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Huh? I'm not sure if that was aimed at me or not but since I only posted a minute ago I'll bite... What does ANY of that have to do with headbolts? The guy is going to deal with rebuilding his engine with new or used headbolts... Maybe I'm missing something but what does social theory have to do with that? Hoss - I work for a bunch who preach 'diversity training' while leading quite exclusive lives after work where folks like us (grimy off-roading types, etc) are not welcome. In a nutshell: Folks like that want nothng more than to squelch anything that disagrees with their mindset or that forces them deal with people as individuals instead of labeled groups. The heck with that. If you Jeep - I'll help you. If you're worried about "the right sort" - I'm outta here. Seriously: Who was being 'uncivil' and just what the heck is your "corporate goal"? More importantly: what the hell does any of that have to do with going "RARRR! THIS IS FUN!!!" while wheeling over some rocks out in the woods? We're Jeepers!! Good grief! We should help out anyone - (even a broke down Land Rover owner - ha ha, you know who you are!) if he's having half as much fun as I am! (Hint: Land Rover owners usually have very, VERY large coolers! :yes: ) Again - I may have missed something... or you may be a forum troll - dunno. Don't care. All I can say is that if I can help someone keep their RENIX Jeep alive - I'll do it & I'll encourage them to spend the $25 vs not when it can save them a repeat teardown. Hope we're on the same page.

Chassis & engine grounds are the #1 culprit in electrical gremlins on our XJ's & MJ's - glad you found part of your issue & got it fixed. On a RENIX Jeep... clean EVERY connector. EVERY. CONNECTOR. Let me say that again: EVERY. CONNECTOR. Then add a jumper ground cable from the dipstick to the chassis... and one from the OEM location on the head to the firewall. Then a jumper ground from the throttle body side of the TPS connector to the firewall connection. If the ground connections are not good then supply voltage to a sensor does not matter... it won't sense the correct voltages from the sensor as the ground connection is not good and that adds resistance (and lowers voltage sensed) by the ECU. Affects damn near every system the ECU maintains... Glad to see someone pimping the RENIX life! :banana:

Good grief. For $20 +/- who the hell wants to risk the cost of a replacement engine? I've reused them on engines that had a known maintenance - ie: never rebuilt or torn down. After that - replace them. Any doubts - replace them. Don't think some internet expert will replace your engine if he's wrong and has convinced you to re-use them?... - replace them. they aren't gonna pay for your motor if it fails (and neither will I)! :D $20 is cheap insurance.

Well $#!& - this forum package doesn't make it easy, does it? On the other hand - it looks great and I like the layout so kudos on that front. Again - how do I fix signature links so they are part of the html instead of bare, non-working links?

Ok... html code in sigs does not work. Can't link to my XJ website or parts portal.

Trying again

Test - how the hell do signatures work here?