Recent content by Spenser

Installed a professionally rebuilt set of Bosch 4-hole injectors today - old injectors looked clean other than some dirt on the outside. Intake holes were not too dirty, but I cleaned 'em up a little while I had things apart. Mostly everything came apart and went back together easily with...

I don't know if anyone cares - mostly updating this like it's a journal, hah... I changed oil again after another 700 miles. came out looking clean, whereas the last change had a slight coolant swirl from the old stuff. that makes two 700 mile changes on T6, and this time I had picked up...

changed oil yesterday evening. I was probably at 6-700 miles at that point after the new head. the oil had remnants of coolant swirling in it, but was mostly pretty clean looking, aside from the darker color it picked up in that time period. I put more T6 in, and already had the larger Wix...

roger that. might as well do a change this week - thanks!

thanks for the tips - I had more or less gathered that doing a couple short OCIs is a good idea after this type of work. I think I'm at about 500 miles so far - you think I should go ahead and change it soon? a few of the forums/etc I read suggested somewhere around 1,000 miles, but I'm open to...

forgot to mention, there was only a very light ticking sound before the new head, which was only there during idle and tended to faded in and out, and was even quieter or gone after being warm for a bit. it got a little more noticeable after we replaced the head and I switched to the 5w40 T6...

feel free to correct me if any of my thinking is off - some of it has got to be from coolant, but I'm not sure how long the crack was there. a lot of the photos I've seen of Jeeps with sludge from coolant leaks have the lighter colored milky/orange crap, but mine was all dark like the color of...

IMO, it's one of the nicest looking things I've ever owned, and I think my current favorite XJ is the ghost grey. something about that colorway....

funny you mention tides.... my brother had a stock TJ for a little while, and it got stuck in a particularly muddy cove - they weren't able to get it out before it was flooded. thanks for the heads up on front coils if I choose a "better" leaf spring pack - the post I read was probably an...

I got it on eBay through a shop in Chicago (windy city engineering?), which had a perfect rating, and I took the chance. it was very clean and all the resurfacing/etc work was done, and came with new springs/valves. I had it shipped to AML in Seattle through my old work account - it was $475...

update - replaced the head over the first weekend after arriving home, so about three weeks ago. had the help of a good friend for a lot of it. got lucky and everything went smooth - only one bolt gave us any trouble, and that was one of the manifold studs out of the old head. it was time...

Thank you for your long reply! and greetings, fellow Alaskan... my friend in Reno is familiar enough with the things you mentioned regarding a reman/junkyard head, but I wouldn't say he is an "expert" overall. he has a built XJ in the family that they rally around off-road down there, and I...

Typical issue of cracked 0331 head between cylinder 3 and 4 on a 2001 XJ sport with 164k miles. I can run it with the oil cap off and watch the coolant slowly bead out of the crack, so there is no doubt about it. Also have low oil pressure and obviously slowly losing coolant, but still have...