OK. SO I'm a bit frustrated with the MJ at the moment.
87 4x4 4.0 MT
I can't get this thing to run an indicated 210 on the guage.
This all started when I did a cooling system flush and fill and put in a new stant T-stat. This was a few weeks after I got the MJ, in oct.
I've been troubleshooting off anf on.
Today I put in a new temperature sender and new t-stat. 195* stamped right on it. This time I drilled the vet holes in the t-stat. I'm pretty sure there's no air in the head. I've "burped" it through the CTS hole a few times, alwasy has fluid in the hole. I also have a prestone flush and fill in the upper heater hose, no air there either. The temp guage climbs as normal to the first has mark, I figure that's about 160*. Then the guage goes down, that's when the t-stat opens, I feel the upper rad hose get hot real fast. then it stays about 1/8th inch below the 160 mark. It stays there. Now I also took the gauge cluster apart and cleaned the gauge faces. I think I might have moved the temp guage needle. Is it indexed? Can anyone take a pic of the guage motor off and after it's sat overnight? I don't hae a non-contact thermo, I put my multimeter thermo on the t-stat housing and got about 170. Heat blows at about 110 from the center vent.
Someone point me in the right direction here, I'm at a loss.
87 4x4 4.0 MT
I can't get this thing to run an indicated 210 on the guage.
This all started when I did a cooling system flush and fill and put in a new stant T-stat. This was a few weeks after I got the MJ, in oct.
I've been troubleshooting off anf on.
Today I put in a new temperature sender and new t-stat. 195* stamped right on it. This time I drilled the vet holes in the t-stat. I'm pretty sure there's no air in the head. I've "burped" it through the CTS hole a few times, alwasy has fluid in the hole. I also have a prestone flush and fill in the upper heater hose, no air there either. The temp guage climbs as normal to the first has mark, I figure that's about 160*. Then the guage goes down, that's when the t-stat opens, I feel the upper rad hose get hot real fast. then it stays about 1/8th inch below the 160 mark. It stays there. Now I also took the gauge cluster apart and cleaned the gauge faces. I think I might have moved the temp guage needle. Is it indexed? Can anyone take a pic of the guage motor off and after it's sat overnight? I don't hae a non-contact thermo, I put my multimeter thermo on the t-stat housing and got about 170. Heat blows at about 110 from the center vent.
Someone point me in the right direction here, I'm at a loss.