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Old 03-07-2017, 08:48 AM
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Found this leak on the TC linkage. Is this a common spot for leaks to happen? I'm guessing it required pulling the case to fix?
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Old 03-07-2017, 04:32 PM
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Funny, I have a girlfriend like that...
I figured somebody would make somethin out of that. Haha!
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Old 03-08-2017, 08:38 AM
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Oh God don't. You'll create more work for yourself in the end. Seriously, pulling the head and replacing the gasket is NOT that hard. Time consuming, yes. But seriously it's not that hard.
All things considered, I agree pulling the head and taking care of it once and for all is the way to go.

Out of curiosity, when you discourage using the stop leak stuff, are you referring to the one that is a silver powder in a small plastic tube. Has maybe and ounce or two of material? Or something else.

I've used the power stuff most of my life with excellent results, and still use it occasionally for leaks in my trucks because radiators in this part of the world are expensive and last about a year.
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Old 03-08-2017, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by jdjonesdr
All things considered, I agree pulling the head and taking care of it once and for all is the way to go.

Out of curiosity, when you discourage using the stop leak stuff, are you referring to the one that is a silver powder in a small plastic tube. Has maybe and ounce or two of material? Or something else.

I've used the power stuff most of my life with excellent results, and still use it occasionally for leaks in my trucks because radiators in this part of the world are expensive and last about a year.
I don't recommend any of them personally. I'm sure there's some who would disagree with me, but to me anything that you put in your cooling system that will "stop a leak" also has the potential to "cause a clog". I would only use it as a temporary solution until you can properly fix the leak... and by properly, I mean doing a complete flush and thorough cleaning of the whole system once you're done.

As far as your issue of going through radiators so quickly (wow!), there's more to be concerned about than just the radiator. If you've ever replaced a head gasket, you know that the cooling passages are prone to build up on the walls... a lot like cholesterol in blood veins. So why add to the problem by putting in a "sticky" solution that's supposed to adhere, swell up, and plug holes?

I just wouldn't risk it unless it's very temporary to get me by until fixing the problem... and I would make it an ASAP fix... but that's just me.
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Has anyone used bestline the reason I ask is I had a seized up 4.0 I was trying to get the transmission off of and the guy at Orileys suggested this stuff, I ended up going with an acetone/ATF mix but it caught my interest.
And the other reason I ask is because of the product details, it's the second bullet point
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1998 Grand Cherokee Laredo w/4.0 & automatic

I got a junk yard header panel. Mounted to it - right under the hood release mechanism - was a small solenoid looking thing attached to two wires. Assuming that it was something I didn't have - I left it there in the junkyard. But when installing the header panel I found that exact same widget dangling on my Jeep - because the header panel was broken and there had been nowhere to mount it.

What is that little widget?
What is it called?
What does it do?
Why is it there?

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Old 03-09-2017, 06:19 AM
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Anyone know the size of the big nut that holds the yoke on a LP Dana 30 from a 2001 ?
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Old 03-09-2017, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by CR-Snow
Anyone know the size of the big nut that holds the yoke on a LP Dana 30 from a 2001 ?
The pinion nut takes a 1 1/8" socket
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Eye Dentical !

So now; what is it ? <g>

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1999 xj 4x4 are the upper control arm bushing the same front to rear , rear mounted in arm , front mounted in dana -30 ? thank you, I think they are the same just checking before I order another wrong part LOL
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Originally Posted by winginit
1999 xj 4x4 are the upper control arm bushing the same front to rear , rear mounted in arm , front mounted in dana -30 ? thank you, I think they are the same just checking before I order another wrong part LOL
Yep same bushing at both ends. Same bolts, too.

Good luck getting them out lol
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Originally Posted by NewKindOfClown
The pinion nut takes a 1 1/8" socket
Thanks Clown.
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Originally Posted by winginit
1999 xj 4x4 are the upper control arm bushing the same front to rear , rear mounted in arm , front mounted in dana -30 ? thank you, I think they are the same just checking before I order another wrong part LOL
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Yep same bushing at both ends. Same bolts, too.

Good luck getting them out lol
This... easier just to get new arms. They're not very expensive either.
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Originally Posted by salad
Yep same bushing at both ends. Same bolts, too.

Good luck getting them out lol
Thanks , I"ll try a ball joint press , maybe I will get lucky .
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