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So decided against it. To worried about possible issues

I was going to aquire the compressor from the sellers the since he was upgrading everything. The deal for the axles may be falling apart. He won't guarantee they work. I was going to put them in my LJR with 33's because his axles are geared lower, then I was going to take my Rubicon axles with 4.10 gears and put them in the MJ that's running 31's. Asking price is a little high but both vehicles would be geared correctly and have lockers.

Manual.

So iv got an opportunity to purchase 2 upgraded axles for my LJR and that would allow me to swap the current Dana 44 Rubicon axles with 4.10 gears into my MJ and that would give me 4wheel disc brakes and 4.10 gears for my 31's. The front axle should be a bolt in affair, the rear axle will need to be stripped and axle perches welded on and also different parking break cables, but what else? Will the stock brake system power the disc brakes fine? And what about the driveshafts? The measurements seem ok but will I need a yoke conversion? What else am I missing?

I figured it was but it's kinda loud and my 06 LJ doesn't do it.

After I cut the engine off there is a ticking noise. Kinda sounds like the fuel injectors or like when really hot metal is cooling but it happens when the engine is hot or cold.

I think the issue is gone or at least lessened. Just drove an hour to the hunting land and back, no oil but...... I think iv decided to sell her and spend my time investing in the LJ. I put the MJ up for sale before and then changed my mind so we'll see.

So last night I checked all the new vacuum lines and the one in the back (closest to the firewall) was not clear even though it was brand new. I blasted air through it and it cleared up. Maybe it will be better now. She runs great, no smoke, no fouled plugs, so I'm gonna assume the compression is ok. I do have a compression gauge I may try later.

It's coming from the air box. It accumulates in the bottom and drains / drips out slowly.

Certainly annoying because now its leaving large oil spots in the driveway.

Would high oil pressure be a contributing factor? or high revving? It also started last night to rev high upon start up but then dies down to normal. I know that could be a vacuum leak, TPS or AIC - but could high revving be causing more oil to go into the air box? I'm going to check the blow by here shortly. Someone suggested loosing the crank case oil fill cap and seeing how much pressure is escaping.

Iv replaced all the vacuum lines and cleaned out the valve cover and breather vent tubes and did the mod to them that required cutting a 1/2" off and drilling a hole. On the back intake (closest to the firewall) isn't that a check valve the elbow goes into? I haven't tried seafoam yet.

Leesburg Georgia. Now the MJ is spitting oil into the air box. 🤬 I had seen a little oil in it so last weekend I replaced all the vacuum lines, the valve cover gasket and did the valve cover mod that I saw on here. My oil pressure has been a little high so I purchased a new oil pump and screen and was going to change all that out this weekend. Guess I'll start a repair thread on that. Could the oil pressure be causing this or something else? The only thing I did not replace was the ccv check valve on the back of the valve cover.

How much? I might be having a bad day and a moment of weakness - lol