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A big plus to the renix system is the ability to hook up a REM from nickintime and see what's going on. Us with the HO setup are left with cranking the key and counting flashes 🤣 Biggest difference I've felt was the 99+ intake on my motor. Pulls more smoothly thru the entire rpm range.

X2 on pulling the driveshaft and driving.

Is there any oil on the starter? I had a bad leak from the rear of the motor kept up after an RMS replacement. Turned out to be the o rings in my oil filter adapter housing (there's 3 of them). Oil would blow back from the engine fan onto the bell housing and drip down the rear of the motor like an RMS seal.

I would visit a junkyard and pull one. No idea what that would be called.

Nice! Is that a century as well?

And of course, the final product:

Bought an MJ specific camper shell a few years back that had frankly seen better days. Did a repaint with Monstaliner in their White and damn.... does it look good.

If this doesn't do it, I've got oil rated RTV that will definitely seal it....I just don't want to go that far yet.

Regeared my D30 a couple weeks ago and finally got it installed. After 650 miles, I drained and pulled the cover. Good: Axle has been quiet and seems to roll smoothly. No complaints there and the vibrations from the previous axle are gone. Cons: Pattern isn't where I thought it was set when I last checked it. It seems to have moved out ever so slightly. Also had some brass bits in the oil but this is the break in period so I'm not too concerned yet. All in all I'm happy thus far. Draining: Inside the cover Oil

Fixed my oil filter adapter leak. Hoping this was it and not the Rear Main Seal (replaced that about 6 years ago. Shown here is the oil filter adapter from below. You can see the leak where it meets the engine block. What the adapter looks like pulled. The oring shown was leaking and flat, the threaded tube in the middle is actually the bolt that holds it on (5/8" head, tight as heck too.) Banjo bolt removed from rest of housing. Bolt head is under my pinky, you can see the smallest oring here. Opposite side of adapter housing. You can see here where an oring goes.... this was the only one I didn't have. Had to go buy a kit from Northern Tool with an R-26 oring for this spot ($20, SAE generic oring kit). Kit I got from NAPA ($5) that had 2 of the 3 needed orings in it. The big one for adapter to engine block, and the smallest one that goes around the banjo bolt. Hope this helps someone else solve the problem. I had trouble finding any part numbers so I wanted to share what I did.

No, no, no.....I like this title. When you finally end with an LS we can talk about changing it

That's the biggest problem with having a blast cabinet. I also tore mine down and rebuilt a few years back.....but never found hoses that fit so I still don't have A/C. *sigh* I had a crack in my plastic housing, a little fiberglass and black paint and she was right as rain again!

Yo....is Snellville too far?

Howdy. I'm back and forth these days between NOLA and Atlanta. Glad to see another Comanche around!

I've got a topper on mine (~150lbs) plus a bed that's usually got 200-300lbs of assorted tools, materials, and rugby stuff in it, plus a 140 lbs of dog a lot of times. I know that I can hold 60mph taking the I-75 to I-285 exit here in Atlanta without dropping out of 5th....I'm not gonna accelerate up the hills but it'll hold speed. If I'm pulling a trailer of any sorts, yep gonna have to downshift. I do wish I got anywhere near 22mpg with mine. I was consistently getting 17-18mpg then in December I fixed a vacuum leak and replaced the oil fil cap (last one leaked and blew oil all over the motor over time) and now I'm at 15.7 mpg. No other changes and I took a 2mpg hit. OP, we really need to know what year your truck is to make further suggestions. The differences between the Renix 4.0 (pre-'91) and the HO motor ('91+) mean there's different "most likely" culprits.

Somebody keep buying them all.....

Naw, that's what I've got and she'll pull right up hills around North Georgia, even loaded.

Couldn't have come at a better time. My fuel pump is on it's way out in this cold weather....I have to turn the key on and let it sit for a few minutes when it's below 30F outside before attempting to start.

Ok, question on this part. Making my patches (either by hand or from a preformed piece) is always my biggest struggle. Are you saying that you tack the patch panel in place in a corner, cut a little out with the air saw, then put another tack weld? Basically cut, tack, cut, tack....all the way around? Does the tacked in patch get in the way of the air saw? Sorry for all the questions, I've been doing body work for a few years but I've never heard of this method. If this is faster than my current way of tin snips and files.....heck, I'm all for it.

Are these what you're looking for?

Got really excited and yelled while driving when I saw this. She thought we were gonna hit something 🤣 Seen just now on I-10W in New Orleans.

I know the OP already picked up his new ride but I had to comment. I purchased a 2012 TDI Jetta Sportwagen for $6100 in August with 80k on it. Not the manual transmission I wanted but for that price I couldn't pass it up. Absolutely great car and easy enough to work on once you figure out you need a set of triplesquare sockets. 38-44mpg depending on how much I'm in the pedal, plus full length sunroof, heated leather seats, and very very comfortable for long rides.

A wild MJ!

Yup. Every single hurricane (technically it's the power but the end result is the same). Throw it all away and clean the fridge out.

My 92 has neither on it, although it may have been given the aftermarket treatment long before me. I was looking to replace mine as one housing was damaged when I got it and now the 2nd housing suffered from a case of oaf-itis when I stepped on it last weekend. Saw these on Amazon...I think they're close enough to actually fit. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B091KN4HR1/ref=sw_img_1?smid=&psc=1 Pics of what I do have currently. There used to be a cylindrical plastic housing that stuck out the middle....the left was always missing and the right got destroyed recently.