Recent content by crispyluck

That's awesome. Mine runs hot, with its big dumb lift kit and some oil pressure issues. But you, sir, saved me a few hundred bucks with that ebay radiator suggestion. I owe you a beer someday. I think my favorite part of working on cars is how forgiving they can be.

So, what's the advantage of having one if you can run without it?

It's an overflow from a 91 XJ, I zip tied it to the red aftermarket fuse that was added when I did the power cable upgrade. That is secured to the fuse bracket with the yellow covers. On the other side, I zip tied it to one of the heater hoses. I found a nice spot that it 85% fits in, but if...

All good now. Here's some pics. https://imgur.com/a/LwcRvXx

Sure, I'll take one of those.

Nope! I had to buy a new trans line quick disconnect fitting where it runs into the radiator cause mine busted on the reinstall. So, she's dead till later today when the part arrives. Nothing wrong that I can see except the trans fluid leak. Whoops.

It's the AW4 transmission. I recently did a filter, pan, and fluid change. I was going to do the oilpan and rear main seal soon, this has basically been a guts restoration job since day one. One more mystery to solve. The balancer I pressed on with a bunch of washers and a slightly longer bolt...

Would you recommend a new harmonic balancer as well? I just bought it from Advance, didn't really do any research on it. Let me add an important detail I forgot to mention before. The previous balancer was seemingly being pulled into the front of the engine a bit. It's why I replaced it, I...

So I'm practically finished, just had two days off where I knocked out 95% of it. I have a loose transmission fluid line that I need to tighten, I discovered a leak halfway through burping the new system. You'll basically want to follow BleepinJeep's videos on this, but ignore all of that...

It seems to be coming from around the harmonic balancer/oilpan. Please, please, don't let it be my crankshaft or something I'll have to take apart the engine to fix. I don't have time or money to deal with it until late winter/next summer.

Okay, sounds like a plan. Thanks. I'll update with what I find.

Those are on my list to look at as well, but as far as listening goes, I don't really see the point. I'd have to pull the engine apart to confirm anything anyways. "It knocks in the front" okay, gotta pull off the whole front. That's not really diagnosis, just bull in a china shop stuff.

Running into a rattle on my lightly modified XJ. It happens at idle, quietly, but gets louder and matches my RPM when accelerating. Goes away as I lighten up on the pedal, to the point you can't hear it while coasting in D. Seems to be coming from around water pump, harmonic balancer area...

Dex Merc VI, Valvoline High Mileage

https://imgur.com/a/JJM7F7h Here are some preliminary photos of my old hoses. The new radiator is set to arrive today. I took Evan03 's advice and bought this radiator: https://www.ebay.com/itm/293793929671 (3-Row Aluminum Radiator for 91-05 Cherokee). I chose it because it looks like you don't...