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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

So it started off as a slight rattle coming from the internals, now it has a slight knock when you shut it off and when running it has a some vibration. Its throwing code P0016 (Timing is off from the cam and the crank shaft) I'm really leaning towards trying the timing belt and the cam shaft synchronizer and see if that helps. My hesitation is that wasting time and money then to find out its something internal Id almost rather just put in a reman engine and sell the current engine. Id REALLY like to put in a 5.7 but at a cost of $20000 I think ill wait. I'm getting so frustrated with having 2 jeep projects that if you catch me on the right day Id sell both of them and start over with a Wrangler 392 or AEV Wrangler with a V8 conversion.

So I had decided on the warriors product gen 1 but apparently my LJ is jealous and wanted me to spend money on it. It either needs just a timing chain or a complete motor. 😕 Not good. The MJ may be up for sale to fund the LJ. Or I could sell the LJ as is and......

One concern I have about any of the bumpers, or even mounting just a receiver and tow hooks up front, is having to modify the air dam valance and fender flares. This isn't my jeep, its raining so I couldn't get a picture, but this is what mine looks like and I know id have to cut and modify. I don't mind modifying the MJ as long as it could easily be returned to stock.

The Warriors Products bumper is available with shackle points and that's kind of what I'm leaning towards and then having a local guy weld in a receiver hitch on it. I did think about leaving the factory bumper on it and adding a front receiver but something about that just looks off to me. My first thought was spend the money on the LJ and add a winch and leave the MJ alone but I like using the MJ for hunting season because when I put the receiver rack on the LJ I can't really access the rear and IMO its a lot of weight hanging on the hitch bouncing down the road to the processor, but storage is limited in the MJ even with a tool box.

Here is the warrior products Gen 1 bumper with winch mount. Not a fan of permanently mounting a winch nor do I like the headlight hoops.

I kind of hated to start a thread on this because in the back of my mind Iv already made my decision, and a lot of times when opinions are asked about product A, B or C - most people will respond with that product D, E or F is better simply because that's what they purchased---- but anyways, at least this thread will give us something to discuss - lol. So iv been slowly restoring my 1988 Comanche pioneer. The plan was to only drive it on the weekends or when I needed a pickup and I was going to keep it as close to stock as possible but ever since early summer Iv been using it as a daily driver and just leaving my LJ hooked up to the boat but now the LJ has thrown a P0016 code so I need to handle that so I'm still driving my MJ and loving it. I took it to the farm last weekend and was checking on the deer feeders and trying to avoid a planted field I slid into a low spot. Luckily it was bone dry and 4 hi pulled me right out. Another spot the grass was super high around the beaver pond I was driving around to go to another feeder and I hit some tractor ruts running perpendicular that I could not see and bottomed the front end out in them. 4 low crawled me right out. The other morning on the way to the gym at 4:30am I had to lock up the brakes to avoid hitting a deer. All this got me thinking about a better front bumper for: 1 - protections 2 - multiple recovery points 3 - High lift jack points 4 - extra light mounts and possibly a winch mount The bumper I really like is from Warrior products but it does not have a winch mount or a receiver tube to use a portable winch. JCR has a more basic bumper I really like but I'm not a fan of the hoop option so id get the basic one. Dirt Bound has one very similar but once again I hate the hoop option, but without the hoop its the most reasonably priced. I thought about modifying the warrior products bumper and welding on a receiver. Warrior products does make a Gen 1 bumper similar to the one I like but the headlight hoops are dinky. I was really wanting to keep the stock look on the MJ and not mod it but I feel like the MJ would be more useful if I did add a better bumper.

And when I put the charger on it it reads 50%. I leave the trickle charger on it overnight, it reads 100%, I drive it and it drops again.

As I drive the gauge reads lower and lower, you can watch it drain. I checked the voltage before and after a drive and it was significantly lower.

Could it be the starter relay?

Battery is new but your right, it still could be the issue. Right now I'm replacing the gas tank and injectors. The money pit just keeps getting bigger.