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I have a Renix era XJ and today I replaced the plastic football tank in the coolant system. I put an aluminum tank with a real radiator cap. Still have to find a hose for the neck overflow.
That hose on the neck is the return back to the tank. I had a 90 with the original plastic tank, but there was a gouge in it that was quite deep. So, I ordered another, a Dorman, and tossed the old one too quickly. Nothing but problems with the cap blowing off. I hunted for the metal one, but could never find one. The 'fix' was a cap for a Subaru something..
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Thank you, I am really happy with it. Let's see how it holds up. Gonna hit the cavity of the shock mounts with fluid film after this stuff fully cured as a double dose of prevention.
I finally got the 4wd shift lever back in tonight. 4 out of 5 bolts just spun while trying to get them out. After carefully cutting out the bolts and riv nuts with a dremel. The foam seal got replaced with rtv. What a pain, damn rust belt. I just have to finish adjusting the boostwerks linkage now.
PB Blasted most of the brake line fittings I am going to be disturbing for a brake line replacement soon. Fired some CRC engine cleaner down on the vapor, brake, and fuel lines just aft of the firewall to pre-clean a little before replacing them.
Gonna hit the cavity of the shock mounts with fluid film after this stuff fully cured as a double dose of prevention.
I do the same with the Fluid Film.
Every October I cover everything underneath.
Power wash off in April. But then reapply Fluid Film to certain areas.
I would cover everything twice a year but it is just messy as hell when working under there in the warmer months.
One thing I have been doing is PB Blasting certain areas first then applying Fluid Film on top.
One of these years I hope to be doing my Up Country lift.
So one of the areas I PB Blast is the shackle and leaf spring bolts.
Then I "seal" it in with the Fluid Film.
If and when I ever get to the lift I will have been PB Blasting for years not just a week or two. LOL.
Another place I give that double dose to is the E-Brake adjustment. Such a bad exposed design.
I'm new to the forum here. Joined specifically to share what I did the other day. I found a replacement power window regulator that will work for the 2 Door XJs since the OEM part is discontinued. I made a write up and everything; just waiting for approval from the site to get it posted as a technical write up.
been putting off the door hinge pins for a year now...all the YT videos scared me.....
but watching them, i wondered if a dremel might be better
yep...with the dremel i had them both cut in half in under 15 mins, and whole job done in under 2hrs (including walking back and forth to the garage for this tool or that tool)
did get tangled up in it once though lol
i installed these reverse lights a year or so ago, never got around to wiring them up...guess its time
put this switch in the shifter trim
ran the wire under the console then under the hump carpet to the back.....i slipped the wire to the back when i had the trim off for the fire extinguisher install....while i was monkeying around with the console, i installed the steel console bracket i bought 2 yrs ago, lol....
My ignition switch is intermittently failing so I pulled the jeep into the garage to wire a jumper switch to the starter and noticed the freaking radiator is leaking. now I gotta replace the radiator. great.
New steering gear box. Wrapped the fuel rail and injectors with heat tape. Hopefully that will help with the heat soak. I ordered the heat shield for right there too. New front bumper should be here next week with a new speedo gear and seal as well.
Cleaned off steering box and area. Gotta leak in that area. Ran a wire to the coolant temp gauge. Had the sensor but no wire anywhere on the harness to hook to it. Weird really but it works now
Finally got around to fixing the rear hatch latch. Opened it up expecting to find the metal clip but instead found the plastic one. Cable ties were probably unnecessary but it was cheap insurance while I was in there.
04-13-2020 | 02:01 PM
