I might have to look into doing something about that thing. It is just about falling apart.

 

Actually you should NOT be driving on dry pavement in 4HI unless you have the 242 Tcase with the full time option. Using PART TIME 4HI on dry pavement locks the front and rear diffs together and they must spin at the same speed. Without slippery surfaces to allow wheel slip especially in turns you run a good risk of blowing up your Tcase.

 

Yeah. Hopefully I didn't do any huge damage to the t-case it was only a few miles and a few turns. Even though the engine itself turned out to be ok I am still concerned that I did damage the t-case. Is there any way to determine its condition w/out actually taking it apart?

 

take a hack saw and cut the pipe before the cat if its really that necessary, or if its a factory one, just un bolt it. drive it home with no exhaust...

otherwise i have no idea....can you idle home? haha

its not the coolant that would be worrying me, its fumbling around under the hood...you might have knocked something loose...check all your vacuum lines, and sensors and plugs and whatnot.

 

I got it ... eh ... fixed ... that is. I figured out the problem. My own stupidity. I think on page 3 I explain what idiot move I pulled.

 

Dude, you're looking at this ALL wrong. What you need to do is move to Richmond, or somewhere remotely closer to me. Then when crap happens, you can call me or one of my Jeep buddies to help you out. I think I know enough people who are into Jeeps that we could pick up and physically carry your Jeep off the side of the road if needed.

Hell move to Chesapeake, find a roommate, two or 4 and rent out my mom's house. 4 br 2 1/2 bath, garage, kitchen, dining room, living room and a decent sized yard for $1200ish/month. and you're still only 30 minutes from the beach. and its something like an 1800sq ft house.

 

lol yeah. True enough but I have been through that room mate crap for quite long enough. It would be nice to have pals to help out and all but man...did the room mate thing for a good 8 yrs or so.

 

lol, it has its pro's and cons. if I could afford to not have them I might. Or just deal with them and have more money. i'm happy where i'm at though.

 

did u ever figure out how/why it was put in to 4wd?

 

Oh ... yeah. I put it in 4wd to ease myself up my ramps instead of using 2wd and making it harder on myself. I just forgot I had used 4wd and headed out on the road like normal.

I guess by chance all the turns I made on the way to drop off the old coolant were shallow enough for me to not even notice I was in 4wd or anything.

Then when I went to make a hard turn I stalled, panicked and figured I broke something. lol.

I panic easy when it comes to auto stuff.

 

yeah i put mine in 4wd shady places where i might get towed so i buy myself some extra time and ive left it in 4wd when i took off.. i have a manual so when the front axle is engaged i tend to notice it taking off from my parking spot..

 

yeah. Mine is Manual too and normally I notice too. I don't know really why I didn't this time. Probably just a combination of the heat, being tired from not sleeping the previous night, frustration of actually doing the coolant change and it occasionally acts strange on start up/take off anyway. But oh well.... crap happens. Now I have the fuel pump issue to work on. After that HOPEFULLY Ill get a little breather before something else breaks and I can start getting ahead on replacing things like the tires, belt, plugs, wires, dist cap, and cat before they decide to crap out on me too.

 

yeah i kno how u fell lol... i just started a savings account program at my bank where every time i use my debit card they transfer $1 from my checking to my savings account. i dont carry cash on me usually. this really isnt going to be a savings account... its a parts money account..

 

Sorry to necro this thread, but the First Rule in an Automotive Crisis is NOT TO PANIC (that's how unscrupulous garages rip the unwary off)!

The Second Rule is if you DO panic, refer back to the First Rule.

'Nuff said!