So I never really kept up with this thread, but I’m definitely at a place where I need some more knowledgeable individuals to help me make better next steps. Last year I worked through a few more issues with the suspension and got all new aluminum links, ballistic joints, and some new hydraulic bump stops. Went from a 4 link to a 3 link up front, and has certainly helped with some of my binding issues I was having. For the most part this has been a great setup, but on the the harder stuff - I wind up bouncing more than I’d like and pulling cable when I feel like I shouldn’t need to be.
I had some plans this winter to loose the rear bumper and spare, genright cage, highlines, and potential stretch of the rear. Looking at doing a motobilt back half kit, fuel cell, and stop trying to make the PO setup work for me.
In doing so, I’m also goin to loose the full traction skid, and wanting to go Savvy (but open to recommendations - for everything).
Before I move forward with these things, I need to do a few other pieces of maintenance.
1. Heater core. I’ve done at least 6 of these in various TJ’s. This one, I smell a small bit of coolant whenever I turn on the heat. Eventually goes away. Hasn’t shown any leakage over the last 10k miles, but before I do my cage, I need to just bite the bullet. I’ve had the part on my shelf for over a year. Planning to jump into this Friday. Hoping to address issue #2 at the same time.
2. I sporadically can’t get heat through my vents, it will stay stuck on defrost. Eventually, it will start to work again, but isn’t consistent.
Blend door? A switch issue? Any advice on how to chase this down?
3. I’m getting a p0016 code after driving for about an hour. A few times it’s stuttered at around 3400 RPM’s. I replaced the OPDA twice now, things were lined up perfectly I’m pretty sure). mainly because I had an extra crown unit on the shelf. I still have the Mopar CPS sensor on there.
These are the photos of my cam gear:
I’m about to spend a lot of money on this thing over the winter, I’m prepared for that.
In the meantime, $3.69 fixed my steering. Turns out all the slop I just thought was normal, was in fact, not. Having my pitman arm torqued down properly has completely changed the handling of the Jeep. I’m shocked how many times I drove this thing 7+ hours without considering that bolt might be loose.
I used red locktite and put a paint marker on it, after this picture.
