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Beep beep bought a jeep. 1990 with the tan interior bits and a 4.2L I6 + automatic. The seats are in rough shape and its slower than hell but I love it. 
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Apr 20, 2014 03:15
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Sandbagger SA posted:The A999 3 speed auto is pretty awful. Do you have the original carb still? Yeah, it's the original. The tranny is pretty bad (reminds me of the th350 my el Camino had, minus the V8 to push it) but it feels more like the cat is clogged up. Were going to pull it off this weekend to see if that's the case
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Apr 21, 2014 20:56
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My 4.2L YJ is throwing engine oil into the air intake compartment. Seems to do it mostly under load since I couldnt see any flying out while it idled but a few new drops appeared when I checked after giving it some gas. It seems fairly anemic power-wise but it starts up reliably (as well as a 24 year old carbed engine ever will, anyway) and idles smoothly at ~600. What did I break?
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May 2, 2014 00:18
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Krakkles posted:Sounds like PCV valve, but I don't know if that has one. You are correct, it does. I'd been assuming it was coming out of the carb due to the location of the splatter. So I tried searching for PCV valve issues and sure enough, my exact issue and a probable solution: http://www.wranglerforum.com/f218/pcv-valve-122291.html#post1738599 Thanks! 
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May 2, 2014 03:19
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kastein posted:Not important at all. Seconding this. My El Camino had one as well. Pretty sure it's sound deadening or fire retardant.
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May 20, 2014 21:21
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Polish posted:Unless its made to keep fire in the engine bay or the vehicle is designed to drive through fire.. I doubt it is that. Looked it up now that I'm not at work. Most sources say about the same things. It keeps down a little engine noise, flame resistant, helps it warm up faster in cold weather by trapping heat. Also a few forum posts suggest it keeps the hood paint from discoloring due to heat. Plausible enough I guess.
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May 21, 2014 01:36
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Well. Turns out I'm retarded.  So to divert attention from that fact, is doing this to a 4.2 dumb? http://www.4x4wire.com/jeep/tech/electrical/jn-ignition99/ Various jeep forums swear by it but chopping up wiring and playing with ignition timing because the internet said so seems like a bad idea.
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May 21, 2014 03:55
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I haven't found reasonably priced replacement seats with an adjustable back yet and, aside from being in lousy shape, the original drivers side seat has contracted a terrible case of Gangsta Lean. So they switched places. The seats seem identical except for one little problem. On what was the original outer edge the seats have a section of cloth instead of vinyl. This section rubs against the roll bar and was cloth to prevent it from squeaking every time you move. The inner edge does not have this and it has become very annoying very quickly. I'll have to find a rag or something to jam in there.
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May 25, 2014 18:16
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Crap. Hit a speed bump slightly faster than usual on the way to work and the YJs front end came down pretty hard. Now I've got a knocking sound while turning at low speed. Google suggests it's a sway bar bushing and from the various forum posts I've read that sounds like it but is there anything else I should check while I'm poking around at the suspension?
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Jun 5, 2014 15:15
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kastein posted:
Your jeep can do 80? Lucky. My yj tops out at 70 and the fuel economy goes to "watch the needle drop" over about 55. Strangely it's fine at non highway speeds.
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Jun 11, 2014 03:43
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Godholio posted:Sup 2.5 buddy. Mine got 13 mpg on the highway with a top speed of 65 unless I was driving with/into the wind. Had so much fun in the mud with that thing though... This is with the 4.2 I6. Something's wrong but I haven't figured out what yet. Probably the carb since everything else is pretty much new. I seafoamed it a few weeks back which got my low speed fuel use back to a reasonable 16 to 18 mpg, so it's probably fixable. I'm also not leaking or burning any coolant/oil, which is nice. Hopefully it's not the transmission being a piece of poo poo. I'm not thrilled with the three speed auto but an ax15 swap is way above my ability.
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Jun 11, 2014 12:09
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No picture because phone posting, but drat this thing looks cool. https://knoxville.craigslist.org/pts/4516786181.html
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Jun 12, 2014 21:27
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It turns out mostly stock YJ's with saggy leafs and all-terains handle mud pretty ok.   I ended up having to crawl out of the pit and go around since I didn't have the ride height and was digging myself into the mud. But it didnt require winching/towing to escape so I'll count that as a success. It also fords rivers around a foot deep fairly nicely. All in all a fun day of making a mess.
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Jun 22, 2014 23:10
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This thread is a hazard to my bank account. I've been digging through Craigslist all day for a decent Comanche even though I have nowhere to put one. I've seriously considered selling my rx8 to get a 99 Cherokee. And I have a list thousands of dollars long of stuff to do to my wrangler. I blame all of you. You jerks. 
