What did you do to your TJ today?
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Pantera99
TJ Enthusiast
Ha! I guess I zoomed in too much. They're all about the same. Some are .065" gap!!
BTW none of the autolites were gapped correctly. Two were bouncing around the big box loosely with one of my rotors. Took some time to get them right & not scratch anything.
BTW none of the autolites were gapped correctly. Two were bouncing around the big box loosely with one of my rotors. Took some time to get them right & not scratch anything.
When I replaced mine about a year ago they ranged from. 042 to .084. I was surprised it was running as well as it was.
Welcome to the forum. I'm right up the road from you in Holly Springs/Canton. Good looking Jeep!
speeding_infraction
TJ Addict
Turns out the exhaust leaks when someone doesn't tighten the bolts past finger tight. I tightened most of them with a ratcheting end wrench, in fact one of them was so loose it wouldn't even ratchet. Hopefully it has a little more power now
Oh, and I found out that the guy who built this engine stripped out two of the three threaded bosses for the power steering mount on the intake manifold
Oh, and I found out that the guy who built this engine stripped out two of the three threaded bosses for the power steering mount on the intake manifold
I get that response or similar all the time, from the back people have no idea, from the side they get suspicious, from front on view they know. They still think is 70's Jeep thou. I'd like to have some jump seats or side seats in rear like old Toyotas land cruisers for no reason imparticular, with all the headroom in rear one could also go with same front seats in the rear, but I've run into insurance concerns with shops with that idea. When I bought it new in 2004 I knew it was the only one I was going to buy.
Turns out the exhaust leaks when someone doesn't tighten the bolts past finger tight. I tightened most of them with a ratcheting end wrench, in fact one of them was so loose it wouldn't even ratchet. Hopefully it has a little more power now
Oh, and I found out that the guy who built this engine stripped out two of the three threaded bosses for the power steering mount on the intake manifold
Classic PO move
speeding_infraction
TJ Addict
Oh, and check this out... I was wondering why I was getting death wobble, I think torquing this to 185 will probably fix it.
Probably would!!!
speeding_infraction
TJ Addict
Oh, and yes I know I have a drop pitman arm. Next black Friday I am planning on getting a currectlync system and the accompanying track bar
Took a drive to check out the roads so I can get back to work. Who says VA doesn't like their road salt. 
Maybe they should lend some to McDonalds.
Maybe they should lend some to McDonalds.
Or an Audi I-5 , " A four is too small , a six to balky " .
My sister had a 2.5L i-5 VW Jetta for a while. It sounded good, but the 2.5L had the power of a 4-cylinder with the fuel consumption of a 6-cyl.
I remember the failed GM experiment with the 5 cylinder engines in the first generation Colorados.
They basically lopped a cylinder off of their inline 6 (which was considered pretty good) and made themselves a headache.
They finally resolved the failing cylinder heads at about the time that the lousy reputation had already killed the truck.
They basically lopped a cylinder off of their inline 6 (which was considered pretty good) and made themselves a headache.
They finally resolved the failing cylinder heads at about the time that the lousy reputation had already killed the truck.
GM can ruin a wet dream. Is there anything they can't fuck up? As for the 5 cylinder idea, there's more theories that abound as to the why of it, and they're all wrong. Mercedes created the 5 cyl OM 617 engine out of the 4 cyl OM 616 engine by adding an additional cylinder and some very careful crankshaft engineering. They didn't do it for "almost the power of a 6 and almost the economy of a 4" - they did it because they did indeed want more power, and a 6 cylinder wouldn't fit in the W115 chassis of the day. So they went to all that trouble, then replaced the W115 2 years later with the all new W123.
Yep and it was a pig.... gutless, no fuel mileage, but hey at least high schoolers could look like "mini me's" of their favorite rapper....
