Recent content by XJ_Dan

I'm in the process of doing this same job myself, although not for the same reasons, I had to pull the head off mine because one of the manifold studs broke, and caused a nasty air leak when things warmed up, so the whole head ended up having to go in and get machined... but I digress, Having...

If you're really hellbent on throwing a snorkel on, here's a cheap and effective solution and having done it myself, it's tough to tell it's a home job, it looks sharp, and if you follow the directions, it's effective as well. Taken from: http://www.4wheeler.ca/index.php?showtopic=5713 My...

Well, it's been a busy weekend of ripping my heep apart, I started out with a busted stud on the cylinder head that was causing a leak in my intake manifold, looked like it was going to be a simple 2 hour job, but it didn't quite end up that way, Anyways, here I sit with the entire head off, and...

as things would have it, it was indeed the manifold bolts, all of em were finger tight, so you can only imagine my surprise at that. I torqued em all down again, and life is good, engine runs like a dream now. Thanks for all the help! I may probably would have hung myself in the bathroom before...

I've got myself a bit of a problem I can't seem to figure out here, I've got a 1990 4.0 L - standard tranny that after it warms up and is driven a bit (5 - 10 minutes) the engine starts to idle high, between 2000 - 2500. I've tried the obvious, cleaning the throttle body and changing out the...