dave1123

Ha, Ha! I guess you're right. I spent a week in Albuquerque, NM and it only got down to 40*F at night. I'm battling with temps around 0 to -5 right now.

The jeeps with the tow packages have an auxiliary trans cooler in front of the radiator. Just get another one from a junkyard and pipe it in along with the original one. I guess you can eliminate the radiator trans cooler since you won't need to warm the transmission.

When I talked about removing the A/C, I assumed you were building a trail rig. Sorry about that.

yecoyer

thanks Dave,

Here when we are around 30ºF, which has happend some times, we go under weather red alert, schools are shut off, some business close and goverment related offices.

I know its strange but i want to do something maybe really hard, i want my daily driver to be trail capable, the trails i want to hit are not that bumpy by that i mean i will not climb boulders but i want to go over rough terrain in low speed, i am capable off doing that right now but i dont want to take the risk of broking down my ZJ in middle of nowhere and die because heat is really a factor and here normal celphones dont work in the desert . Look this kind of terrain is the one i want to go over

PLEASE START TO SEE THIS AT MINUTE 7:35 so you skip all the hay


PLEASE START TO SEE THIS AT MINUTE 7:35 so you skip all the hay

yecoyer

Can I add a electric oil pump to the trasmission fluid lines, so i can ran the fluid thru 2 coolers?

SeriousOffroad

No need, the pump in the tranny is adequate for the job.

yecoyer

Another question guys, what kind of air intake should i buy?? i will never go mudding here is not popular and i personally dont like it, so what kind of air intake should i get?

dave1123

Actually, I'd stick with the stock flat pad filter. It has the most filter area you can get under the hood and should protect from dust pretty well. Just carry a couple of extra pads in case it gets clogged.

yecoyer

Thank you very much guys, you are really cool people, i got a new question, since rocks are not an issue, what do you think about removing the panels or moldings on the side of the body? I hope not being heretic by telling this but i think ZJ look better whit out them

dave1123

A lot of people have done this and they do look good. The only problem is the nailhead mounts for the panels. They have to be ground down and repainted to really look good. The best thing about doing this is you can monitor the rust on the doors and rockers better without them, although I doubt rust is a problem in your area.

They do, however, add a bit of brush scratch resistance to the sides if left on. You can paint them to match the body if you like.

In answer to your question about the trans coolers, they take fluid being exhausted by the convertor where most of the heat is created, cool it, and dump it back into the trans pan. This fluid can reach 40 psi but only flows when NOT in park. If you stop after a good hard run, leave it in neutral for a while to cool the trans down while idling.

I just watched the entire video. The arroyo with the rocks is pretty interesting. If you are doing any of that flat sand running, I would suggest a 20W50 racing oil.

yecoyer

My mechanic give me an advice in efan for my ZJ he told me to swap thefan clutch for an efan from a thunderbird or a Mark8... what do you think about that? should i stick to the taurus?

dave1123

I think whatever fits and gives you a lot of airflow will work. The efan on my WJ is huge and works well for me. Some guys like a couple of smaller fans. I'd use whatever is cheap and easy to get from a salvage yard. He's right about one thing. The stock clutch fan is not adequate for what you want to do.