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Jun 27, 2014 18:42
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I was finally able to go topless, just in time for an absolutely gorgeous day and the 4th. I also made a cart for the top that I am unreasonably proud of. It's just a couple of 2x4s and casters. 
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Jul 3, 2014 17:58
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Ozmiander posted:How are you un/installing the top? I'm still stuck with the "hunker under it and hulk out" method.. Open the rear window, place one hand under the door area and the other under through the gap in the back. Then instruct the second person to do the same.  It's much easier (and probably safer) to get a friend to help our for five minutes than to risk dropping it while hulking.
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Jul 3, 2014 20:28
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Molten Llama posted:But most shops don't want to touch the magic voodoo box—be that Chrysler's or Toyota's—when they can sell you a rebuild for less labor, less time in a bay, less risk, and a higher margin. $250 solenoid pack? $50 line pressure sensor? Nah, you need a new transmission from Jasper for $2500. Diagnosis and repair are for chumps. On the other hand, misdiagnosing a small problem results in a pissed off customer, lost time, labor costs, and parts, and a black mark on their reputation if the customer tells still their friends how poo poo x shop is. Anecdotal example: my old civic was popping out of fifth at highway speeds. The shop I took it to had a decent reputation and thought it was a worn synchro ( I think, trannies are voodoo to me). They put a new one on and it worked fine for a month. Then it started doing it again. Another examination, slave cylinder was failing. That got replaced, it didn't fix anything. Turns out the gasket keeping the grease in had a tiny leak and was leaving fifth unlubed, but didn't leak out all the fluid so the others weren't affected. They lost a shitton of money and i didn't have a car for a month. A new tranny would have cost more up front but it would have saved me a month of lost wages (pizza delivery), saved them labor, and I wouldn't tell stories of their incompetence at every opportunity. e: vvv True. Transmission World in Knoxville TN. Stay far, far away. Great Beer fucked around with this message at 21:00 on Jul 9, 2014 |
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Jul 9, 2014 19:31
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Untagged posted:Is there any viable ways to transport your doors if you want to travel from one place to another without said doors? Only stuff I see on the parts websites are for door storage on a wall or bags for moving. This is for a 2DR Wrangler. Wrap them in towels and throw them in the back is what do. I have half doors though.
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Jul 18, 2014 02:47
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But if it didn't fold down how would you fit the 30 cal in the passenger side?
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Jul 18, 2014 18:55
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Is that a 4 door jk configured as a 2 door soft top truck? 
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Jul 18, 2014 21:22
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Why they hell do they bolt steering wheels on if they don't come off when unbolted anyway?  
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Aug 2, 2014 14:41
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http://knoxville.craigslist.org/cto/4601160583.html It's beautiful and I can't afford it. 
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Aug 4, 2014 19:49
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BrokenKnucklez posted:I think that would all be a kastien question, he might know the lego's behind what works together and what doesn't. Theres always the classic SBC option.
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Aug 5, 2014 01:09
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I guess my jeeps not getting a new steering wheel. One of the holes the removal tool screws into was completely stripped at some point in the last 25 years. Trying it with one did this: E; but not before removing it 1/8 inches off the stewing column
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Aug 5, 2014 23:02
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Powershift posted:Have you tried hitting it with a hammer? No, but I have cursed profusely. Update: I have hit it with a hammer. This is not working. All I have is a small claw hammer though. Great Beer fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Aug 5, 2014 |
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Aug 5, 2014 23:07
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A tap set is definitely in my future. And yeah, I quit hammering after a hit or two when it became obvious it wasn't going to work. I've broken enough poo poo today.
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Aug 6, 2014 01:41
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Pine Cone Jones posted:I've been looking all around and the law in Massachusetts is rather vague. I'm driving up to Maine soon, from Massachusetts, and I don't care enough to put my doors back on. I've got a drivers side mirror and a rear view mirror, I've yet to be bothered by the police about not having doors or a passenger mirror to this point, but I'd rather be safe then sorry. Should I be fine as I am or would I need to get a passenger mirror as well? JeepForum has a nice list of mirror laws by state here that should be helpful. It even has a few legalese-to-English translations.
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Aug 11, 2014 20:49
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FreelanceSocialist posted:Today's "Jeep" is the halo Wranglers and a bunch of other vehicles that people who wanted a Wrangler end up settling for due to price/wife/kids/etc. Aside from the price tag the new wranglers are pretty nice. A friend bought a two door JK and from what I've seen its just as capable off road as any factory TJ but is significantly less bad on the road. Fortunately yesterday's Jeeps haven't rusted away yet, so the option for something cheap and dirty is still there for the rest of us.
