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Yep. Sorry for the camera phone pic, the regular digicam ended up mysteriously broken. I've easily gotten that money out of it by now. It's currently the daily driver as I'm pulling the VR6 out of the Corrado for the big rebuild. I'm not sure how I'll ever get it to pass inspection, but after...

Pffffft... It's a project. If I wasn't so broke these days, and hadn't been under the impression that it was in considerably better condition, I know I’d see a lot more value in it. So long as I can get some good miles out of that engine, it’ll make for a good parts car or a sick trail rig; and...

That's more or less exactly the plan I had. Copper RTV and all. The expanding foam is an awesome idea, though. That'll be useful for the spots in the wayback where the floor is corrugated. I doubt it's going to get done before I put it on the road this weekend, but thankfully I haven't had a...

Not yet. The FAI return hose has only been hooked up for a couple of days though. It has been blowing even more smoke out of the tailpipe ever since I hooked it up. I just don't think that it's had time to really show up on the brand new filter yet. Concerning Additives: I think I'm going to...

I have always noticed that the fuel pump seems to run way too hard. I don't have any method by which to verify that though. It's just loud as hell, especially without any carpet now. I've got to pick up a caliper to replace one that is seized, I might grab a fuel pressure gauge while I'm at the...

Ok. So, going on darjevon said, I started working from the front back. Actually... First I formed and cut the sheet metal to fit and then once it came time to drill through the floorpan for the rivets.... the dremel didn't want to go through. So, after realizing that I'm going to have to get a...

Actually, after thinking about my old FS Grand Wagoneer and a 4Runner... I never had the back windows up on those things, and I never had a problem with exhaust fumes. It has to be either coming through the firewall, or if possible the HVAC. I'm still planning to patch the floor pans as well as...

The muffler is new as of a week ago. The engine has a blowby problem, and I did notice a bit of oil seeping out of some of the weld spots on the muffler, but it shouldn't be anything bad enough to get into the cabin like it is. I'm really wondering if a lot of it isn't coming in through the...

Ok, so I've figured out that the XJ I just bought has a pretty severe exhaust leak into the cabin. Take a look: So, I found a couple of holes in the floor pan. One is dead above the muffler: The other is basically right above the tailpipe: I also found what seems to be a pretty big leak at...

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=900774 And that thread only covers the engine side of the problems.

Yep. I've never put rings on a piston before, but with the blown headgasket as well, I may soon be popping the top to find out how bad things are. I guess to find out if it's even worth putting back together, as well. I'm meeting up with the local Jeep guru tomorrow, so I'm hoping to see if he...

Oh, yeah I left that part out. I did get it up to operating temp and a with the throttle jammed at WOT. And who would I be calling? The shop that sold and installed the motor 2 owners ago (12/2001)? I'd think their hands would be all washed of any responsibility by now. Or the guy I bought it...

I don't have any restore, but I'm going to be running a mix of 10W30, a quart or 2 of 10W40, and a quart of Lucas oil. I haven't decided on the exact mix yet, but I guess I'll be doing so pretty soon. Oh, and I'm hoping that the Seafoam/Lucas will help it to stop pouring smoke out of the...

Well, I'm running the Seafoam through it right now. I'm going to run another compression test in the near future, so I'll be interested to see if the Seafoam has made any difference. When I was under the engine checking for loose manifold bolts, I believe I saw a head gasket leak. That part of...

'90 Renix 4.0 ~36K on Reman. The first time I ran a dry test, the numbers just kept dropping as I worked my way to the back. I figured out that the weak excuse for a battery was draining, so I jumpered it to my other car and kept it running. So, the voltage may've been a bit higher than...

Yeah. Nevermind... I paid $700 for it. And now, it looks like it may have been too much. Anyone got an engine to sell me on the cheap? May need an exhaust manifold, too. Just found out that several of the bolts backed out and they weren't getting a good seal to the block. I'm hoping there's no...

Well, as I'm trying to find cheap or free methods to work on my massive burning-oil-out-of-the-exhaust problem... I thought I might check the timing to be sure that it's not off and creating too much crankcase pressure. I have a question about the wording in the 6th step. I just want to be sure...

Re: Would backed out manifold bolts & smoke at the manifold burn oil & smoke at tailpipe? Yeah.. I figured as much. I should've just researched it more instead of studying for my exam after all. The Jeep blew out another heater hose on the way to the exam, and I had to fix it on the side of...

Would backed out manifold bolts & smoke at the manifold burn oil & smoke at tailpipe? '90 4.0 Renix Ok, I'm really sorry that I could've searched more extensively on this, but I have an exam in 2 hours and I have about 4 pages of essay to write before it. I didn't find anything directly...

Yep. I won't have another dime to spend on it until Friday, so I'm going to spend some time Thursday doing the inspection/troubleshooting routine. I'll check out the balljoints with the old breaker bar under the wheel, and I'll put the channel locks to the tie rod ends. I've already tested the...