About 75 here today. Man, I am so glad winter is over. You can keep that cold stuff.

BTW, drove the XJ today after letting the black sealant set up for 24 hours on the timing chain cover. All is good and for now ZERO OIL LEAKS!!!!!

 

Just reinstalled my thermostat housing, and I'm letting the RTV finish curing overnight before I start it.

This is hopefully the end of my overheating since everything seemed good aside from the leak at the bottom of the housing. Temp was sitting steady at 195°F, and the thermostat tested good on the stove.

Tomorrow, assuming this works, all I should need to do is figure out why the ATF connection at the radiator is dripping fluid. Supposed to be in the 40s, so I decided to wait for daylight before I tackle that step.

 

Started pulling the transmission out of the '89 to replace the flexplate, but didn't get done today. Still gotta actually pull it out, but that's for tomorrow. Ran out of time. While connectors, bolts and small parts were being removed, I took the time to paint some of my parts, specifically the fuse box cover,airbox lid and speaker bar.

 

Overnight? I let mine cure for 3 hours. Lol

 

Paint looks sweet, i might have to do that to mine soon... Lol

 

Damn thermos love to leak if not cured right. I wound up using some red silicone round my gasket cause i had to drive it right fast. Held up well and hopefully won't need to replace it any time soon

 

I use Indian Head Shellac or GasgaCinch and fire it off. Never had one leak yet.

 

Thank you! They didn't turn out QUITE as good as I hoped, but you'd have to look close for the imperfections. Gonna do the valve cover the same color, too. Speaking of valve cover, can someone help me figure out why I'm getting oil through the hose and into the airbox? Not a lot, but enough to get the filter a little oily on the side and into the throttle body. I just cleaned it about a week ago and you'd never be able to tell now!

 

It's 20-something degrees outside so curing will take exponentially longer, and I'm not going out to mess with it after midnight tonight.

I applied RTV to the housing, let it sit in my apartment for about 20 minutes until it was tacky and barely sticking to my finger, and I went out and alternated turning the bolts. I went a little over the 13ft-lb spec to around 17-18, and I'm gonna be patient.

I don't want to do it again.

 

The CCV fittings get clogged up and the vacuum lines get messed up and don't seal.

 

Don't use RTV then.

 

Always been fine for me in the past, and I had it handy. I'll look into what you posted, though.

 

I don't have the forward fitting on mine, just the rear that goes to the side of the lid.

EDIT: Should've said this was for my '93

 

pssst RTV stands for "Room Temperature Vulcanization"

 

Which XJ is this on? Your sig says a 2.5L '93 and a 4.0L '89. That diagram is for a 4.0L