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Aug 14, 2014 20:45
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BoostCreep posted:Should have opted for Quadra Drive II. Instead he'll be badmouthing Jeeps until the day he dies because he bought the shittiest AWD the Grand Cherokee has to offer. No amount of 4wd will fix his lovely tires and poor throttle control. This is hard to watch.
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Aug 15, 2014 12:21
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Sandbagger SA posted:But isn't the "wrangler image" 4wd and convertible? Maybe I'm not getting this. I don't see anything in this video that can't be done by the average Camry.
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Aug 19, 2014 02:41
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Took the YJ on some trails today. Wet clay on street tires might as well be ice, but it was fun sliding around and getting dirty. I think I broke something though: On the left is the front left tire. On the right is the rear left. These were close enough to even when I left this morning.
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Sep 22, 2014 00:51
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I finally quit slacking off and properly attached my CB antenna. Now instead of poorly attached via one bolt in the old tailgate bumpstop location, its properly secured to the bumpstop itself. Only problem is I didnt notice the bumpstop sits at a slight angle when drilling the holes, so now the antenna points forward a bit.   Hopefully now I wont have to reattach it every time I clip a low hanging tree branch.
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Oct 18, 2014 01:37
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Well that was annoying. Got to spend 15 minutes freezing my rear end off at a gas station while my YJ tried to make up its mind if it wanted to start or not. It drove there with no issues but after filling up with gas refused to start back up. It would turn over and occasionally the engine would sputter to life but once it did it had a distinct pinging sound and idled at around 200 rpm for a few second before stalling. Also a little bit of smoke came out the back. Bluish white, possibly just white. The gas station lights were a bit blue and made it hard to tell. Then I stood there cursing at it for a few minutes and gave it one last try before starting to google possible problems on my phone and it started right up and sounded fine. Maybe it doesnt like the cold.
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Nov 2, 2014 04:11
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EightBit posted:Is that carbed? Vapor lock? Yeah, carbed. It's a 4.2. Vapor locks symptoms seem similar but it seems odd it would happen when the outside temp was near freezing instead of during all those summer miles I put on it.
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Nov 2, 2014 05:54
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Your weekend sounds a lot better than mine. Yesterday I discovered neither of my jacks can lift high enough to get my YJs tires off the ground. Then tonight I discovered the cause of what I thought was irregular and excessive fuel consumption was that the gauge doesn't work correctly and reads approximately 1/8th of a tank higher than it should. Unfortunately I discovered this when it ran out of gas while reading 1/8th of a tank on the highway in a construction zone with shoulders about the width of the car. 
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Nov 10, 2014 04:08
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My YJ has gone from being a pain in the cold to bring downright antagonistic. When the outside temps are below 40 or so it starts up fine from cold and will run for a bit without issue. Then it stalls and starts back up but has a lumpy idle and can't break 2k rpms. Then it stalls once I let off the gas and wont start up for 10 minutes or so. It also burns fuel like it's going out of style until it warms up. When it's warmed up either due to outside temps or a previous drive it works fine. I pulled the spark plugs and they're whitish. No picture but it looks like a misfire on one of those numerous spark plug problem identification charts. I swapped then out but it didn't help. The wires are all good and the distributer looks brand new. Does anyone have any suggestions on where I should look next to track down this issue?
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Nov 16, 2014 23:28
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I think I may have found the source of my cold idle issues: These little bastards (the disassembly instructions i found called it the venturi assembly) are completely clogged. I can't even jam a wire through them to clear them out. I don't know anything about carbs, but I'm assuming that's not good or normal.
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Nov 18, 2014 23:07
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The list I found shows that 99+ WJs had the 0331 head casting. Other 4.0s had the 0331 casting in 2000 and later models. If you want to look, the casting number should be above the #4 exhaust port on the manifold side.
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Nov 19, 2014 02:06
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Stupid 6PM sunset. Almost got my carb put back on my YJ before I lost daylight, now I'll have to finish tomorrow. Probably could have finished but I couldnt be bothered to push the Jeep into the garage. All thats left is figuring out where all those vac hoses connect and getting the fuel mixture set, which shouldnt be too challenging. Its just fiddling with a pair of screws, right? Hopefully that fixes its detonation/idle issue, because I'm pretty much lost otherwise.
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Dec 5, 2014 04:59
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Me right about now: http://youtu.be/Lw35zw8dHnM Was finally able to put my carb back together and it actually ran on the first try! Vacuum hoses can suck it! Although now instead of running lean it's running super rich and sending fuel or oil or something out the tailpipe. I assume that's a fuel mixture issue.
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Dec 7, 2014 23:33
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