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Well that all sounds good but... The back tire that is blown was actually drug of the back side of the wheel and the wheel was somewhat crushed as if it had been drug sideways or caught on something that didnt give way such as maybe the sign post ? You were also right about the hood. The latch was sheered and the battery was missing with no cable ends. Never thought of the firemen cutting the cables like but now that you mention it thats exactly how it appears. i like the police car idea to with push bumper. Maybe they wasn't willing to pull over and the police helped them out a little lol.

I'm not to sure. It wasn't attached to the car when we picked it up but it looks like they have pried it off. For some reason after it was wrecked they had replaced the headlights and housings... :nuts: Maybe they thought they could fix it or something. Who knows lol.

I got this car the other day and as you can plainly see its nothing now but scrap. The thing is nobody knows what happened to this car. It was a 97 Toyota i think ? Just from the side impact the door has been pushed in to about middle way of the drivers seat so i am thinking either A they were hit by a slow rolling train (happens alot here) or B they had watched to much of the fast and furious and hit a guard rail sideways and was thrown into some other cars or something. Just being curious is all. Whats your ideas of what happened ?

I have pulled some crazy loads with mine WELL over the capacity the factory stamped on it. I guess it all depends on how safe YOU feel and how much you are willing to put on your truck. I fix mine almost weekly where i have broke something working it to hard. My last trip to the scrap yard the truck trailer and load weighed in at just under 10.500 lbs and it handled it fine as long as i didnt try to run it hard. I just ease down the road and take my time and leave PLENTY of room for stopping but if something pulls out in front of you unexpectedly your gonna find out how well your insurance company handles things.

Minus the torque converter and the front seal the trans is pretty much already taken care of. The rear output seal and the U-joints are all new. I just went through those last month. I was changing the trans fluid and happened to grab the drive shaft while i was under there and noticed one was pretty worn and had alot of slack. All that got changed but i still need to change the rear end gear oil and gasket so i think I'm going to put that and the seals on the list for the weekend. All my gaskets are here for the motor except for the oil filter adapter ill have to wait and go to the dealership Monday i guess. Now watch, ill get all this done next weekend and a 4x4 running gear will turn up somewhere and ill be doing 4x4 swap and have to do it all over again with the trans lol. I'd wait it out but the leaks are getting bad and the torque converter is getting really weak...

thanks guys these sites look very helpful. i didnt recognize the oil filter adapter though... you know I'm gonna be out there with a flash light looking in a minute lol. My parts still had not arived at 4:30 tonight so i guess i am going to have to put it off a few more days. i already have all the gaskets you mentioned above. i got those a few weeks ago. now if the guys at the trans shop would get their thumb outta their.... well you get the point... ill be trying it again next weekend i guess. Thanks for pointing out other things i need to look at while i am already there fixing stuff. if anyone else has any other tip or ideas it helps out alot seeing how i have never worked on a jeep before...

for some reason my search feature has quit working on here. ill have more time tonight so i my look around some page by page, it shouldn't be that hard to find though. thanks

I'm going to give it a try this weekend. You guys have done it before and the shop I'm working in has an overhead hoist so i figure the worst it could possibly get is having to also take one or both of the motor mounts loose to get that extra inch. thats a worst case kind of idea though. The bad news is the torque converter i was waiting on still hasn't arrived at the trans shop where i ordered it....

Well I'm glad to know it can be done with the motor still in the truck. That will help make it go by a little faster then pulling the motor all the way out. I do have the one peace oil pan gasket for it. i didnt ask for it special but thats what the parts store had and gave me. They are pretty good about crossing parts over down there so i usually don't worry. If it came from Autozone or Advance Auto i would have worried lol. Thanks for the info again. I'm hoping to get all this stuff done this weekend IF nothing else breaks first lol.

hmmm... A few people i talked to about it said that it wouldn't have enough clearance to remove the oil pan or at least get it far enough out of the way to change the seal and put the new gasket on ? Either way i still have to separate the transmission and go through all that for the torque converter. I'm still trying to baby it along a little till i have the time to just do it all at once and be done with it. I looked in the projects/write up's section and didnt see anything about it but my search engine for the forum has decided its not in the mood to work either tonight lol when nothing seems to work its time for bed...

When i bought the truck i knew i would have little things here and there going wrong. As you said it is an older truck and if nothing else deserves to have a little wrong, it sure has been abused enough to deserve it anyways. It just seems like the more i fix the more i find that i need to repair just to keep it on the road. I bought all the gaskets that are going to be a pain to replace with the motor still in the truck cause i figured it was pretty much going to be a weekend job removing the motor to fix the rear main and i want to put a torque converter in while I'm there. It was a great plan but it keeps getting moved to the back burner over other fixes such as blown tires alternators A/C compressor locked up headlight wiring failure and other just generally annoying little problems. Sorry for the little rant... I do thank you for the help and time you have put into showing me stuff and looking up links and things. I need to trade my geo for another jeep so i have two and can give this one a break and fix it lol.

