AMC-MJ Posted January 5, 2010 Author Posted January 5, 2010 for 4-6 quarts it cost me in shipping for the same amount of shipping in get a 2.5 gallon's so when i order 2.5 gallons or more or 12qt case or more my dealer license saves me big time but 4-6 bottles of oil it's cheaper to go to the high priced shop as after shipping i'd end up aying $1/qt more. . . Volume saves . . . i wanted to make sure the old MJ was going to like the high end synthetic oil before i buy a mass volume of it. . . Mike
freakjeep93 Posted January 5, 2010 Posted January 5, 2010 true . sometimes thiugh after using synthetic you may ebd up with small pil leaks as the gunk that might have been plugging the leak may get cleaned away.
AMC-MJ Posted January 5, 2010 Author Posted January 5, 2010 I think this engine is lounger then the 189,000 miles the ODO show's, engine is in sound strong mechanical condition ! i ran 2 engine flushes back to back and i got some dirty oil on the first and just a slightly tinted oil on the second, so filled it up with 4qt's of 10w-40 AMSOIL and 1 container of Engine restorer 8 cylinder formula, i'll be checking the oil rather offten for a while to monitor oil level and dirtiness and see how it holds up. Mike
AMC-MJ Posted January 8, 2010 Author Posted January 8, 2010 Well i think i'm going to go with some Biasply tires instead of the radial's i like the look of them better. . . Mike
whowey Posted January 8, 2010 Posted January 8, 2010 :cheers: i finally got my flush n fill oil system is nice and clean and filled with AMSOIL 10w-40 premium protection high zinc formula, which i hadn't noticed the HIGH ZINC FORMULA until i was tossing out the bottle's, i normally use the 10w-40XL and the 15w-50 racing oil's, this time i tried the premium protection oil bit more money then the XL but cheaper then the racing oil . . . So as long as this ZINC won't hurt my engine i'm going to switch over to this high zinc formulated blend 10-40 in winter n 20-50 in summer. . . EDIT: the 15w-50 has the HIGH ZINC formulation, but the standard 10w-40XL dose not. Mike Mike... I will send you a pm with the complete explanation but the high zinc formulas are what you want for the 4.0l.
AMC-MJ Posted January 8, 2010 Author Posted January 8, 2010 So is it going to hurt my 2.5L ? . . . should just back to the XL10-40 ? Mike
whowey Posted January 8, 2010 Posted January 8, 2010 So is it going to hurt my 2.5L ? . . . should just back to the XL10-40 ? Mike The AMC 2.5 is basically a 4.0l with two less cylinders... so yes the AMO is fine. And no you don't want to switch back to XL.
AMC-MJ Posted January 9, 2010 Author Posted January 9, 2010 Cool, then from now on i'll make my Jeep order's for the 10-40PP during the winter and run either the SAE60 or the 20-50PP in the summer time. . . Mike
AMC-MJ Posted January 11, 2010 Author Posted January 11, 2010 Not sure which size tires i should go with, G78-15's 28.5" tall or 7.00-15's 30" tall. G78-15: http://www.universaltire.com/truck-and- ... axion.html 7.00-15: http://www.universaltire.com/truck-and- ... axion.html I'm going to go with one of the 2 tires for sure as i love the tread design but i am unsure of which size would fit best . . . Mike
dasbulliwagen Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 Not sure which size tires i should go with, G78-15's 28.5" tall or 7.00-15's 30" tall. G78-15: http://www.universaltire.com/truck-and- ... axion.html 7.00-15: http://www.universaltire.com/truck-and- ... axion.html I'm going to go with one of the 2 tires for sure as i love the tread design but i am unsure of which size would fit best . . . Mike Bias ply tires? REALLY??? Is this going to be a daily driver? If so you'd really be better off with some radials.
freakjeep93 Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 he was sayin earlier that he likes bias ply . he like loud tiers. id go with the 30s though.
