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So Next I noticed the steering wheel felt like it was about to fall off, shaking around and very loose, did some research and noticed it is a common problem with these year model jeeps. I had to tear everything apart and tighten up four screws that had backed out around the ball joint? of the tilt wheel assembly. This took some time and a few time of putting it back together and taking it back apart to get right. Finally got it all back together and everything works great but now a month or so after the horn is intermittent and I have the key get suck in the on position twice randomly. Haven't had time to check it out yet though.
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These are all the pictures I have, I forgot to take some of the actual Business area where the problem was. But all I can say is I don't want to have to do this again.....
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been a while since a update so it is about that time. truck started to give me some over heating problems so i started stocking up on more parts.
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New trans oil lines, fan shroud, serp belt, upper rad hose, power steering lines came in today.
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here is the new radiator with the trans cooler hooked up on it.
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now its time for the install. first I pulled off the high flow thermostat and drilled 2 holes it it to make it easier to burp the closed loop system and keep air pockets from getting trapped.
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so after sitting on the clearance problem for about a week and talking to a few different people, I was told that its very close but it should be enough room as long my motor mounts are solid. Which i just replaced with the iron man 4x4 mounts and they are VERY solid. But I was still rubbing the fan on the fan shroud also because the motor mounts lifted the engine 1/4 inch up.
However I just wanted to be better safe than sorry. so my solution to this was to drill new holes and modify the radiator support bracket to move the whole radiator/fan shroud Assembly back about a inch.
This is how I did it. First cut out the clearance on the bracket in order to push the radiator up under it. then I made the brackets
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And here is the radiator support trimmed, painted, and the brackets installed on it.
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and this is what happened after I buttoned everything up and started it......haha opps
forgot to tighten a few things up...
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so after all that it still gets kinda warm, so Im going to install the electric fan I have in addition to keeping the stock mechanical. Also Im going to install the datsun louvers soon.
I was worried that the head gasket might be gone after it was still getting a tad bit warm but ran a pressure test and it all checked out good! so as far as it seems im just not getting enough air flow through the grill because the winch,lights,and bumper is restricting it to much.
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took the truck for a nice ride on a beautiful day and it did great!!!! snapped a few pictures :)Man, I love this truck!!!!! Even if its not the prettiest thing in the world :rolleyes:
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