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1064692 Not to be contrary, but longer shackles do nothing for articulation. The articulation remains the same whether the shackles are 1" or 5". Articulation comes from the springs ability to push the axle and wheel away from the frame and down to the ground where it makes contact. That is...

1064696 Fuel injectors do "click" but not really audibly. Take a 2' socket extension or a long piece of steel rod about 3/8 diam. and put one end on the valve cover, and carefully put the other end to your ear with the part that is in the front of your ear pushed back to sort of "close" your...

1064780 If the pulsating is really rapid, like a machine gun, its sounds like the ABS. If it is relative to the speed your going when you brake ( slows as the truck slows ), then its the rotors. I would pull the wheels off again and visually check the pads both inside and outside, take them...

1064781 I wasn't trying to be ugly, I've been offroading since 1985 and have had a ton of 4x4's from Jeep to Range Rover and in between. I don't want anyone to waste their money on something that won't get them the most bang for their buck. For 90% of the guys who go wheelin on the weekend...

1064920 I agree with Dingus, check the codes. IMO, the alternator is not the problem, because he says in the beginning that it turns over and tries to run but won't start. If the alternator had failed, he would have been driving on battery juice the last few miles, and I doubt it would turn...

1064975 Ray O Vac's clicking is the valves, and once they get oil pressure and pump up, they stop clicking. If the clicking is when the temp is normal and pressue is up, I would wonder if the oil pump is cavitating? Be sure your oil levels are up to par.[addsig]

1065348 We had a major argument at work one day, the Ford guy saying that antifreeze protected better mixed 50/50. I told him I had always run 100% antifreeze. He said he heard that 100% would freeze. I thought that was BS so when I got home, I mixed a cup of 50/50 and a cup of 100% and...

1065349 That pretty much limits you to air lockers or electric lockers. ARB's are proven through years of use, the new e-locker was not available for the zj last time I looked. They may have an application now. I would love to hear from someone who has e-lockers to see how durable they are...

1065350 Sounds like a Ted Nugent song, "Yank me Crank me".[addsig]

1065351 I put 2.5" spacers on the front coils and on the rear on my xj and drove it for a long time radical offroad to interstate, the guy I sold it to a year later is still driving, with no alignment or brake line issues, however, the brake lines were pushing it at full articulation, and the...

1057317 Chill out vfrf2, Dingus moderates this board, so show some respect. And for your info, the snively.gif shows to be 4009 bytes. [addsig]

1057502 I agree with them, take it back. I had a Volvo a tree fell on and when I got it back there were waves in the roof. I asked the owner if that was the best they could do and he said "no, but your next door neighbors and never gonna see that". I had them redo it and when it came back it...

1057767 Maybe I'm missing something, but there should already be lines running up into the firewall on the front, and above the tank on the rear. Unless your talking about some other type of breather for the diffs. Those lines are supposed to keep water out. My point of reference is my...

1058268 Thats how junk yards used to be. You walked around for a couple of hours, wondering how the hell cars got bent up the way they were, and wondering what the story behind the wreck was, then you finally found something you needed, removed it, and took it up to the counter where a couple...

1058270 I passed an xj here in Chattanooga over the weekend that looked like it had Wranger front flares and the guy had cut the fenders up to the flare line. It looked good with a heck of an angle of attack. I didn't get to see the rear. It was lifted about 4" I would guess. In other...

1058484 This falls back to my post a while back, most of those guys have no clue other than what is in the computer. The true "parts guy" that knew how to diagnose problems, what would fit and what wouldn't, and who wanted to help are few and far between. I prefer Advance also, don't like...

1055791 Makes you wonder how much thought manufacturers actually put into their products. The factory Landrover roof rack has mounting for 4 lights. I guess Yakima sees one rack mounted on everything from Jeeps to mini vans to BMW's. If the fairing on that rack is plastic, I would think...

1055792 Chuck's right, and also, your extended length is what gives you articulation offroad, so be sure whatever you get will extend farther than your stock shock. You want that spring to do its work and push the tire into the ground when you're off camber, and if the shock is too short, the...

1055929 You guys are lucky.[addsig]

1056062 Pimp Mountains??????[addsig]