AMC-MJ Posted January 11, 2010 Author Posted January 11, 2010 Most everything I own at one time was daily driven on biasply tires with out any issues... I drive 2 blocks round trip to work, the bank is 2 mile round trip and the geociery store is only 1 block ruinf trip. If go 7,500 miles a year I'd be impressed ! Now that being said I looked at many radials I can't match the aggressive tread for the price. If I wanted to put $1000 set of tires on it I could have aggressive radials, that's just the tires... For $800 or less I can have either of the above tire bought shipped mounted n balenced ! Them tires will last me a few years. Mike
500 MJ Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 I've pulled 4-5 Jeeps out of the woods with those old things on them. Kinda figured they are not used on today's vehicles for a reason... Why not just go get a used set of radial tires? They are on Craigslist all the time for half the price of these things new... :dunno:
AMC-MJ Posted January 11, 2010 Author Posted January 11, 2010 I have yet to see a road worthy used MT tire, there either wore out junk ! Or There good tires that by the time you buy them ship them and mount them ya may as well bought new ones... But anywho, 92% of tires I have seen on eBay or Craigs list are of such a tame tread I'd be scared to use them as trailer tires ! I don't do street tires regular old generic road tread is of no interest to me. Mike
AMC-MJ Posted January 11, 2010 Author Posted January 11, 2010 Ebay: http://motors.shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw ... 06.c0.m282 Crags list: http://madison.craigslist.org/pts/1534312324.html So ebay aggressive 235's or Craigs list 235's lame tread . . . So recap's or snow tires . . . Mike
AMC-MJ Posted January 12, 2010 Author Posted January 12, 2010 I've pulled 4-5 Jeeps out of the woods :dunno: :hmm: I sure hope you crushed every one of them, I'd hate to think of that junk being being put back on the road :hmm: sorry but when i hear "pulled out of the woods" or "parked in a cornfield" I know what those look like, i have done some Crushing the past during the winter off season months :thumbsup: Why not just go get a used set of radial tires? They are on Craigslist all the time for half the price of these things new... Already looked only offering Junk tires, also gave EBAY a look to . . .see above links :thumbsup: Mike
Dirteatr717 Posted January 12, 2010 Posted January 12, 2010 i got a set of Firestone wintermarks a couple weeks ago and they work great, idk how much snow u get but these babies are great on road and in the snow and rain.. not that loud either :thumbsup: all 4 were a total of 340 mounted and balanced
AMC-MJ Posted January 12, 2010 Author Posted January 12, 2010 winter mark's ? i'll have to give them a look see. . . Mike
Dirteatr717 Posted January 12, 2010 Posted January 12, 2010 they can be seen here http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... ie%3DUTF-8 By the way I'm bad with this whole url thing haha
500 MJ Posted January 12, 2010 Posted January 12, 2010 I've pulled 4-5 Jeeps out of the woods :dunno: :hmm: I sure hope you crushed every one of them, I'd hate to think of that junk being being put back on the road :hmm: Yah, my Dad and I got 'em for a reason - stripped 'em of all use-able parts then off to the crusher. We figured they were headed that way anyway, why not salvage what we could and then let 'em go... Kind of look at it as doing the Jeeping Community a service be keeping the good stuff to pass on to someone in need.
AMC-MJ Posted January 12, 2010 Author Posted January 12, 2010 I've seen many guys try to fix them up again it never ends well some body normally gets hurt, some missed crack ot weak steal lets go and boom big trouble. I know some times it's hard to let'em go but its normally safer that way. Mike
AMC-MJ Posted January 12, 2010 Author Posted January 12, 2010 I spun my rear end, its got 3.73's :???: I thought i was told: 4spd = 3.55's. 5spd = 4.11's. :dunno: Are the 3.73's part of the "Sport truck" package :dunno: Mike
whowey Posted January 12, 2010 Posted January 12, 2010 Mike.. you crack me up... I love the old school snow tires.... For some reason fuel mileage was one of your criteria.. go for the smaller size. Not to mention with the 4-cyl, you don't need any help wasting what HP you have.
AMC-MJ Posted January 12, 2010 Author Posted January 12, 2010 what ? fuel mileage ? where did i say that was a factor ? Mike
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