Recent content by nickguy

Well perhaps it is me who deserves to be fleabitten and serves me right for posting from the hip. Looking at it more closely the Crown dizzy uses a steel spacer between the stator and the pulse ring mount which is actually an improvement on the factory plastic spacer. It looks like the idea...

So there are times that I have faith in humanity. This is not one of those times. Noticed on install that the I could turn the rotor arm independent of the shaft. Crown had shipped the distributor minus the plastic coupling that ties the hall effect sensor to the rotor. I suspect that...

Redid grounds to Dipstick... pretty atrocious state. Refreshed Coil/ICM connections... Some corrosion on coil terminals.. Cleaned and replaced. Plug wires nearly new and really clean.. While looking at the distributor/rotor arm/cap I decided that 250k miles is about enough. Am going to...

Want to thanks Cruiser54 for all his work. Brilliant list. Have not had a repeat of the problem yet but am going through the list. Of course finding things that I had thought sorted but not. Am definitely planning on doing some of the ground improvement bits. Merry Christmas

All helpful stuff and appreciated. However please assume that I will have covered the basics. Dual deep cycle batteries, ground straps up the ying yang, newish components all round. I am hoping to document my process in case it is useful for others. My intended question was "have you ever...

90 Renix manual tranny... It is a testimonial to the Renix XJ engine system that I have not had any issues with it for years. Recently I noticed that my 5 year old exhaust manifold was cracked so when the Jeep died on the freeway and restarted after a couple of minutes and then died on me a...

So I have 3 VHF antennae. 2 are the basic Motorola style 1/4 wave style. The other is a larger one mounted on the tire carrier that I use for my main radio. The idea is to use the roof as a ground plain. I have some interference from the cage but all in all the little antenna works darn...

Agreed on the tensioner setup... it is lame. So you have swapped in post 96 brackets to Renix manifolds??

Does anyone know what is different about 89 and 90 power steering pumps? On Rock Auto and other sites they list a different pump for those years than other Renix years.... Anyway just curious. I will explore the junkyard at some point to compare but wondered if anyone knew.

I know this an old post but I just have to say Right On Brother.

So did not update this but the head was the problem. #1 exhaust valve had pretty much destroyed it's seat the head was essentially scrap. Head had been rebuilt once and other seats were pretty much toast. Pulled a head with 175k from a pick and pull did a rebuild and the I do not have to...

Can anyone let me know if you can fit replacement valve seats for a RENIX head? Have a severely damaged seat on 1 exhaust valve and want to see if it can be repaired sourcing a new head. Thanks

Number 1 cylinder down to 60 psi.. All others > 140 psi. No blowby. Head coming off.

two years later... Different engine Cruise Limit HC PPM = 400 me 192 = PASS CO % = 3.00 me 0.94 = PASS Idle limit HC PPM = 400 me 1176 = FAIL CO % = 3.00 me .71 = PASS Initial test. O2 sensor is working fine and cycling. Must have a bad plug or injector will report when diagnosed. I also...

So I am thinking of retrofitting AC to my 90. It had everything stripped off of it before I bought it except, the heater box components and the compressor. I used the compressor for OBA but am basically tired of manually oiling it and it just died. Rather than simply replacing the compressor...