Los Angeles to Phoenix -

[CoastChief]

Leaving for my friends show in PHX, AZ. 

refreshed the car a little to get it a little more sound. 

Replaced lower radiator hose. Belt, and put in a K&N filter. 

 

here is a quick before and after. 

 

Bringing my camera for some good shots of the national parks with the Jeep.

 

will be posting updates on Jeepcomanche_SW

[Dzimm]

Looks good!  I love a clean engine bay.

[JMO413]

That cleaned up nice. Looking good cannot wait for some more pictures.

[Fernando87mj]

Do you Think you might pass by Vegas ? 

[fiatslug87]

Looking really good. Have a great trip.

[CoastChief]

Hey guys I’m at the halfway point. Here are some photos I shot with my iphone. She’s running stable at roughly 190F - 210 when I’m traffic. Wind is strong almost blowing over semis. Beautiful weather and drive, I turn 25 on Sunday. Good time to evaluate where I’m at in life, relax away from the city.

[eaglescout526]

Hey, if you are taking the I-10 swing by my dealer and we can meet up for a bit.

[500 MJ]

1 hour ago, CoastChief said:

 I turn 25 on Sunday. Good time to evaluate where I’m at in life, relax away from the city.

 

ENJOY THAT DRIVE, Happy Birthday!

[CoastChief]

Thanks everyone! Just crossed state lines! 

[buxmj]

Great job cleaning up the engine bay, looks great! Safe travels and happy birthday! 

[CoastChief]

Made it!  Ran really good at 185-190. Only concern is the major voltage drop from the vent fan. Pictured is on vs off.

[eaglescout526]

Possible ground cleaning is needed somewhere or connections need to be cleaned. There probably a few reasons but the Renix cluster reads electrical draw vs what the alt is putting out. Mine does it too but I got it to where it shows what the alt is putting out 90% of the time

 

Welcome to the surface of the sun.

[Minuit]

 

You may also want to check for damage at the ignition switch on the Overloaded Brown Wire™ circuit, midway down the steering column. You may also want to consider adding a new ground for the blower motor if significant (by significant, I mean anything really that's more than 0) resistance to ground at the blower motor circuit is found after cleaning. However, given the overloaded nature of the circuit that supplies power to the blower motor and any number of electrical resistance sources along the way, I'd start by cleaning connections and making sure the ignition switch isn't about to catch on fire.

 

Do you have a digital multimeter? If you own a Renix Jeep long enough you're gonna need one.

[eaglescout526]

Adding on to what Minuit said, I have cleaned the C101 half a dozen times and it also seems to help the gauge read right.

[Minuit]

Cleaning C100, the main bulkhead connector (that's the only other connector I know the reference designator for) will help "general electrical malaise" too. Get the petrified tar out, brush contacts clean and pack it with new dielectric grease to prevent water ingress. Nasty job.

[JMO413]

I would add the extra ground for the blower motor. Easy and should do it any way.