Recent content by Don-T

Use Rotella T4 15W40.

Thanks for posting. Sorry, I forgot to come back and ost what I found. I bought a rebuild kit from asp wholesale.com in Florida.

I have been using Rotella T4 10W-40 for many years without any issues. I use Wix filters as well.

This is something I will be doing in about a month when I get home from my current trip. I figured I would have to remove the fan and shroud. Do I need to drain and remove the radiator hoses to get the shroud out? What about the oil cooler lines, do they need to come out? Anything else I have...

Well, now that I have my M1009 back on the road I decided to clean up the rest of the old oil/grease from the old leaks. While doing that I managed to get some water in the passenger side alternator and didn’t let it dry enough before I started it and run it just long enough to drive it back...

I have finally finished putting everything back together. No more bubbles in the coolant. The coolant temperature no longer wanders up and down either. It seems to run good and it sounds ok to me. Thanks for all the advice from members here, it made a difference as this is my first diesel to...

When you install a new cable, try spinning it by hand before installing the transfer case end. When you do, does it spin easy, does the speedometer move?

The radiator is downstream of the thermostat. It seems as though any additional temperature sensor sensor should be upstream, either in the other head in the unused port like Jeepadict says or in the coolant crossover if you have a spare port there.

Some of them are that smart.

He does make a good point. If it isn’t going off road, it probably doesn’t matter anyway. I have seen it done that way many times as well. Once or twice I have seen people stranded offroad with jeeps who’s drive shafts fell out for the exact same reason.

It is really difficult to tell looking at pictures if there will be interference when the shaft rotates. It would’ t hurt to take something soft like some sort of putty and stuff it in around both the u-joints and turn the shaft by hand to see if it binds. If there is still some room in there...

I have learned over the years, they know what they are talking about, but can be confusing. I have decided smaller tires and little to no lift take less gearing, get better mileage, and are easier to get in and out of.

Don’t stack shims. I could try to describe how to properly measure the angles to determine the shims you need but there are some excellent instructions on the internet. Here is a good one to start with. How To Measure Drive Shaft Angles Something else to keep in mind is the shim type you get...

The exhaust manifolds are on now. I wrapped safety wire around all the bolts so they couldn’t fall out while working the manifolds into position. The passenger side went in from the top but I needed a helper to hold the exhaust pipe in the right position to line up with the manifold. The driver...

I will watch for that.