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I know this is gonna sound stupid, but it's the voice of experience. Do you have any loose items rolling around in the bed?

Isn't hard to see where your going on the trail when the hood is open?

This thread may be single handedly responsible for at least 3 mj's getting rear sway bars. I'm patiently waiting in the wings and listening to see where this all goes.

I spent several years adding coolant to my truck, not knowing where it was going. No signs anywhere of a leak. Finally purchased myself a coolant system pressure tester. Found out the upper clamp on the lower hose would weep coolant ever so slightly, but only 6-8psi or greater system pressure. . New clamp and steady coolant levels now.

I need to see where this goes..... Only I have a d44

My valve cover has been cruiser modded with shortened baffles and all my ccv system is new and clear. I have owned a fair number of 258\4.0 family motors over the years and it seems to be common among them all. Catch can is probably the cleanest easiest solution.

Presumably from the blowby? I didn't think about air in when I opened my mouth. Il just shut up now.

Has anyone tried double orifice tubes? I'm thinking along the lines of removing the front breather tube that runs to the air box and replace it with a second orifice tube to match the rear and connect to intake vacuum? Worst you would do is burn off the excess oil, right? Seems with the crankcase pressure created by the blowby, a second vacuum orifice might mitigate the positive crankcase pressure and help keep the engine blood inside the engine instead of puking it all over the outside of itself????

Sounds to me like they just don't have the switch adjusted correctly. If slid too far one way or the other it will work but not quite right. I learned how critical proper adjustment is after replacing my switch. The slightest misadjustment meant I couldn't start the truck. Everything felt normal but wouldn't engage the "start" part of the switch.

My concer would be space. I'm not sure if there's V8 room with out major fab. The 4.3 seems like it should fit, and be plenty of power for a flat fender. Fuel injection would also be a big factor to me.

I for one would vote for "Uncle Pete". Sorry but the are only 2 beings I refer to as father.

Don't trust the dash gauges to be accurate. I thought my truck was running cold for years (guage said 165-170 hot). Thanks to a rem unit and some further investigation I found out the problem is all in guage accuracy. Truck runs properly and at the correct operating temps. Could have saved me a couple tstats and a lot of head scratching to start with the gauge.

I would say it depends on what you want out of it. Parade car I would say fuel injected and auto trans. Wheeling rig big power V8 and manual to match with tons swapped in. Personally if I was doing it, I'd make a neat little ice cream\parts getter with a 4.3 chebby and and auto trans.

Anything is better than the original plastic valve covers amc used on the 258. That said I would say what your seeing is normal 4.0 behavior. My mj has been cruiser modded and all new ccv components, still insists on pissing oil out of the grommets and the oil fill cap. Other than that I have fixed all my leaks and use a less than noticable on the dipstick amount of oil between changes. As was said above, old engine design with old efficiency standards combined with being higher mileage engine means it won't be perfect by any means. just check the oil with with each fuel fill and add accordingly. But most importantly enjoy the truck.

Arent the xj spring mounts narrow in comparison to the mj location?

Fi donor for the cj

Does anyone have one to get some measurements from? Both of mine are mia

I 4x4 swapped mine. I purchased an ax15\231 from a wrangler that was getting a small block swap. The rest of the parts were sourced from the junkyard. Not a difficult swap but not super easy either.

I went this route in my cj. As much as I enjoyed the simplicity of carbs, the tbi is nice. much better cold starts and a really easy setup to work with.

20 years later? That's kinda kewl to see......

If you don't have a stethoscope a piece of vacuum hose stuck in one ear works well also.

Glad to be able to participate in such a great community. Thanks Pete.

Yes those are factory row mirrors. They are not a common option.

My solution to a grease covered engine bay is a couple cans of degreaser from the local parts house and a pressure washer. Works well for me. If there isn't a bunch of oil (yeah right it's a jeep). Then a regular soap and water wash will do. Use caution when rinsing. Some things under the hood don't like to get too wet.