Recent content by geeaea

Amazing.

Nope-sorry - poor memory- I just looked at the 99 FSM. The single shaft is in what's called the adapter housing. On that bulkhead is the mechanism that gets manipulated with your forward/backward/left/right/etc. movement of the single shaft. You really need the FSM. I could spell it out to...

My son's 2000 sits routinely @ 210 ..about 5+° higher than my Wranglers. My Wranglers [i]have[i/] been sitting over the 210F mark in hot weather...his Cherokee a little higher. It wouldn't surprise me to see it go higher with decent grades and with the AC on. This isn't to say that there...

Get the FSM for it. It details the fix. (I may not be saying this right) I'll assume that the detents on the sliders (internal rods) came loose. If you had reported grinding or whatnot ..I'd say that you would have to tear the whole thing apart ..but the sliders are accessible and service...

I keep forgetting this is a XJ <smacks head with realization>. That doesn't seem so out of whack then. I'd get the auxiliary cooler to buffer the trans. I wouldn't worry about the engine. If you want to increase your coolant buffering, pick up a laminar sandwich heat exchanger from any MOPAR...

I'm 2 for 2 on the 4.0 with the weeping RMS (99 from new-2000 from new). Just a drop forming ..never a puddle. I wouldn't sweat the drip thing .. Get Auto-Rx (google it) for your lifter issue ..and maybe your seal issue. The 4.0 doesn't have a Niagara Falls flow to the head like a SBC. They...

Since you said "by hand" ..I assume that the thing is seized. Remove the starter and try again by hand. You sorta didn't get too descriptive on what happens when he turns the key ..as in "it clicks ..you can here the solenoid moving the drive in an out ..but no crank movement" ..or.."when...

the brake switch thingy aspect is interesting. It must be deeper than just reading the application of the brakes to disengage either system. They must have adopted some enabling element to the system. That is, to assure that the brake interface was in some READY state. ..but ..I REALLY have...

EcoMike: Read here http://theoildrop.server101.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=721645&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1 Pay particular attention to MolaKule.

Can I assume that both of those last statements were tongue in cheek? There is no "bad oil" the exists today that meets current spec's. You may find some SA or SC oil at Dollar General that I would avoid. PZ and QS got some bad reps during the early-mid 70's due to industry-wide deficiencies...

I've probably got a grammatical error or two in there. I didn't say that my pal isn't RL chief chemical engineer. <shrug> btw- I don't have the zinc numbers ..but for phos there's no limit in the CJ4/SM in the 40 weight as long as the diesel spec is first. That is, 5w/10w/15w40 CJ/SM has...

Mike ..Gosh I keep missing your posts. Jo, Einstein ...this is REDLINE'S chemical engineer I'm quoting. My own pal, who belongs to STLE ..the Society of Tribologists and Lub Engineers, says that RL's chief chemist has forgotten more than he'll ever learn. If you have objections to what I...

..but..but... the orange accent adds just the right touch to the under hood racing motif. :D

Do you hear of too many I6 AMC/DC that are showing blow-by? Might they also be 20 years old or older with 100k on them ..that is, mostly sitting when they aren't plowing snow or being an ATV before ATV's were invented in summer camp duty? Or might they be being flogged on the trail ..pushing...

Ah ..edit time expired... That is, my 2.5 has 2/3 the lifters ...2/3 the cam surface ..same timing chain length ... So, I guess that this engine will have to deplete 2/3 the zdp on cam scuff prevention ..but the timing chain may throw the decay rate a bit askew. So, what's the proper...