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Will be looking into this, normally avoid AutoZone because I've been burned so many times for dontlast parts lol

I don't think I'd need that big of a cooling upgrade for old wheezey lol. I have an aluminum radiator and it's only a 2.5. Most of the time I'm driving around 55 to 65mph and hauling around my motorcycles or something for a home project. From what I've seen the radiator for my truck is way narrower than what's spec'd for a 4.0, that's why I thought about doing a single big Taurus or MK8 fan if I do go the e-fan route

I'm leaning towards just sticking with the mechanical fan, it works and it's simple. I just hate having to replace these cheap Chinese parts once a year! Yeah it's only a couple of bolts but it's dumb that something this simple would even fail in a year. The original one lasted 40 years, what the hell happened to any form of quality!

Limited lifetime. Haven't had any luck with getting anything waranteed through a napa near me for parts on this guy though.

The the I can just watch the temp drop and then come back up when the thermostat closes again as I'm merging onto the freeway. The thermostat definitely opens and closes, scalding heat in the cab when it gets up to temp too. I just can't even move the fan when the truck is dead cold and the suction it has at idle is impressive, even the dual Mishimoto fans on my Miata didn't have this much pull.

Well, its been awhile because old Wheezey has been running pretty darn good and I've primarily been riding my motorcycles around town but I've managed to break another thing! My stupid fan clutch is once again stuck "on" and it takes forever for the truck to heat up in the morning now. I replaced the clutch fan last year with an off the shelf NAPA unit but if they're only gonna last a year id like to save my 70$. So, is there a better alternative? Junkyard fan clutches? Better Chinese Parts? Or do I just go for an electric fan? I was thinking about getting a Taurus or MK8 fan and using a Dakota Digital fan controller to run the show since I already have a 100a 12SI alternator conversion, but I do like how simple the clutch fan is and it keeps the truck nice and cool during the summer months. Any info is appreciated!

That's what I have my brother for lol

Cool, I will be trying that adjustment when I get off of work tonight.

A process like that is kinda what I was suspecting. I remember nickintime talking about that in one of his 2.5 videos, but he never went into the process of how to do it with a voltmeter...he just used his REM system to find when the TPS read as fully closed. Is that 4.63V regardless of input voltage btw? I know that the input voltage for my sensor reads a 5.13 or 5.15V.

The old calculations were with the AX15. The speedo and Odo are also accurate to both GPS and gear calculator specs. We do have winter blend gas here in WA and I knew that it would get less mpg than normal summer gas but I didn't think it'd be 4 to 5 mpg

Hey guys just wanted to double check how people are setting the TPS on the Renix 2.5 because I've been getting less than stellar gas mileage since I replaced mine. My OEM TPS died after 40 years which is a good run so I replaced it with a Standard Ignition part. Right now, I have the output voltage set to 17% of the input voltage with the ISA fully retracted as it would be when idling at a stoplight. I set the output to 17% of the input because that's what cruiser recommended and what the '90 fsm recommended as well. Just wanted to clarify that I was setting the TPS at the right ISA position and at the right percentage of output voltage. I've been averaging about 16.8 to 17.5 mpg for 90% city driving. Only major mod this truck has is an AX15 and NP231 swap (from the stock AX5 and NP207). It does have all new sensors except for a MAT sensor because I can't find on that is the right specs. Other than that it's a bone stock Comanche 235/75/15s on stock wheels. Dana 30/35 combo and 4.10s. it does weight right around 3700lbs with me in it and with about 12 gallons of gas but I don't really see why I'd be getting mediocre mileage around town with this truck when it used to average 18 to 20 around town during the summer other than a weirdly adjusted TPS.

Interesting, I should take a proper tape measure to it instead of guestimating what it should look like based off of what my Grandpa and Dad remember it looking like almost 40 years ago...the leaf springs at ride height still have an arch and aren't flattened out and the whole truck still has a visual rake that it would've had from the factory but yeah it was noticably lower once we loaded a motorcycle on it recently (roughly 500lbs). Yeah, I've got loads of space to get at the diff with the long bed. I rebuilt the Dana 35 over the summer on the ground with it in the truck there's so much space under there. And I'm way too nervous about getting stuck or destroying the bed to do any hardcore offroading. There's basically no rust outside of surface rust on my MJ thankfully. It's been sitting in the front yard of my grandparents house since the mid-90s in California...and it's been a northern California truck all it's life, it's the one and only new vehicle my grandpa ever bought.

That's also why I haven't made any modifications to the rear suspension. My load sensing prop valve works amazingly and I really don't want to screw it up.

Besides adding a drain plug, do those aftermarket covers actually do anything? I know about the aeration problem from the Banks Power testing videos but do they actually add strength to the housing to prevent bending or is it just a blind piece that is a little more rock resistant? I did not know that you could get leasprings re-arched. Always thought that you just need to replace them. I'm not 100% sure I need to re arch them because they still have good arch in them and are about the correct ride height for a Comanche as long as it doesnt have a load in it. The springs start to sag once you have about 500lbs (or roughly 226kg) in the bed. I have thought about just getting Metric Ton spring or new standard springs if mine are just plain wore out though.

That's what my truck looks like whenever I take it out to grab building materials for stuff around the house! I always thought I was overloading it, almost considering adding airbags or another overload leaf to being the headlights back down when I'm hauling stuff just so I don't blindly people.