So Cal desert rats

[Paul Airhart]

Cool, I wonder if they make a diesel version.

 

[Vanimal]

THEY aren't making them, another chinese company baught the tooling and is making them again. the jeep one ended in 2006. it is called a BAW Qishi now.

 

[XJrealm]

THEY aren't making them, another chinese company baught the tooling and is making them again. the jeep one ended in 2006. it is called a BAW Qishi now.

Interesting!

Paul: it would be cool to have a diesal! I have heard the stock chrysler diesal wasn't that great though. I have read about a few conversion jobs but they sound like tooooo much work! O how I would love the mpg's and torque though!

 

[Paul Airhart]

A Guy I know in hawaii did a conv on a pathfinder. He put the 5 cylinder turbocharged diesel out of the 300 "C" class mercedes. Torque.

 

[XJrealm]

Sweet!

 

[Vanimal]

holy friggin nerf bars batman!

 

[tone]

digging the light pods on the roof, wonder if its a scoop made to fit a light?

 

[Paul Airhart]

Sweet!

It's a 4-runner, not a pathfinder.

The build:
http://bentframe4x4.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=rigbuildups&action=display&thread=749


video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usx3rwbiKy0&feature=youtu.be

 

[Paul Airhart]

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!

 

[tone]

and to you too sir!

 

[Paul Airhart]

The game fish is an Ulua.

 

[tone]

you should give the fish a crazy head. like a R.F. type head/make the jeep all crazy looking, just for fun looks cool though

 

[tone]

what are the damn odds - I was my jeep yesterday for like the first time in a year and it rained this morning! Just goes to show you it was meant to be dirty...

 

[XJrealm]

what are the damn odds - I was my jeep yesterday for like the first time in a year and it rained this morning! Just goes to show you it was meant to be dirty...

These days a jeep wash is hosing it down and drying the windows just so I can see out of em! Maybe that's why my truck over heats.....I guess I should use a sponge and some soap next time!

 

[XJrealm]

So an updates from Tuesday night....Curt set me up with Jeff to get another perspective on my cooling problem (not to mention he has every tool/tester know to mankind). Well we pressurized the system and discovered that I tight hose clamps like a little girl. Other than that it help pressure fine. Next we checked for exhaust gases in the coolant; non to be found. So then we extreme burped the truck using jeff's big @ss lift, we put the truck at a near 90degree angle. So far no big changes.

I have to go to palm springs today so that should be a good fwy test. Next we'll try a 180 tstat because if the holds the temps down for longer it means my rad is working, if not then it might mean my new rad is no good. I have to give a big thanks to Jeff as I appreciate having his knowledge base thrown into this nightmare of a project.

 

[Paul Airhart]

All good news, except for the little girl part:rattle: And You know it's not the engine.

 

[XJrealm]

I would like to still run a compression test on the cylinders just to make sure they are all good, but the tests we ran should mean the head gasket is good.

 

[Paul Airhart]

I would like to still run a compression test on the cylinders just to make sure they are all good, but the tests we ran should mean the head gasket is good.

Yup.
The high flow water pump helped ours. But I can't say if it would do the same for yours.Maybe a tune up if it hasn't had one lately, how is it running?

 

[tone]

yep

 

[tone]

Hell yea HF is gonna be open 7/13/12!