thechief86
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Closed on my new house, and in doing so got a decent garage to do gearhead stuff in. Will be moving in over the weekend.
I flushed two heater cores, one in a 1998 XJ and another in the 1998 ZJ. I then swapped out another radiator that was leaking at the tanks. I'm becoming a pro at this. I'm hoping that the 3rd times a charm.
After doing all that the dumb thing doesn't make any heat inside the Jeep. It blows outside temp to slightly warmer but never gets HOT. I burped the air from the heater core lines. The ZJ runs just under 210* with the 4.0L. Any ideas why it isn't warming up good?
I do not know anything about ZJ's but,...`does it have one of those vacuum control valves that need to open to allow the hot water to pass?
I flushed two heater cores, one in a 1998 XJ and another in the 1998 ZJ. I then swapped out another radiator that was leaking at the tanks. I'm becoming a pro at this. I'm hoping that the 3rd times a charm.
After doing all that the dumb thing doesn't make any heat inside the Jeep. It blows outside temp to slightly warmer but never gets HOT. I burped the air from the heater core lines. The ZJ runs just under 210* with the 4.0L. Any ideas why it isn't warming up good?
Thanks Dirk. New house is in Bethpage, TN, a little north of Gallatin. Definitely rural, but it's pretty out here.Atta boy Eric. Where did you buy?
Sounds like a blend door issue maybe?
YAY! I got my XJ home yesterday! drove it about 70 miles yesterday, and got some new 31's and some steelies put on it.
The jeep needs a lot of work still, but it ultimately drives pretty good. I did get death wobble a time or two driving on the interstate with old, dryrotten tires, but not after I got the new shoes on. I did find a bad front hub, and I will need an adjustable track bar, but this jeep will be simple to make a weekend warrior out of without spending too much money on it.
I think I do want to find an 8.25 and a d30 with 3.55 gears to swap in, to get rid of the CAD and spindly rearend, but I have other fish to fry first.
Well... looky what I found:
Louisville KY. It looks like he wants $360 for a D30 and 8.25 out of a 99.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/486826485496433/
Just as a side note Ed. I believe 99 was the first year of the servo motor controlling the blend door with the cracking gears. If you're before that if put money on a vacuum leak.Thanks guys. I think you are on the right track. I've done some searching and found a lot of information that points at either a vacuum line issue or more a more likely issue with the blend door motor/cracked plastic gears. I've found what I need to look over so I may be able to get this fixed soon.
Thanks for the help fellas!
The Track-Bar offset will cause premature wear of the trackbar itself, at the joints, as well as premature tire wear. I'd rather sacrifice the stretch.So I have to ask/tell on my own ignorance...
I stretched the front about 1.5 inches (guestimating) in doing so everything was great except the metalcloak coils hitting the iro track bar bracket on compression. Axle was centered with panhards, but then I shifted it about 3/8ths driver to help clear everything. What are your thoughts guys? Leave the small stretch and keep the offset axle, or no stretch and perfect panhard position.
No bump steer/death wobble, or anything.
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Here is the pic. I love the wagon wheels.