Recent content by Aloha Joe

Thank you. I tried different search terms and found a bunch of info. I guess I was hyper fixated on it being the head gasket and forgot to include "pulley" in my search. Sorry for duplicating a common thread. If moderators want to delete this, please feel free.

Jeep was sitting, one day the floor was wet with coolant. This was not long after bypassing the heater core. It’s been sitting since, maybe 6-8 weeks. Today i added coolant to see where its leaking from, it immediately started dripping from near the belt pulley. I drained the oil...

lol. I hope you have the best time. If you need anything at all, please don’t hesitate to PM.

After spending a few hours in the ocean, or when driving with a female on a wet January night, it’s nice to have heat in the Jeep. Maybe this will motivate a dash restoration.

Heater core lasted 5 years,10,000 miles in a garage kept, highway driven Jeep. I was just searching to see when I did this and where the core came from. It was supposed to be the better option (Performance Radiator.) What a pita.

Here’s an email response from Harman (Infinity and JBL) to my question about dash pods, saying specifically *all* of their car speakers are designed *not* to go in a sealed box. (His comment about “stuff” is in response to my question about polyfill stuffing.) I have no reason to think most...

@89grand (if you’re still here) thanks for this thread and sticking around as long as you did. I fell for the "internet wisdom" and bought the Speaker Pods. They sound like garbage to me, though others might enjoy what they gain from them more than they dislike what they sacrifice In terms of...

I know the thread is a little old, but not much comes up when searching for info on leveling a TJ. Below is a stock photo of a 2005 Wrangler. My 2005 Rubicon sits just like this, and is about 1.5" lower in the front than the rear when measuring at the center of the wheel well. My springs...

I've not been in a flying fighter jet, but I helped design some of them, as well as engines for them. In the original Top Gun, we know that Maverick gets into jet wash and stalls an engine. The early F14s had Pratt and Whitney engines and they were known to have compressor stall issues. There...

Not very. I came to the same conclusion, its not worth not doing right.

I hate to say this but I’m going to add to the "confusion" (or, adding to the clarity!?) The specification says .15 degrees +/- 0.06 degrees per wheel, but it also says 0.06 degrees max Right/Left difference . I believe this is to accommodate variation in ‘heading" (where the average of the...

It’s been some time now so I thought I’d update. When I started this thread I was researching the cost of engine overhauls, new engines, and even made a trip to the new Jeep dealer. I never believed the liquid solutions would work or last. But my Jeep is back to normal. Once in a while it makes...

Over the past couple weeks I added MMO, drove a little, and did oil changes. I added MMO on the way home from work and it was quiet by the time I got home. So I did that twice. Last night I changed again with what I would consider “better” conventional 10w-30, Mopar filter and added a bottle of...

If you have time to wait, I would get Moog from Rock Auto. Last night I got Duralast from Autozone because I didn’t want to wait. It seems decent but is double the price. Note that many parts use plastic bearings. Moog uses steel, the better Duralast uses steel.

Thanks. I'll try to pull the rod end from the pitman arm, but I don't want to ruin it.