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Trying to get it mostly right the first time: A 5.9 Magnum and 46RE swapped, Tummy Tucked Daily Driven Jeep TJ
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<blockquote data-quote="Dan_Goodwin" data-source="post: 1574683" data-attributes="member: 4960"><p>The first 'test' of the TJ was to go on skidder duty at the lake dragging cut trees onto the bank to be cut and hauled off. I loaded up my 5x8 utility trailer with saws, chains and a tools, cranked the A/C up and hit the road. The trailer and contents might have weighed 800# total and the Jeep didn't even notice it was back there...but the temperature gages told a different story as the water and transmission temp gauge read warmer than usual but not alarmingly high. About 40 miles in the water temperature gaged spiked to 260 and I immediately pulled off the road to see what was the issue. It hadn't blown a hose, wasn't puking its guts out and didn't show any visual signs of being as hot as the gauge showed, so I opted to turn the A/C off and keep moving until I could at least get to the next exit a few miles down the road. Less than a mile later (felt like 150 miles with the temperature gauge pegged), the gauge fell from 240 back to 220 almost instantly. Relief. That lead me to believe there was an air pocket in the cooling system that had collected at the sensor. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]215166[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The rest of the day went without mechanical issue. I aired down to 15 PSI, bolted the front driveshaft back in and started pulling trees. </p><p>Found a soft spot: </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]215165[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Then I found a softer spot and made it worse: </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]215168[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p> The trip back home was, thankfully, uneventful. </p><p></p><p>The last few days before we left were spent packing all the little but really important items. Since we've never traveled in the TJ I wanted to see how well everything was going to fit in here, so I installed my Motobilt cargo rack and started packing stuff in starting from most important to least. Much to my surprise, there's a fair amount of room in the back of a TJ with the cargo rack... not saying it will be our new road trip rig, but for 2 people on a 10 day road trip it fit everything we needed. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]215167[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]215164[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>To this point I haven't had a front driveshaft since I don't have adjustable front control arms to correct the pinion angle. I finally decided to bite the bullet and order Savvy and Core 4x4 front arms to match the rear along with a Barnes 4wd cam bolt eliminator kit. I messed up and ordered the wrong length Core 4x4 arms and was not able to use them on the trip. It is worth noting that the 9/16 bolt included with the kit is too small for the Johnny Joint included in the Core 4x4 arms and the plates had to be drilled out to accept the larger bolt. </p><p></p><p>With the Jeep packed and prepped (as it was going to get) it was time to hit the road to Maggie Valley, North Carolina. Keep in mind that the TJ has never left the state and hasn't done more than 100ish miles in a day up to this point. So let's go slam 1,000 road miles and a few wheeling miles on it in a week. Seems fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dan_Goodwin, post: 1574683, member: 4960"] The first 'test' of the TJ was to go on skidder duty at the lake dragging cut trees onto the bank to be cut and hauled off. I loaded up my 5x8 utility trailer with saws, chains and a tools, cranked the A/C up and hit the road. The trailer and contents might have weighed 800# total and the Jeep didn't even notice it was back there...but the temperature gages told a different story as the water and transmission temp gauge read warmer than usual but not alarmingly high. About 40 miles in the water temperature gaged spiked to 260 and I immediately pulled off the road to see what was the issue. It hadn't blown a hose, wasn't puking its guts out and didn't show any visual signs of being as hot as the gauge showed, so I opted to turn the A/C off and keep moving until I could at least get to the next exit a few miles down the road. Less than a mile later (felt like 150 miles with the temperature gauge pegged), the gauge fell from 240 back to 220 almost instantly. Relief. That lead me to believe there was an air pocket in the cooling system that had collected at the sensor. [ATTACH type="full"]215166[/ATTACH] The rest of the day went without mechanical issue. I aired down to 15 PSI, bolted the front driveshaft back in and started pulling trees. Found a soft spot: [ATTACH type="full"]215165[/ATTACH] Then I found a softer spot and made it worse: [ATTACH type="full"]215168[/ATTACH] The trip back home was, thankfully, uneventful. The last few days before we left were spent packing all the little but really important items. Since we've never traveled in the TJ I wanted to see how well everything was going to fit in here, so I installed my Motobilt cargo rack and started packing stuff in starting from most important to least. Much to my surprise, there's a fair amount of room in the back of a TJ with the cargo rack... not saying it will be our new road trip rig, but for 2 people on a 10 day road trip it fit everything we needed. [ATTACH type="full"]215167[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]215164[/ATTACH] To this point I haven't had a front driveshaft since I don't have adjustable front control arms to correct the pinion angle. I finally decided to bite the bullet and order Savvy and Core 4x4 front arms to match the rear along with a Barnes 4wd cam bolt eliminator kit. I messed up and ordered the wrong length Core 4x4 arms and was not able to use them on the trip. It is worth noting that the 9/16 bolt included with the kit is too small for the Johnny Joint included in the Core 4x4 arms and the plates had to be drilled out to accept the larger bolt. With the Jeep packed and prepped (as it was going to get) it was time to hit the road to Maggie Valley, North Carolina. Keep in mind that the TJ has never left the state and hasn't done more than 100ish miles in a day up to this point. So let's go slam 1,000 road miles and a few wheeling miles on it in a week. Seems fine. [/QUOTE]
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