Ok, it's been a while since I've been on, so I have accumulated my share of Jeep woes.
I installed a plow in early January at my brother's house 75 miles from home. On the way home, big yellow plow pushed all the air away from DSPO's 2 core radiator (YES, on a 360) and caused me to overheat 260+ deg F. Brother was kind enough to loan me trailer, buggy lugged plow into trailer (of course during the ONLY snow storm we had all year), and managed to make it home.
I purchased a new 4 core radiator and installed it, and what the heck took out the thermostat for good measure. Since that time, I've done my usual Home Depot runs without so much as a blip towards hot on the temp gauge.
Decided that since 'Running Hippo' is 'running sooo well' that I should take another long trip.
WELL, tranny won't go into third until I hit 60mph, used to happen at 40mph. 'RH' is still pushing lots o' heat, the temp gauge is telling me 240. Stop and go traffic makes gauge crawl towards 250.
Prequalifiers... engine is at 208K miles without a rebuild. I am at least 4th owner. Timing chain probably needs to be done desperately, rebuild needed in near future.
Question 1: Is overheating due to timing chain?
Question 2: Is tranny problem due to vacuum modulator (TF727)
Question 3: Does anyone want to buy a slightly rusted FSJ with a plow? She's dark blue with the 'light cordovan' interior...
I installed a plow in early January at my brother's house 75 miles from home. On the way home, big yellow plow pushed all the air away from DSPO's 2 core radiator (YES, on a 360) and caused me to overheat 260+ deg F. Brother was kind enough to loan me trailer, buggy lugged plow into trailer (of course during the ONLY snow storm we had all year), and managed to make it home.
I purchased a new 4 core radiator and installed it, and what the heck took out the thermostat for good measure. Since that time, I've done my usual Home Depot runs without so much as a blip towards hot on the temp gauge.
Decided that since 'Running Hippo' is 'running sooo well' that I should take another long trip.
WELL, tranny won't go into third until I hit 60mph, used to happen at 40mph. 'RH' is still pushing lots o' heat, the temp gauge is telling me 240. Stop and go traffic makes gauge crawl towards 250.
Prequalifiers... engine is at 208K miles without a rebuild. I am at least 4th owner. Timing chain probably needs to be done desperately, rebuild needed in near future.
Question 1: Is overheating due to timing chain?
Question 2: Is tranny problem due to vacuum modulator (TF727)
Question 3: Does anyone want to buy a slightly rusted FSJ with a plow? She's dark blue with the 'light cordovan' interior...
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