Recent content by vrtillman

Anyone know what's going on? I went to recharge my AC system after replacing some lines and doing my heater core. It will only pull about 14-16 inHg and loses vacuum in about 15 minutes after I turn the pump off and shut the valves. Consequently, when I fill the system with argon to pressure...

yep, what oldbuzzard said. the theory is you want the filter sitting at the bottom of the tank since that's where its pulling fuel from, that way when you get the most fuel out of the full tank. This is also a good wat to see where the "empty" is on the gauge (i.e. how much of the tank is left...

Gotcha. All this stuff was installed by the PO. I knew the difference between the track bar and drag link would be an issue that I'd need to address eventually, but right now, I can move the pitman arm on the steering shaft without the shaft moving so I'm going to fix that first, along with...

Pics of the steering setup

I'll try and get one at lunch

Not looking to gain anything, just need a new pitman arm to correct some sloppy steering caused by a loose fit between steering box shaft and the current drop pitman arm

My jeep has a 6" Skyjacker lift which came with a drop pitman arm. I've had some sloppy steering that i've narrowed down to play in the pitman arm on the steering gearbox shaft that hasn't been remedied by re-torquing the nut. I also have a mystery crossover steering installed an the drag link...

Correct, I'll edit. Thanks

Ok, I figured I'd post this here since I haven't seen it anywhere else. I've been chasing a hard start issue on my tj and got down to the in tank pump. I knew the sending unit was still good, but wanted the peace of mind of having a new pressure regulator and pump. I also didn't want to fork...

Cool, just wanted to check. I'm going to fix it eventually, just didnt want to go through the whole process right now. thanks

I will admit that I'm asking this question out of pure laziness, but is there a way to "re-seal" a leaking heater core? I discovered mine was leaking at the beginning of the summer and since I was already replacing the water pump, I just blocked off/bypassed the heater core since I knew I...

Cool. Ya nothing on the blackstone to indicate abnormal wear, I just wanted to make sure that having 0 weight mixed with 10 weight wasn't serious, but ill look into the high mileage stuff for sure. currently addressing trans/transfer case leaks lol

I just want to know what I should expect here. When I bought my 98 it came with a stack of receipts. I'm just now going through them for something unrelated (he said the trans was rebuild within the last 2 years and its leaking like Exxon Valdez), but I'm also noticing that the shops he went to...

Does anyone know which SYE this is? I cant find anything online. Googling the number on the bottom comes back with just the housing from a company called cobra transmission but no uch so far on their website about which seal it uses or a part number.

Don't really want to spend a ton. I'm gong to see if change the liquid line and schrader valves makes a difference and work from there, but if I have to replace everything I will.