Recent content by LK22

Thought I'd throw in what I could. I ran 33x11.5 with 5in of lift in an xj with stock everything else and 3.55 gears. Got ~18mpg highway and ~15mpg around town. Dropping down one size in tires and putting on a banks header/2.5in exhaust combo bumped my mpg by 2 on both ends. I know that's not...

Also would it be possible to just run it as is and factor in how much the connection is off to the dipstick and then fix on next fluid change? I.e. if the top tube is a half inch off of full seat, the fluid on the stick is a half inch higher than it appears.

So it definitely would affect my fluid reading? You think I could just unbolt the top half and try to twist it down in or too risky?

I did a transmission fluid change on my 94xj and when I removed the pan I had to stand in the pan and pull quite hard to separate the dipstick tube at the coupling. Then when I reinstalled everything the tubes wouldn't sear fully together again. There's about a 1/2in until the bump of the top...