First XJ build

The biggest problem I found with the factory pump is 2 fold. One the fluid leaks out the cap on extreme angles. Two the flow is a little low. I removed the flow valve I think it's called and drilled mine out.
 
ghost said:
The biggest problem I found with the factory pump is 2 fold. One the fluid leaks out the cap on extreme angles. Two the flow is a little low. I removed the flow valve I think it's called and drilled mine out.
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I also found that the fluid will leak out at “extreme” angles, but seems to have self-regulated how much fluid is in the system when it gets up to temp, etc

I may drill mine out like the West Texas write up outlines
 
336wheeler said:
I also found that the fluid will leak out at “extreme” angles, but seems to have self-regulated how much fluid is in the system when it gets up to temp, etc

I may drill mine out like the West Texas write up outlines
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you can also purchase an under drive pully to spin it faster at lower rpm, I run a blend of AW32 hyd. oil and power steering fluid on my hydro assist. factory pump has been fine for me for 3 years now.
 
StretchASU said:
King of the Glades
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are you talking about "the"..."The Glades??" as in off 421 down ....argh that road a couple miles, then turn right onto gravel rd at an intersection and go right past 2 houses and you enter right at the beginning of XMAS tree farm??...
 
Well last weekend @URE I bent my 1.5”x 0.25” wall DOM tie rod for the second time. So I ordered up a CavFab 1.5” solid stock tie rod and got that installed this morning > hopefully it’ll hold up!

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Update: it’s still getting beat on. Haven’t done too much building on this other than a few little upgrades like Azzy’s t-case linkage, etc

Mainly just trying to consistently go wheeling these days!!

Pic from yesterday.
 

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Well this is a minor setback

Anybody know of a local company that does cryo treatment for R&Ps?
 
ghost said:
What axle and tire size? What gear set? I'm too lazy to look back. They could have been set up bad. Unless of course the @Jody Treadway did them...
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Haha I set them up 😂 however they were chinaBay special US Standard or whatever. I have a set of Yukons on the way.

36s with chromo shafts and 300M joints, idiot driver, healthy 4.0, 4.88s
 
336wheeler said:
Haha I set them up 😂 however they were chinaBay special US Standard or whatever. I have a set of Yukons on the way.

36s with chromo shafts and 300M joints, idiot driver, healthy 4.0, 4.88s
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Front30? rear8.25? Either way 36's is too much tire for those axles. JMHO.
 
Haha I know this. But no axle upgrade is in the foreseeable future.
 
Caver Dave said:
Have buds in TN with a "DIY" method they say works well/$$ spent vs. pro-cryo...
IIRC, they use diesel, dry ice, and an old cooler, but not sure of the exact "process"
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Very interest. Please elaborate
 
After the last Harlan trip and two nights of night riding, I bent the unibody on the passenger side. Got the jeep back, cut out the bent part and straightened it back with a bottle jack. Plated the unibody, now back in party mode :beer:

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336wheeler said:
After the last Harlan trip and two nights of night riding, I bent the unibody on the passenger side. Got the jeep back, cut out the bent part and straightened it back with a bottle jack. Plated the unibody, now back in party mode :beer:

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is the upper ball joint not pressed in or lifting out? Maybe the camera angle?
 
Jeff B said:
is the upper ball joint not pressed in or lifting out? Maybe the camera angle?
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That side has a moog adjustable ball joint on that side and has always sat up like that since it was installed 4 years ago. Not sure why it sits up like that to be honest, I guess the shoulder on it bottoms out before that lip?
 
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