Jeep Strokers

CobraMarty wrote:

showtime3492 wrote:.. after shutting it down it blew the radiator cap off...

That doesn't sound good.

Any ideas?

I think i may have just answered my own question... The radiator was off the jeep for over a year and i never bled the air out of the cooling system. All i did was just fill it up with antifreeze/water and go.

showtime3492 wrote:I think i may have just answered my own question... The radiator was off the jeep for over a year and i never bled the air out of the cooling system. All i did was just fill it up with antifreeze/water and go.

Maybe not the more i think about it the less plausible this sounds as my xj is a 2000 and should bleed the air off. Also the coolant resevoir was filled up after this it was empty at the start.

What I do on my 86 and 88 is that I remove the coolant temperature sensor at the rear of the head when I have to
refill an empty cooling system. I think I got that tip from the FSM but I don't remember.
Hope that's the only glitch!
J.B.

jbxx wrote:What I do on my 86 and 88 is that I remove the coolant temperature sensor at the rear of the head when I have to
refill an empty cooling system. I think I got that tip from the FSM but I don't remember.
Hope that's the only glitch!
J.B.

Yeah ill have to look at my fsm since my 2000 doesnt have one on the head jsut the water jacket.

Bad cap? Bad radiator neck? Radiator cap controls the pressure. Either it was faulty allowing the system to over pressure, or the radiator fitting or tangs on the cap were bad. Or it was the wrong cap.

On monday purchasing my wideband. local shop has one for 190 not sure if im gonna go that route for the instant gratification or order off of ebay.

showtime3492 wrote:So i just got my 4.6 poor mans stroker back almost 4 months in the machine shop later...

You funny , My engine has been at the machine shop for 6. months. and it still hasnt even been washed.

But I know the guy pertty well and know what he can do, I look at it as time for me to do thorough research and time to do a "mock" restoration.

Yes i know I just started reading the thread.

showtime3492 wrote:On monday purchasing my wideband. local shop has one for 190 not sure if im gonna go that route for the instant gratification or order off of ebay.

I got a brand new AEM wideban with the UEGO gauge off ebay for 161.99 shipping included.

In box unopended, i really like it, the only problem is that the guage is pretty small, but has both analog and digital readouts.

ftpiercecracker1 wrote:

showtime3492 wrote:So i just got my 4.6 poor mans stroker back almost 4 months in the machine shop later...

You funny , My engine has been at the machine shop for 6. months. and it still hasnt even been washed.

But I know the guy pertty well and know what he can do, I look at it as time for me to do thorough research and time to do a "mock" restoration.

Yes i know I just started reading the thread.

6 months is garbage. 4 months is garbage. Lol

There are some people who have waited a year before their motors were touched.

ftpiercecracker1 wrote:There are some people who have waited a year before their motors were touched.

Im a patient guy... but hell no. I would pick a different shop. My jeeps rebuild has been a year long but an engine shouldnt take that long. I was told by one of the better machine shops in pa that to do what i asked my machine shop to do the turn around in 3-4 weeks.

ya i am the same way, maybe a little more so. The guy thats doing mine is kind of a legend, at least in my area, he has to turn away work all the time. Yet his only advertising is by word of mouth. No cards, no signs, no billboards, nothing. Its just him, 1 helper, his machines and thats it. Its pretty much his hobby any more, not a business. I drove by the place a dozen times looking for his shop before i took a chance and drove down a random drive way which turned out to be his. Hes a great guy, the kind of old dude that smiles when you ask lots of questions and takes time to listen and answer. His dyno is one that he designed and patented himself. Oh and he just recently had a state of the art CnC machine custom made for him. My engine is gonna be the first one to be built using it . He said its precision is set to something like .0001 or close to it.

ftpiercecracker1 wrote:ya i am the same way, maybe a little more so. The guy thats doing mine is kind of a legend, at least in my area, he has to turn away work all the time. Yet his only advertising is by word of mouth. No cards, no signs, no billboards, nothing. Its just him, 1 helper, his machines and thats it. Its pretty much his hobby any more, not a business. I drove by the place a dozen times looking for his shop before i took a chance and drove down a random drive way which turned out to be his. Hes a great guy, the kind of old dude that smiles when you ask lots of questions and takes time to listen and answer. His dyno is one that he designed and patented himself. Oh and he just recently had a state of the art CnC machine custom made for him. My engine is gonna be the first one to be built using it . He said its precision is set to something like .0001 or close to it.

Thats a different story. When there is that kind of set up with that kind of person i would wait longer. On my build however there was no communication i had to ask repeatedly for final specs and then still only got guestimates. However it seems to run so well see how it holds up after about 10 thousand miles.. Early prediction is Failure.. no indicators just a hunch.

showtime3492 wrote:However it seems to run so well see how it holds up after about 10 thousand miles.. Early prediction is Failure.. no indicators just a hunch.

Well, thats encouraging.