Recent content by The_Hoove

Ya. Thought about the dizzy early on, its tight.

Radiator is brand new, and its been happening driving in the snow. Engine has not been hot. And it was more rpm related, not load. I could watch misfires count like mad running it in the shop above 2k rpm, no load. Im hopefull the cps fixed.it, but will need a few more drive cycles to be sure.

Cleared the codes at lunch and drove it. Put a crank sensor in it after work, drove to the gas station, then home 30 miles. The later a 60 mile drive code free. Im hopefull so farm it seems to fell smoother upper rpm and pull just a hair better. But that coukd just be me.

The msd coil was simply because i was doing a coil anyways, and it was only a few dollars more than a standard one, and for years ive had good luck with the standard round msd coils. Wasent looking to gain anything. As for crank sensor, i got aftermarket because its was i could afford and get...

So drove it wirh the fuel pressure gauge on. Was dead on 40psi everywhere. Decided just for the heck of it to get a second opinion, and tried a different gauge....50psi. Our shop gauge is reading off by 10psi. I trust the newer snap-on gauge over our shops older gauge. Im going to try a crank...

Trust me, i know crazy. I work in a truck repair shop that specializes in it. We get the stuff other shops cant figure out, every tech that has worked here is amazed by the strangeness of the porblems we see. Weve been told by dealers that that never fails, they have never seen it, but it...

Opps my bad. Typo, yes spec is 49 +-5. Im at 39-40, any rpm, including full load against coverter stall. So im 5psi below minimum. I am in process of fixing fuel pressure, but have my doubts, due to how well it runs. But i havent ruled it out yet.

Coil is new msd blaster coil. Did it with old coil as well. If i drive ir to work, its 30 miles home, 2500 elevation gain, several 6% grades. Pulls 70mpg no probem up thise grades in 3rd (auto), at 3000 rpm on 35s. I see around 15mpg in the same mountain highway driving. It pulls hard all the...

I have a 96 4.0 Sport, auto. Short back story, bought it, drove it a few hundred miles, built suspension for it, drove it a bit, took it on a day drive. During the drive, the alternator died. Drove home, 60 miles, with no alternator. Stuck a Used alternator in it from a buddies part jeep. A few...

I grew up working at a ski resort. The graders from the factory had the belt style. But eventually rotted and fell of. For years my dad was making replacements out of chain like this. Where i got the idea. But i wanted fully removable as well. I want to be able to have nothing on the side or...

I may eventually type a build thread for my XJ. But for now I though some people might be interested in this. But first a short back story to explain the "Why Bother?" behind this. 3 years ago, 2 weeks after getting married, my wife got sick. Found out she has an Auto Immune disorder that...

I have 2, probably the craigslist ones, 1.25" spidertrax, 5x4.5 pattern.

We had a 460 ford powering a snow making generator at the ski resort i worked at. Came in one morning to find the generator torn from block, starter laying on the floor....broke the govenor belt and overspead it. Guess thatts not the type of starter falling off you talking about. But at work...

Jonathan, 20 minutes from Fordyce, returning member under new username from 6-7 years ago. Used to wheel this: Sold it about 6 years ago to build a 75 scout II, and have regretted every minute of it. Tomorrow, the scout is being traded for a very nice 96 4dr xj and a 78 f-250 4x4 for parts...