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Old 06-12-2017, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by cleenrob
im not sure any ls swap A/C thread would help you

what went wrong with yours?
Yeah probably not lol well before I drove it 6k miles in 2 weeks from NJ to Cali I took it to a shop and they pretty much relaxed everything. Then got to Cali and it stopped being cold and then my compressor seized and crapped the bed. Got a new one put in and that's the last time I put money into my AC system. St the time the shop asked if I wanted to get it running or get it running with working AC. Seeing as I was stranded and had to get back to work and didn't have enough money to eat the AC working I just asked them to get the jeep to running status
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Went up a section of the local Cleghorn trail with Braytonia. He got his first experience of pulling a wheel too far off the ground. Was a close one but had a good time. Even found a spot to baby flex on.





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Originally Posted by cleenrob
im not sure any ls swap A/C thread would help you

what went wrong with yours?
I'm always curious with auto ACs. When there's a good leak at a connection, does the oil come.out too. Or is it in the shaft of the compressor
Old 06-12-2017, 08:17 PM
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Filled it up for a drive to drop off a jeep part for a member and take a couple small engines to another member.
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Got death wobble after replacing my steering box. Been over literally every steering and suspension related part including rotation and balance, and alignment. Didn't do it before the box swap
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Originally Posted by Guywitha92
Got death wobble after replacing my steering box. Been over literally every steering and suspension related part including rotation and balance, and alignment. Didn't do it before the box swap
running in park, raise hood and turn,left/right the steering shaft, see if the box has any play. my 98 had cracked frame, box wiggled.
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Originally Posted by sycoglitch
I'm always curious with auto ACs. When there's a good leak at a connection, does the oil come.out too. Or is it in the shaft of the compressor
With a slow leak you'll usually get just a little oil at the connection. The bigger the leak the more oil comes out.
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Originally Posted by nujeepguy
running in park, raise hood and turn,left/right the steering shaft, see if the box has any play. my 98 had cracked frame, box wiggled.
Thanks. No cracks in my frame. Had my friend saw the steering wheel and couldn't find anything loose or moving. The steering box is super stiff, so I am just going to swap the box.
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put a new ignition switch on the gremlin. still didnt fix the problem. Im at a complete loss as to what to try next......
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Recharged the AC. Again. It's leaking faster but I still can't find where. UV dye isn't helping.



Found it!
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Finally replaced my leaky valve cover gasket!
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Drove it all over the place selling, trading and having fun.
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Originally Posted by wizardpc


Found it!
We're gonna need another Timmy.
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"new" gm compressor came in today


the one that came with the 5.3 was seized up. :/

slowly putting together a/c parts as paychecks allow.
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Got the new D30 buttoned up and test drove it, also put in the 5.5" coils


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