Slimebones
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Nice job juggling engine replacement, holding down employment, and moving household to new house in a relative short period of time. Take a break.:thumb:
WJCO's Build Thread, 1999 WJ
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notnalc68
That dude from Mississippi
That’s what I’m thinking. He probably needs to sleep for a week, lol.
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WJCO
Meme King
Yep. I've looked it over thoroughly at least 3 times before I saw this.
Yes. Very happy to have found it. I think the old head gasket partially was embedded in the crack, making the symptom only show up under certain circumstances. Then when the shop put the new head gasket on, that area was disturbed. After the head gaskets were replaced, the cooling system pressurized and vented before the engine even got to 100 degrees.
Wow, that was quicker than I thought! Nice work finding the crack and getting the WJ back up and running
Me too. Thanks.
Glad you found the crack. Now take that thing to the metal recycler and make them crush the fucking thing in front of you!
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I thought about doing something like that. Not sure exactly what I'm going to do with this hunk of metal.
No kidding. It's been crazy around here.
Labricon
Caught the Bug
Could use it as the base for a glass top table near the hot tub......but that view may not add to your relaxation...
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HighwayTrout
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Glad you found the crack. Now take that thing to the metal recycler and make them crush the fucking thing in front of you![emoji23]
Exactly! lol
Snboarder113
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boardsurfer
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Really great work, Doug. Time to close that chapter. :beer:
Trail JK
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WJCO
Meme King
We seriously thought about a glass table stand. We'll see, lol.
Lol.
I actually was thinking of what would be the best way to fix it myself, lol. Not that I actually would but I did look into lots of machine shop repairs and how they're done.
Indeed. Glad to have it fixed.
WJCO
Meme King
Update (Long Story Ahead): Since the engine install, it's kind of been a rollercoaster. If any of you recall at the beginning of the summer, I replaced the last item (other than the engine) in the cooling system that I hadn't fixed yet, the radiator. It was right after that, that the overheating got worse. Instead of just occurring at idle, it would also overheat on the highway and up the mountains. This is when I took it in and had two shops confirm it was an internal problem. So the 2nd shop does the head gaskets and checked the heads (which didn't fix it because of the block crack unknown at that time).
During the course of repair, they found that this brand new radiator had a transmission cooler fitting stripped inside and told me they didn't feel comfortable putting it back in. Luckily it was under warranty and the company I got it from sent a new radiator quickly. So the shop installed it and put everything back together. Of course when they got it back together, it was overheating because of the block crack and it was so bad, I couldn't even drive it one mile without coolant puking everywhere and the gauge hitting 250F. The upper hose actually would pressurize when cold, it was that bad. So I replaced the motor.
So I got to really do my first test drive a couple of days ago. It had idled for almost an hour perfectly with great temps. Coolant was bled, no leaks. As soon as I get it on the highway, temps starts climbing again. It was doing the same fucking thing that happened after I replaced the radiator. I bled it 2 more times with no luck. So today, I swapped in my very original radiator, I had saved it just in case. Everything is fucking perfect! I only had to bleed it once and got it out on the highway with no issues.
This makes absolutely no sense to me. Two bad radiators in a row? Producing the exact same symptoms? I really don't get it. Anybody else have any thoughts on this? By the way, I closely examined the old one and new one today and they are identical in shape and size. Oh, and I didn't put stop leak in until the first shop told me it was an internal problem. And the 2nd shop flushed it all out before reassembly. So it's not that.
During the course of repair, they found that this brand new radiator had a transmission cooler fitting stripped inside and told me they didn't feel comfortable putting it back in. Luckily it was under warranty and the company I got it from sent a new radiator quickly. So the shop installed it and put everything back together. Of course when they got it back together, it was overheating because of the block crack and it was so bad, I couldn't even drive it one mile without coolant puking everywhere and the gauge hitting 250F. The upper hose actually would pressurize when cold, it was that bad. So I replaced the motor.
So I got to really do my first test drive a couple of days ago. It had idled for almost an hour perfectly with great temps. Coolant was bled, no leaks. As soon as I get it on the highway, temps starts climbing again. It was doing the same fucking thing that happened after I replaced the radiator. I bled it 2 more times with no luck. So today, I swapped in my very original radiator, I had saved it just in case. Everything is fucking perfect! I only had to bleed it once and got it out on the highway with no issues.
This makes absolutely no sense to me. Two bad radiators in a row? Producing the exact same symptoms? I really don't get it. Anybody else have any thoughts on this? By the way, I closely examined the old one and new one today and they are identical in shape and size. Oh, and I didn't put stop leak in until the first shop told me it was an internal problem. And the 2nd shop flushed it all out before reassembly. So it's not that.
TrailHunter
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So it was the Radiator the whole time? Not the engine?
Labricon
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HighwayTrout
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JFC
What the hell.
What the hell.
-AINOKEA-
Hooked
I would shit a chicken if it was the radiator all this time.
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WJCO
Meme King
Lol. No it wasn't the radiator the whole time. The block was cracked for sure. I've seen it with my own eyes along with it puking coolant after they did the head gaskets which didn't fix the internal leak. The tech even did 2 different types of hydrocarbon tests after he did the gaskets and it failed. But it was changing the radiator that made the cooling system issue worse than what it originally was which made me take it in to the shop. But for whatever reason, this particular radiator is either a piece of shit or not exactly built for my vehicle.
One thing that does piss me off is that if I had NOT changed the radiator, I could have probably used my Jeep this summer and just dealt with having no AC. It was tolerable but I wanted to get it fixed right. At least now I know.
Well, at least you got the cracked block fixed. That's something that needed to happen sooner than later.