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- Nashville, TN
I put in balance beads tonight. I used about 7 oz in each tire. I took a quick 2 mile drive at 70 mph and it feels better. We'll see over time.
Weekend is over...what did you get done?
- Thread starter Mr.Shrek
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POLAR_JEEP_04
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- Ohio
Ho bags balls?
Georgia Mike
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- Flowery Branch,GA
I'm sitting here psyching myself up for another round of "let's pull the transmission outta the ZJ again" Needless to say I'm REALLY longing for those days that I worked on something not because I HAD to, but because I wanted to upgrade or improve things because the end result would be to have more fun on the trails! Hopefully this will be the last of this saga :bawl:
- Location
- Nashville, TN
Nope. He isn't carrying them anymore. I used Daisy Zinc Plated BBs.
- Location
- Harrisburg, NC
I believe I was the last to get some of ho bag's balls due to lack of interest.
Ho bag's balls sure do work great!
POLAR_JEEP_04
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- Ohio
Well that's a bummer
Georgia Mike
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- Flowery Branch,GA
Got the transmission pulled from the ZJ yesterday morning. It wasn't nearly as bad as the first time. I remembered all the trouble spots this time and it went like butter....except for the time that I nearly knocked myself out from hitting my head on the lift arm. OUCH! Then I finally fixed the two leaking tires and bent rim that I left Gulches with a while back. Sold the MJ today, then pulled a VW Thing engine to hopefully sell this coming Friday.
Things are finally looking up for us! :cheers:
Things are finally looking up for us! :cheers:
94xjsport94
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- Carrollton, GA
Great to hear Mike.
I pulled my Jeep's engine this afternoon. Going to start a rebuild this week. Just need to sell a bunch of parts...
I pulled my Jeep's engine this afternoon. Going to start a rebuild this week. Just need to sell a bunch of parts...
highspeed
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- Owens Cross Roads, Alabama
Going for basic rebuild?
I spent two days piecing my z71 4l60e back together. This time with z-Pack 3-4 clutch pack, new seals throughout, transgo shift kit, and corvette servo. Excited to get this thing back on the road so I can park the XJ for a while.
- Location
- Harrisburg, NC
Flew to California this morning and worked today. Looking forward to taking Friday off for a three day weekend as repayment.
94xjsport94
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- Location
- Carrollton, GA
Fingers are crossed to just do a re ring kit, but it could turn into something more.
highspeed
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- Owens Cross Roads, Alabama
It's always something more! It's male nature! We can't leave well enough....alone. ;-)
POLAR_JEEP_04
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- Location
- Ohio
Isn't that the truth!
shortxjdoug
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- Chattanooga tn
If you give a mouse a re-ring hes going to want pistons, if he gets pistons hell want an overbore, if he does the overbore he wants to go ahead and do a 4.2 crank and rods, if you give him the new rotating assembly hes going to want a cam, and before you know it its a stroker and your wallet is 3k lighter
POLAR_JEEP_04
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- Ohio
That's about the cost of a 5.3 swap nowadays.
Georgia Mike
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- Flowery Branch,GA
What were your compression readings? How many miles are on the engine?
Lowrange2
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- Location
- Abbeville, SC
I bet most of the smoke screen is from leaking valve stem seals. Make sure you have the hear reworked while it's off.
Georgia Mike
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- Flowery Branch,GA
That's the same direction I was headed. Just wanted to be sure he checked the compression and did a leakdown test. New valve seals have cured two of my 4.0's smokescreen issues.
94xjsport94
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- Location
- Carrollton, GA
This ^. Stop tempting me guys, I'm poor.
I rented a compression tester from O Reilly's when I did them in March or so. I don't know if the gauge was faulty or not, but they were LOW.
After the terrible numbers I got from all the cylinders (they were all just about the same, and all really low), I did a wet compression test. Those numbers were about 20-30 higher, IIRC. I'll post pics of the piston heads in a second, I have never seen anything like this before. I got the top ring off the number 6 cylinder tonight and put it back in the cylinder. With my feeler gauges the gap was about .0060 and I believe it is supposed to be .020, IIRC again. I also don't remember if that is the right number of 0's, but my brain is tired.
While I am sure I will need to do the valve seals, I'm pretty confident this was the main issue. I will be doing valve seals and possibly main bearings, too.
Good news, synthetic oil really cleaned my engine up. 0 sludge anywhere, oil screen looked clean, and the head looked really good. I do have a broken bolt in the rear exhaust hole of the head I need to remove, and I broke the temp sender in the back of the head. I'll attach pics from my phone in just a second.
Doug, I am going to PM you.
94xjsport94
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- Carrollton, GA
Pics:
Look at the scarring on the on top of the piston. I am guessing it is the ceramic from an old plug, but I don't know. I have never been in a car/ big engine, just lawnmowers and race go carts.
1&2 are perfect, the rest have a little, and 6 is the worst. I haven't cleaned 3 yet, that's why it is dirty.
Look at the scarring on the on top of the piston. I am guessing it is the ceramic from an old plug, but I don't know. I have never been in a car/ big engine, just lawnmowers and race go carts.
1&2 are perfect, the rest have a little, and 6 is the worst. I haven't cleaned 3 yet, that's why it is dirty.
