Recent content by snowman313

Well I finally Got 5 minutes of spare time so I did some more digging the head has a very large crack with it running and the oil cap off there is a 2 inch long geyser of coolant some of it actually makes it out the fillercap opening so another 0331 bites the dust.The high idle was do to the...

I won't claim to be an expert because i'm really not but when i asked for the engine back after the dealer changed it we tore it down to see where all the blow by was comming from and so a friend could use some of the parts to repair his for the third time we found 2 pistons with cracks from...

I work for a fire and ambulance service and we bought a 1995 6.5 liter to try one after all the problems we had with 7.3 non turbo fords and it was the most problematic amblulance we have ever owned even worse than some of the 6.0 and 6.4 fords were suffering through right now. The first issue...

well I got home late last night from work but i had to check and sure enough 0331 head and i can see coolant sitting ontop of a head bolt under the oil filler cap so the head is junk. and the block has a 53005535 casting so it looks like i have a 88-90 block that i don't have any history on so...

hastawell I found the source of the trouble finally, and boy i feel dumb the person that changed this motor had hooked the pcm grounds to the starter not only one but both one on the battery hot stud and the other one on the starter motor stud which is why things went nuts when cranking these...

Well this is good news now i have a lead to follow instead of shooting in the dark since the last post i have been looking at a wireing diagram and I'm thinking mabe I could have a problem in the heated o2 sensor wireing because if I'm right that circuit has a 12 volt lead that i fed by relay...

again thanks for helping out i did check the 5 volt referance at the pcm and i have 5.2 volt with the key in the run position but as soon as i have someone crank it over it goes to battery voltage. I agree it sound like a ground issue and it is entirely possible do to the fact someone has...

ok last night i got my hands on a otc Pegisys scan tool there are no engine codes this scanner has a scope feature that give me some information that i don't know what to do with, at the pcm connector the crank sensor signal wire give one sign wave that goes clear off the 5 volt scale when i...

on a wim i changed the crank sensor and still no signal to the coil i reindexted the cam sensor again still in the right place i tested the 5 volt refrence at the cam and crank sensor also checked the ground at both sensors i don't no how to test the signal from the 2 sensors anyone no how to do...

After reading everything i can find i think it has the correct flexplate. The pic from rockauto never shows the tone ring very well. But based on what i read in the factory manual i have the right one. If you have more info on this project i would love to hear it is the older short block...

thanks do you no what they look like because i don't know if they switched it when they changed the short block so i have no way of knowing which one i have

i just purchased a 2001 xj and the original owner swaped in a short block from a earlier comanche pickup (not sure of the year) and was never able to make it start it sat for 2 year and i bought it for dirt cheap it has no crank signal to the coil pack and i think the problem is the wrong tone...