will be on their wayand hopefully they won't take 4 weeks but we'll see!
I may be porting my head slightly. Not likely but I may also do a cam swap....again,that's if newcomer racing gets em back in stock
Yall see anything crooked and missing
Yeah the actual catalyst is missing and one is crooked dude
So that rattling was coming from withing and the backpressure was so bad that it was causing my engine to have blowby ! Cause I noticed that my pcv didn't have as much vacuum as before !
BUYERS BEWARE OF THESE CATS
Edit- American racing headers will be on their way
and hopefully they won't take 4 weeks but we'll see!I may be porting my head slightly. Not likely but I may also do a cam swap....again,that's if newcomer racing gets em back in stock
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New seat foam day. Kudos to Summit for producing it & Saturday delivery.
https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/tj-seat-foam.77477/
https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/tj-seat-foam.77477/
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