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90% complete. Rampage H4 conversion will be here tomorrow for headlights. Really undecided on wheels. I have a set of Eccos that need a repaint. Also considered some JK Moabs 17x7.5 and a 225/65 17 or maybe a 235 60.
Interior needs a headliner and console latch.
I have some molding being prepped and painted flat black to freshen things up.
1996 XJ, 242 cui. 360,328 miles
Replaced plugs, wires, cap, rotor.
Can't remember when I replaced them last. All the plugs were stock Champions, marking and wear kinda the same, but gap had worn down to excess of .045 (biggest gap gauge I have).
Replaced with Champion Iridium, gaped them to .035, used the fancy AC Delco red wires with Kevlar iirc (seemed like a good deal at Rock Auto). Fancy cap has brass connectors.
Tried to look in cylinders with a $10 Amazon endoscope but couldn't see a freaking thing. The little LEDs did help me see, with my naked eye, the carbon covered piston #1.
Will see if there is any MPG change at the next fill-up.
Last edited by 318SixPack; 11-12-2020 at 07:21 PM.
Reason: corrected plug wire brand
1996 XJ, 242 cui. 360,328 miles
Replaced plugs, wires, cap, rotor.
Can't remember when I replaced them last. All the plugs were stock Champions, marking and wear kinda the same, but gap had worn down to excess of .045 (biggest gap gauge I have).
Replaced with Champion Iridium, gaped them to .035, used the fancy Champion red wires with Kevlar iirc (seemed like a good deal at Rock Auto). Fancy cap has brass connectors.
Tried to look in cylinders with a $10 Amazon endoscope but couldn't see a freaking thing. The little LEDs did help me see, with my naked eye, the carbon covered piston #1.
Will see if there is any MPG change at the next fill-up.
Mine were toasty as well. I cleaned the tops with the head job. Should have made pics.
Mine were toasty as well. I cleaned the tops with the head job. Should have made pics.
I haven't even had the valve cover off yet, so if anything happens down there I will be scraping them off clean.
There is some leakage from the valve cover gasket, but not enough to bother with yet. Will be using a Felpro silicon gasket when that time comes. Word of warning, don't touch those crank case vents until you are ready to take the valve cover off. The plastic crumbles and falls into the engine, which I doubt can be good for anything.
Yeah, I haven't driven my jeep other than from when I bought it home and I have enough money into it to buy a really nice used car... and it's not quite done yet... It's amazing how fast things add up. A few $20 items here, a couple of $50 ones there...
90% complete. Rampage H4 conversion will be here tomorrow for headlights. Really undecided on wheels. I have a set of Eccos that need a repaint. Also considered some JK Moabs 17x7.5 and a 225/65 17 or maybe a 235 60.
Interior needs a headliner and console latch.
I have some molding being prepped and painted flat black to freshen things up.
Word of warning, don't touch those crank case vents until you are ready to take the valve cover off. The plastic crumbles and falls into the engine, which I doubt can be good for anything.
I thought the same thing, but when I did mine there seemed to be some type of cover/filter to block anything from falling in. That being said, I had to fight both of mine for about 15 minutes with a chisel to get them out, probably best to do them when the valve cover is removed anyway. Correct me if I'm wrong, I may be remembering incorrectly.
If you want mud flaps IMO the factory ones are the only way to go.
Universal ones work but don't look quite right.
Sad thing is how much people want for them when they do pop up on Ebay.
I managed to find mine local to me on Craigslist about 7 years ago.
Paid $50 and thought it was too much but really wanted them.
Later seeing the pricing on Ebay I did not feel so bad with how much I spent. LOL.
Hope the pricing was reasonable for you.
I haven't even had the valve cover off yet, so if anything happens down there I will be scraping them off clean.
There is some leakage from the valve cover gasket, but not enough to bother with yet. Will be using a Felpro silicon gasket when that time comes. Word of warning, don't touch those crank case vents until you are ready to take the valve cover off. The plastic crumbles and falls into the engine, which I doubt can be good for anything.
Waiting till it is off IS a good idea. I was also worried about that but on the 2000 (once I had the VC off) it does not look like it would be that easy for the pieces to fall in beyond the vent area.
Those look nice! Ours did not come with them but since we have 17x8's with negative offset those were just not feasible.
Even though we have a set of stock 15's with studded tires, I was worried about them getting kinked on the outer edges if they ever caught terrafirma.
11-11-2020, 03:03 PM
