Recent content by Grant Lasson

I've had a Flow Kooler water pump on my TJ for at least 10 years. I live in a climate that is hot and dry in the summer (95-100 most summer days) and cool in the winter (25-35 most days). I've got no complaints. I can't say it works better than Mopar and I can't say it is worse.

I'm a long time Novak user. I can't compare it to Savvy but the Novak has worked flawlessly for my use case. I would buy again.

Probably not a good choice. You want to transfer as much energy as sharply as possible. Sometimes the knuckle comes loose pretty quickly. I've had a few that I thought I'd never get apart.

If your first task is to get the knuckles off, then I think lighter than 3# would not be a good idea.

For the knuckles, I like two hammers: 3# and 5#. I set the 3# on the knuckle and hit with the 5#. Seems to keep the knuckle in better shape. Hammers are nothing special--HF or HD. Agree with longer handle on the heavier hammer.

No more stress. I'm my case, i was towing it behind a 40+ ft. diesel motorhome. I left Salt Lake and drove to Glacier NP. Then i left for Calgary where the TC blew up as I was coming into the city. Because the TJ is full time 4wd and the MH has 1400 ft lbs of torque, the TC never had a chance...

This is why I got a trailer. Front driveshaft DC went out while flat towing. It took months to get it back on the road.

Success! I drove over 100 miles and the check engine light did not come on. I was able to get it registered yesterday. I'm happy to have that done but I'm still going to try and rotate at least valves 3 and 4 and do the process again. I'm still getting quite a bit of exhaust popping when I...

I was thinking along those lines as well. I may put some effort into figuring out how to rotate #3 and #4 in situ.

Update: I drove it pretty hard (holding 4500 RPMs for up to 30 seconds 5-6 times) and then I ran Berryman Intake Valve and Combustion Chamber Cleaner through it and let it heat soak for two hours. Then I repeated the hard driving cycle. It seemed to help. Here are the results. Compression #1...

I managed to get the leak down test done today after work. Cylinders 2,4, &5 are all pretty good at 6%, 6%, and 0% loss. #1, #3, and #6 are a different story at 53%, 53%, and 70% respectively. Those leaks seem to be exhaust leaks for the most part. It does seem like the #2 intake might be...

Wow! That is a very useful link. It matches my operating conditions almost perfectly. Let's hope that it works.

I run between 3 and 3.5K quite a bit. I'm sure I run it over 3.5K but not on a sustained basis.

A check engine light showed up just as I needed to register this year. The code showed #3 misfire. I pulled the spark plugs. #3 had some carbon but nothing dramatic. If anything, it showed less wear than the other five. I was shocked at the wear on my Autolite XP985 Iridium plugs in less than...

YES! I didn't make it a practice to lock the rear diff while offroad. After I drove the Hole-in-the-Rock road near Escalante, UT, my rear diff was permanently locked ("crash locking"). There doesn't appear to be any way to replace those gears once they're toast. I chose an ARB to replace which...