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Fair enough, I didn't feel like digging that deep into it. Figured this was the next best section. If not feel free to move the thread. And the reason I ask, is I'm going to have to transport the tube. Local supplier will cut to length for free, but my pickup bed is 8 ft and I'd rather not have...

Chopping the rear of my XJ soonish from the hatch back. I'm looking to do a simple rollbar like on CJs/Wranglers for now. I'm tying it into the frame so I can do a full cage off it later, but I want at least this part done for now to add some strength back from what I'm losing from the chop...

Completely forgot to update this. Ended up buying a remanned Spartan head from Advanced. Was pretty nervous about doing it myself, but it went pretty smooth/quick. Took me 4 hours to remove, 4 hours to put the new in. I could probably do it in half that now. Only hard part was lifting the head...

The one here is closed Sundays, but I'm giving them a call tomorrow. What have you paid for em from JYs? I also get a pretty significant discount from Advance Auto, it may end up being comparable to being a used and having it checked to get a new one.

Stud pulled out before it got anywhere close to tight. I'm just going to end up replacing the head or replacing the motor with a used one at this point. I'd have to pull it to do anything more than jb weld a stud in anyway and I'm going through the trouble of pulling it I'm going to replace it...

I'm not running it without coolant, just trying to find out if I can go ahead and put everything back together after 18 or so hours and drive it into the shop. I can leave it there til Monday after I get it in the shop.

I was more worried about it getting coolant in it than tightening the housing. Directions say 15 hours in warm weather, 24 for a best results. I've just never used it and didn't know how big a difference there was in 15 and 24 hours in warm weather.

Got it in tonight about 5:30. Anyone used this enough to know if I'll be good to put the tstat housing back on and run it tomorrow around 12-1 PM? I don't plan on driving it around for a couple days just to let it really set up, but I'd like to at least drive it tomorrow from behind the shop...

How does it work? J-B KWIK is packaged in two tubes. One contains liquid steel/epoxy resin, and the other contains hardener. When mixed together in equal portions, a chemical reaction occurs that turns the mixture into a compound as hard and tough as steel -- and with similar...

The KWIK is what I got from work, but it's looking like I need to return it for the original jb weld

I was thinking of JB Weld on the stud/inside and over the cracks on the outside then using a high temp silicone around the bottom of the tstat housing to keep anything from seeping out. What's the benefit of stainless steel epoxy over jb weld?

It had to have been because I barely put any torque on it for it to break off. As soon as the bolt started to go tight it went loose again and could just spin freely. I'll update you guys on the fix as soon as I can get to it. My hood latch is broken and it's sitting on asphalt so I haven't...

Here's the piece that broke off. It's smaller than I originally thought, but I was so mad at the time I just walked away and hadn't messed with it sense. I don't think there's any threading left because the bolts was turning freely after the chunk popped off. The bottom/front part is where...

I'll get a picture of it tomorrow.

Don't sweat it, I wasn't serious. I'm just going to put JB weld on the piece that broke off, the inside of the threading on the head, and on some threaded rod and put it back together and solder the cracks on the outside. I'd like to think that'll hold for a good while. I'll probably end up...

Where the hell were you on my JF thread? :twak:

It hadn't even occurred to me to switch it over to a stud. I'd toyed around the idea of welding the chunk back on, but I think that switching it over might do better. I may just try that this weekend if I can get my hands on a 220v MIG machine. I don't think my 110 is going to cut it for that.

Didn't some of the Forest Service XJs come with them? I know there were some Cherokees made for police use that came with them as well. You might be able to find XJ specific hardware for them if the Crown Vic parts won't work.

The best way I can describe is the front, bottom corner of the head broke off from the back of the bolt hole to the front. As far as height goes it broke off roughly halfway up the width of the bolt. If I held the chunk in my hand it's about the size of a thumb drive or one of those mini Bic...

I bought a 92 XJ a couple weeks ago and last week it developed a coolant leak. I looked while it was running and it was coming from the tstat housing on the bottom. I figured it was an easy fix and just time to change the tstat gasket, however I was wrong unfortunately. It seems the PO had...