Wildman.. I tried the test on it just as the link you posted described, actually a friend of mine did it for me and just finished 30 minutes or so ago. He said it was reading fine according the link/website. I think i am going to replace it anyways. Sorry about forgetting to include the info about the fuel system repairs, i have just had to do so much with this truck it is hard to remember all of the little things sometimes. I do think we have all the info posted now relating to this problem. Are 4.0's generally a leaky motor or what ? I have had the rear main leaking for a while now the new valve cover gasket is leaking and i have found that also the oil pan gasket is starting to leak. Every time i look at this truck i find a new problem... I'm trying to keep a positive attitude about it all but i am having a hard time not wanting to park it and find another truck for work. I have to depend on this thing everyday and it's not easy sometimes.

Thanks once again for the help. I checked the CPS and the connector for it. It actually looks like the previous owner has replaced it not long ago. I did however notice that the valve cover leak i thought i had fixed isnt fixed and it has covered the outside of the CPS with oil. I'm just guessing the inside is probably covered too and that can't be good for it. The fuel pressure test i will have to wait a few more days on. The guy i always have work on my stuff is backed up and can't get me in right now. I'm hoping the pressure and everything is fine since i just replaced the regulator and injector O-rings last month and had enough of the fuel system to last me a while lol. Thats not my favorite thing to work on..

AHHH yes... i forgot the specs. 1990 4.0 trans has escaped my memory again but its automatic and leaky lol and 2 wheel drive. Eagle.. I never really thought about that until you said it but it did smell just like a carburated engine does when its flooded so whats the possibility i didn't have spark momentarily ? I'm not sure what caused it but it has started just fine several times today and ran just fine, smooth idle and same as far as power goes as its always been. Wildman you are very right ! Tires bounce and roll in the most unexpected way possible when they come off. I have had them come off trailers before and knocked one off a four wheeler which was pretty exciting for a second, but this was the first time i had one come off a truck. Mine went about 50 yards then jumped down the side of the mountain pretty much straight up and down. I did get it back though. Oh and i'd tell ya the story behind who helped it but involves a bunch of drama I'm sure the owner/mods here don't want on their boards.

I am not real sure how the wheel just managed to fly off. I have a sneaky suspicion that it had a little help to be honest which really pi$$es me off. i told a family member about it and they were very upset that the damage was minimal so it leads me to wonder... After walking away from it yesterday out of anger i went back this morning and the only damage i really see is it ground on the brake drum and put a flat spot in it. it trashed the rim as well but i have the factory original set to put back on it. so basically I'm gonna replace the lugs and the drum and be road ready again. The bent fender has me more mad than anything....i was just getting ready to start working on the body and readying it for a new front clip and some paint... Fuel pressure is something that i had over looked compleatly... thanks for the reminder. I guess i just figured if it had enough to be a little flooded it was ok but it could be fluctuating enough to not keep a good flow 100% of the time i guess. thanks

I had a horn like that in a 90 chevy truck i had. they are great for scaring the crap out of people but just a little tip... The police don't find it funny at all when you come up behind them crossing the train tracks and hit the horn. apparently in this small town that is criminal mischief and it takes alot of talking to convince them you were simply saying hi to a passing friend

it'll do it ! you should see some of the stuff I've pulled around with mine...backhoe tractor fullsize blazer on 35's logs you name it I've probably pulled it or tried to anyways.

i think i have seen that truck around here some. if its the same one it won't have a decent body long...the guy that drives it drives like he stole it !

Ok so it has been a really bad day... First off i have been a little sick so the jeep has set a few days without being used and apparently it don't like that. When i got in it today to head to town it wouldn't start. It just turned over and acted like it was not getting fuel or fire or something. After a quick sniff i realized it was a little flooded so i left it sitting for about 20-30 minutes and tried it again with the same results. I checked the spark the old halfass way and stuck a screwdriver in the coil wire and it was plenty hot as my fingers were a little close :mad: I couldn't find anything at all wrong that i could think of at the time. So i unplugged the battery and let it reset the computer (wasnt sure if that worked on a jeep or not) it didnt help either. When everything else wouldn't work i hit it with a little starting fluid or either whatever you want to call it, it started acting like it wanted to run but not quite. So i gave it another spray and after it turned over several times it fired up and ran. If you have any idea what caused that please let me know. And then the bad day got worse... I pulled out of the driveway onto the road and went about half a mile and turned off to go down the mountain and made it about half way just to look out the window in time to see my driver side rear wheel pass me by...it didnt even have the courtesy to wave... :wall: At least i have friends with a tow trucks.... [/img]

I have a 400ex. mine is an 04 but its still alot of fun. i hope you get it running soon. you will love it ! once its fixed its great fun to throw in the back of the jeep and hit a trail..when ya stick the jeep unload it and keep going ! and hope someone has a winch when ya get back to the jeep....

doesn't someone here have a jeep that will crawl over it and put it out of its pain ? Its screaming for help lol

I had the same problem with mine. mine is a 4.0 six cylinder but its still not adjustable. It took what seemed to be forever to get it back right but after the help of a few guys on here i got it right and it took care of the rough idle.....for a minute... :wall:

Nice looking rig ! I agree with the straps.....I've had a few get loose on me before now the winch stays hooked along with straps till i get where i'm going lol.

Looks kind of like some of the creations the Mexicans around here come up with... I once bought and scrapped a suburban with the top chopped off and a pine 2x4 roll cage. I wish i had taken pics now...