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The Mess Hall / Re: Very High Idle - need help!

« Last post by YellowTJ on January 26, 2023, 06:31:33 PM »

Long time since this post, but wanted to follow up with the result. Did a smoke test to learn there was a leak at the intake manifold. This was due to the larger flange on the new exhaust header, and since it shares the bolts to cinch down to the head, the slightly thicker flange wasn’t allowing a tight enough seal at the intake manifold, hence the leak. Machined the face of the flange on the exhaust header down, which helped, but ultimately had to machine the upper face at the bolt locations to get it exactly right. Right connection, new gasket, no problems.

Lesson learned, even though it seemed tight and snug, this precision was down to .001” tolerance to really get it right. Thanks everyone for the input.

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The Mess Hall / New Member

« Last post by benvenner on January 18, 2023, 06:34:11 PM »

Hello, I'm a new member. My history with Jeeps starts at 16. Always have had one as my second vehicle, with an F150 being my main. I have had a 94 XJ 4.0, a 99 Xj 4.0, a 2000 XJ 4.0, an 2007 GC WK 3.7, and currently have a 95 YJ 2.5 with a 4" lift on 33's.

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The Mess Hall / Re: *** Introduce yourself here! ***

« Last post by 91yjmike on December 26, 2022, 05:17:20 AM »

Hello all, name is Mike, live in Florida, pipe welder and fitter by trade, work in the space industries, have a 91 yj base model,
2.5, AX5, no power anything except brakes, lifted with 33’s other than that pretty well stock.

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The Mess Hall / Re: *** Introduce yourself here! ***

« Last post by Jeffy on December 03, 2022, 01:29:17 PM »

Hello I live in Panama City ,Florida by way of Little Rock ,Arkansas. I am in the process of re gearing my 97 Little Green Jeep. It has 3.73 with 33's and a 4 inch lift. getting 4.88's so I can at least drive it on the High way at 60-65. Also about to move to North Georgia , so I will be needing a little more gear to get around in the Hills.

Welcome!  If you haven't got the gears yet, I'd highly recommend going with 5.13s if you have a manual.

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The Mess Hall / Re: *** Introduce yourself here! ***

« Last post by Pops1966 on November 21, 2022, 12:39:58 PM »

Hello I live in Panama City ,Florida by way of Little Rock ,Arkansas. I am in the process of re gearing my 97 Little Green Jeep. It has 3.73 with 33's and a 4 inch lift. getting 4.88's so I can at least drive it on the High way at 60-65. Also about to move to North Georgia , so I will be needing a little more gear to get around in the Hills.

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The Mess Hall / Re: Oil pressure sensor for the dashboard (name?)

« Last post by Jeffy on November 14, 2022, 08:41:25 PM »

There isn't one that sends a signal to the ECU.  There's only one sender and it's next to the distributor.  Should have one wire going to it.  It's just called the Oil Pressure Sender.

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The Mess Hall / Oil pressure sensor for the dashboard (name?)

« Last post by jfrabat on November 06, 2022, 08:26:37 AM »

Hi, guys.  Have not posted here in a LOOOOOOOOONG time!  But I still have the Jeep!

Anyway, anyone remember what the sensor for the oil pressure gauge is named?  Not the one that sends to the ECU, but the one that sends the pressure to the dash.

Felipe

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The Mess Hall / Re: Welders and welding gear?

« Last post by Jeffy on October 22, 2022, 01:44:00 PM »

First welds in almost 30 years.  Looks like crap but also not that bad for the first time.


The second time.  Basically, I get a few hours a week.  I think I was having gas flowrate issues.


Third week.  Still playing around with settings.  The welder is a Miller DVI2.  The controls are kinda weird in that there isn't an actual voltage.  I've got 6 positions to choose from.  Wire speed is 10-100.  May have still had some gas flow issues.


Week 4.  Had a guy help me set up the welder.  Was pushing the machine harder than it needed.  A bunch of HS kids also use the machine and change all of the settings all the time.  I've always gotta clean up after them before I can do any welding.  Lowered the wire speed and voltage and it welded a lot better.  Kind of counterintuitive.  Hoping to get decent before getting my own welder.  I'm looking at the Millermatic 215.  They have a stick welder and a TIG so once I get better at MIG I'll probably switch over to one of the others.

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The Mess Hall / Re: Welders and welding gear?

« Last post by Jeffy on October 17, 2022, 04:11:02 PM »

Been able to practice welding for a few hours every week for the past 3 weeks.  Using a Millermatic DVI2.  Not really sure of the specifics of the machine but it does weld.  The sire speed and voltage are kinda weird though.  Voltage is labeled 1-6 so there are no fine adjustments.  Wire speeds are 1-100.  Kinda wish they would use the more standard Volts and WFS.

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The Mess Hall / Learning to Weld

« Last post by Jeffy on December 06, 2021, 01:42:08 PM »

Looking to finally get a welder.  I'm thinking about a Millermatic 211.  I've got 240v here and from all I've learned, a 240 MIG will do basically everything that I would want, or need to do.  Hopefully, I can get a decent price for one in the coming months.  There's a pretty decent discount right now but I think I'm going to miss it.

What I question on is all the other gear though.  What do you recommend for everything else?  I'm probably going to splurge and get an auto-dimming helmet.  Not sure which one though.  Gloves, wire, cylinder size, etc...