Recent content by Rapoza

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:laugh2: Thanks men. Thats the point, In my last rebuild I bought heat resistant paint in my local auto-paint depot, thats what I asked for, but the paint lasted 2 minutes. :thumbdn:

For curiosity... What kind of paint is it? Regular body paint?

AND FINALLY: All these pictures has been taken for documentation and reasembling. Note the damage in the cam and piston nr1 There's a big probability that the gear in the distributor has been also damaged, isn't it?

MORE: Note the stuck open termostat and the upper mark in the cylinders, already overbored to whoknows due a severe lack of oil.

Here the images of the at the moment: Note the oval shaped holes for the torque converter bolts in the flywheel

Yup! Sorry, I was meaning longblock. :wierd: And the funny "lifter stick" word is.... pushrod, ejemmm CROSBIKE, I'm following your post with fidelity :laugh: What pushrods I must use, the 4.2L ones or the 4.0L? The directions: 4.2L Rods -> 0.03" milled -> 0,03" shimmed balancers are OK...

Pray for me! ;) After rebuilding and tunning an entire 4.0L, I think I'm prepared to do an stroker. I was looking for a LS1, but after all I'll stay for a more factory look. But I have some problems here to do all this work, with supplies and machining shops, so I need advice to be really...

Thats a possibility... uhmmm, but the front Toyo diff is the one thats making me sad. Also theres the 8 vs 6 bolt question. Israel, sorry I don't know if I asked your question at all. The rear Toyo 8,8" requires rebuliding the diff gasket from time to time or it throws some oil, and the...

I'm from Spain. Thats the reason for that bad english I'm writing :laugh: The fact is that here is very, very difficult to find any parts por an american car. You have to put yourself in 3 or 4 dudes hands for importing big parts and they always want an arm and a leg for the most stupid...

I got a deal on a pair of axles from an 80s military w200. They are a D44 low pinion at the front and a D60 at the back. Both 8 lug. Now i'm running Toyota 8,8" axles (65" wide) in my Jeep and not very happy with this japos. Definately wanna return to "domestics" But I can't decide on buying...

Dino, talking on the block, I simply changed piston rings and bearings, Crankshaft bearings and seals. I left the camshaft and lifters untouched. So that difference in the 4,5 cylinders is so little? Its normal a variation of 1bar? Sorry, the numbers where in bar.... :sad1: John I was...

Yesterday a mecanic I've nearby made a compressión test to my rebuilt 4.0L, as I was complaining about tacking sounds near the 6th cyl and great lack of power. The numbers are: #1 = 9,5 #4 = 8,7 #2 = 9,6 #5 = 8,5 #3 = 9,1 #6 = 9,2 I noticed the difference in the 4th and 5th cyls and...

That thread is very interesting. The fact is that I was thinking for several weeks about that strange D30 that my Xj has. On the last trail I broke the drivers side shaft, and when I came to repair the damage armored with a "new" shaft, spare of my 2.5 YJ I was very surprised. They where...

Sorry Clean, I was so sleepy that day. I just received the new TPS and IAT and will be replacing it in a while, together with crancshaft seals to get ride of my oil leak. It could be interesting if anyone popular here make a poll with the bad/good mpg and the tranny type in question. I guess...