Pete M

dang that looks good.

heck yeah! lemme add this one to the groove:

it's only $20 if you can find one. maybe the parts page will help:

these are all the leaks I found on the 88 I'm fixing up. well, the ones on the pass side firewall at least. there were more elsewhere in the truck. I could see myself grinding/sanding/wiring all that down pretty good and then POR-15ing everything and calling it a day. after the leaks are addressed of course. if you want to replace it all, Key Parts is now making replacement floorpans for the MJs. you can find their stuff on ebay.

I like easy fixes to complicated problems. no "after" pic?

janky wiring is always an option. but glad you found it!

yup, burns into your very brain.

so the other day I introduced my niece and nephew (10 and 7) to metal music via Leo's version of Baby Shark and This Is Halloween and they were a hit. so I've made a playlist of Rock/metal versions of Disney tunes for some themed music for the plane ride Tuesday.

always be where they least expect

what are your symptoms? gotta ask because it's more likely that the hydraulic system acts up.

man, that sticker is probably the rarest thing on that truck full of rare things

so much good stuff!! if it's a 4spd it should be the AX-4. 5spd is the AX-5. @jdog

the link in my signature has a link to the various driveshaft lengths.

let him know we're thinking of him.

not a peep. let's try @ing him @Jesse J

oh wow. that's pretty bad. I would run a compression test to see how the engine is doing. but assuming it otherwise runs ok, after that I'd probably add an inline catch can and keep driving.

that's likely something else. the oil from blowby should be ending up in the air filter. but there are plenty of seals on an engine that can leak. back of the valve cover, oil pan, oil filter adapter, etc.

oil pressure is irrelevant, as it's the air pressure inside the valve cover that pushes the tiny oil droplets out the tubes. high revving will make the blow by worse simply by having more bangs per cylinder per second and churning up the oil in the valve cover so more drops can escape with the fumes. all engines have some blowby, but the little tube is supposed to be sufficient for sucking all the nasty fumes out and putting it back into the intake manifold so it can be burned in the cylinders. in the end it's more annoyance that it's getting into the air filter than anything else. comes with old engines, but it's not a death knell or anything.

every truck has a story

shouldn't be a valve inside, just a plain open elbow. blowby (gasses escaping past the rings) is super common on the 4.0s. mine was so bad that I added a catch can between the valve cover and air filter to collect the oil.

if it's a 4.0, there's no check valve in a CCV system, just a tube and elbow. the 2.5 has a PCV with the valve. if you haven't cleaned out the little line running to the valve cover, it might very well be plugged and the cause of the gasses going out the big hose (which is supposed to be fresh air coming in to the valve cover)

I'm certain that if you learn how, you'll get a bunch of customers.

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