Recent content by Phager

I'm doing this job on my truck now, and I have an incredibly stupid question, What size is the axle nut. I put a piece of string along the face and picked up and 1-1/4 socket since it seemed pretty close, but I was wrong :( . So I need to hit up the parts store tomorrow but I remember there...

That was the only part of the episode that I really didn't like. I just don't see the point in that particular type of humor, But to each their own. That being said, I did like that episode. But that's probably because I'm a die hard World of Warcrack fan. I've been playing for about a year...

That makes perfect sense, and not far off from how I understand it. In regards to the RPM comment of mine, I was more referring to vacuum from a decelleration stand point. My studies have indicated that you'll see your highest vacuum reading during decelleration (High RPM, closed throttle...

From a moral standpoint it certainly is "wrong". However My friend rented an impala a couple of years back and rallied the crap out of it on Portland International Raceway. Including a number of high speed ebrake skids on the back straight. By the time he was finished with it, the poor thing had...

I understand it a bit differently. While I have no disagreement with the statement that you have more vacuum with the throttle plate closed. Where I question your statement is that you'd have less vacuum at cruise vs. idle. Perhaps this is more of a driving style but when I'm crusing I generally...

It sounds to me that you still have a live connection grounding out somewhere which is draining the battery. Considering the fact that this all stared with the removal of the amp it seems likely that it's related to that circuit. Is it possible that you removed the wrong fuse from the dist...

For the bump, I'd guess at the U-Joints. You could probably check crawl underneath and check for excessive play in the U-Joints. My Mustang does the something similar, but mine happens when it comes off of load for instance when I disengage the clutch while coming to a stop. Fortunately, for me...

I couldn't say it better myself. You are an honor to all of us! -Pat

I really sorry about it being totalled. I'd be pissed if my MJ was totalled out. It almost got creamed by a late model chevy fullsize the other day, stupid chick was on her cell phone and decided to merge into my lane when I was right beside her. Given the condition of my truck (all primer with...

Well, since this is a gripe about AZ thread, here's my story. I had an intermittant no start situation that started a couple months ago. I thought I had it fixed by replacing the main grounds, since the old ones were worn through the insulation near the block. Anyway, the problem came back last...

See, now why didn't I think of that? I mean, I know the emmision sticker is there and all the tune up info is on there, and yet for some reason I completely spaced that fact! Thanks for the reminder Martin. And for future reference on (at least) my '87 the acceptable gap range is .033 - .037...

After reading this thread, I decided I couldn't go wrong by picking up a set of Champion plugs to see if it might remedy my hesitation issue. My question is, what is the proper gap for a Renix 4.0L? I know it's kind of a stupid question, but I don't have a service manual yet (Financial aid comes...

Besides the MJ, I have a 1979 Ford Mustang that I'm planning on swapping a T-Bird Turbocoupe driveline in. And the wife has a 1991 ford Taurus wagon that we got for free. As soon as money allows I'm going to get her an XJ to replace it with :) -Pat

From your profile it looks like you have a '96. If I'm correct that means it has the older style dash. If so you just need to pull out the guage cluster bezel(I think 4 screws) remove the guage cluster it self (Another 4 screws, two wiring harnesses and the speedo cable), and the bulbs are in...

WTF? $400 that's more than I payed for my MJ. Un-freaking-believable. Good idea getting rid of it. -Pat