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so what if the powerstroke was pulling a 28 ft trailer :yes: :popcorn:

there was one or two casting numbers that were prone to cracking, i wouldn't condemn ho heads for it.

my renix mj 4.0 gets better mpg than my 96 ho 4.0 xj.

man, it sure would be nice for them to clear out that little garage space they have. just think, they could park their car they drive in there during winter :brows:

i dunno but it creeps me out, you gotta keep your eye on it. my sly bolts are watching me, what are they up to? all i understood was shazzam :D kidding....good post though, get part numbers.

little off topic, but i wanna figure out there's got to be a way to bypass the safety mechanism that only alloys you to use low range in 4wd. it would at least allow for rear wheel drive low range. not sure why, but why not.

:drool: very nice man, and i love those wheels, thats the first clean set i've seen in a long time, i think those wheels are sweet.

:rotf: :rotf: :rotfl2: how'd you get the camshaft down there :eek: , that is the coolest engine failure i've ever seen.

lol about the gap coverage, ridiculously upside down car loan situations weren't as common as they are now days either.

What do you think of the LL8 motor, do you hate that too? nope, i don't hate it. i honestly can't even think of any actual engine repairs, or break downs i've ever seen in the shop on one of those. lots of 4wd problems, and the usual gm front end woes. seems like a long term dependable motor. i'm not overly impressed with it, but i don't look at these motors we're talking about from that stand point. i base my opinions on the service i see out of these engines. i get the unique perspective of seeing every car line daily, american, european, japenese, etc.... i noticed a long time ago, for the most part, there are large pattern failures in a lot of engines, or vehicles, that are there from design flaws, that simply go unattended to or remedied by the manufacturer, and i do see that in the ecotec. other examples are gm 3.1, 3.4, 3.5 intake gaskets, and fuel injectors, gm truck and suv fuel pumps, ford spark plugs that seize in the heads of 5.4, or shoot out of the head on the v1o and 5.4, gm idler and pitman arms....i could go on and on and on, and jeep has some as well, but i don't like it when its a poor design, in place for years and years, where the failure is simply on a timer, and no one fixes the problem. it keeps the service going i guess.

ya, i may have it figured out though.

i still see too many problems on today's ecotec, and continued service at 400 hp :eek: no way. i just hate the motor though, i've worked on so many, they suck, i'm biased. maybe they are cool on some performance end, but i don't know because i'm not into that, especially 4 cyl performance. as far as a vehicle in service daily, i don't like it.

nice find, plug and play.

well deserved wade. that third picture came up on an internet search i did a few years back now, i just typed in jeep comanche on google images, and that pic is what motivated me to really find an mj. and it is as sweet in person.

imo the ecotec is one of the worst motors ever built, it is built on the old quad four platform, miserable, terribly designed engines, extremely over engineered, water pumps are like 6 hrs, and go bad all the time, driven by the timing chain and they're on the right bottom of the front of the motor. the timing chain guides go bad destroying the whole thing. and they eventually succumb to rod knocks. i've worked on plenty of them, and they suck. my buddy at work is replacing one for his parents as we speak.

:clapping: yoink!

jeeze, thats a big one, very nice. i just practically gave away a smaller one last week.

:yes: i guess i'm not an off road guy then, just messin with ya, i hate silicone though, and i don't do that. :rant:

no cork for sure, but please don't use silicone, i hate that. its not supposed to be there, it wasn't there from the factory, no service manual says to put silicone on it. and it makes it stupid to replace the gasket down the road with silicone everywhere in the tiny crevices of the valve cover. just my opinion, but i replace gaskets all day long, and i get pissed off when people put silicone where it doesn't belong.

anyone near leavenworth that may be willing to do a simple favor for me? shoot me a pm thanks.

i may have some laying around, i know i just sold one set at jefferson, but i may have more.

ya 4.0 you can buy them on the pump already, or probably seperate, iirc it is the same pump and reservoir that gm has used for a long time as well, so a trip to a pick n pull could be fruitful to

30 mpg, impressive :shake:

we packed up last night and i got home around 9:30, it was a good weekend, saw some familiar faces. i had a blast, but next time i go i may get to be a spectator since i sold so much stuff, i don't have much left. :yes: and i didn't buy one thing, i kept the blinders on at all times. tons of cool stuff there. and i could've sold my mj like 10 times since it was parked by our site, not for sale :nuts: :doh:

the rain still sounds spotty, and more likely in the am for saturday then clear up maybe. may be one of those weekends where you only get a couple short shots of rain.