Project XJ

[Jeff]

Well the weekend went well. Sunday was long, but I got everything I wanted to get done taken care of. I snapped a pic of the front lift bits and the brake line. Apparently the pitman arm I bought from the guy in Front Royal turned out to be a stock arm...not a drop arm as advertised. So I'm trying to get that figured out.


Anyway, I Seafoamed the thing on Saturday and I was worried someone was going to call the fire department. It looked like the shop was on fire. Even with the other problem discovered later it really made an improvement. Idle was better for sure, but still high (750).

Next up Sunday Morning was the tune-up. I used all OEM Mopar parts and original (Copper Champion) plugs. Someone had installed Bosch Platimums. During this operation I came upon my big fuel economy and high idle problem...

Something no look right!? So that was done. Idles smooth at 500 now and has TONS more pickup! No more stumble.

Trans cooler was the next project. I did a transmission service and installed a tube-fin aux cooler. Its 4 times larger then the aux cooler that came with the tow package...sized for a small RV.



Had to cut the hydraulic fittings off the trans lines, they were leaking anyway so this was two birds..one stone.


Easy project, if you ever do it just make sure to install the aux cooler on the return line to the transmission. It is more efficient and gets better cooling of the fluid. In testing my top line going in the cooler was warm, almost 'cold' coming out the bottom...trans is happy! Final pic...



The final project for the weekend was flushing the coolant. Someone had mixed red and green and the cooling system was very rusty. I flushed it twice with water and got it down to I was drawing off brown water. I just couldn't flush it any more. My hands are all cut up from getting into the dumbass place the bastards put the petcock. About killed me. Anyway, fresh green coolant in and we are on the road!



Minor projects...
Fixed windshield wiper flop, had to remove the wiper arms and motor. Tighten bolts on motor and tap c-clips into the bushings to tighten everything up...Mega win! No more jumping floppy wipers.

Installed new horns. Old horns were sorta fucked up and these were left over from the Daytona. Fiamm "El Grande"



One last pic, my friend's Jeep on the other lift. Hes been helping me with all the stuff for the lift.