thatXJguy

After noticing a drastic MPG decrease in the last year, I've decided to go with my annual seafoam treatment.

I also cleaned the throttle body real good. Took that sucker right off and sprayed it down with some cleaner:



I'm now seeing about 40-50 extra miles per tank after cleaning out the motor and the throttle body. Throttle response has also seen a huge boost.

I also changed my oil. I just rolled over 140,800 miles.

thatXJguy

Thanks!

thatXJguy

Went with some new tint:

Chuck82

Nice! How much did all your tint cost? I wanna get mine redone

thatXJguy

$165 for all the windows.

Chuck82

That's not bad at all! Looks good man!

thatXJguy

Thanks!

More drama with the transmission exhaust hanger mount. The bushing broke off again. Replaced it with another one from the junk yard and decided to put the transfer case drop kit back in. It dampened some of the driveline vibrations I've started to get.

thatXJguy

New red LED interior lighting for the perfect night vision experience.



Combined with the limo tint, you can't even tell that any lights are actually on inside of the Jeep until you open the doors... then the red light just floods out. It looks so cool in person.

thatXJguy

Replaced motor mounts and transmission mount and the ride quality has improved drastically. No more wobbling exhaust, much tighter engine, no more clunky shifting, and quieter idle, shut off, and start up.

thatXJguy

Today I hit a bump just hard enough to snap the bolt holding my quick disconnect to my front anti-sway bar.

Basslicks

Haha... your motor mounts look better than mine do. I have a set of brown dogs waiting to go in though.

thatXJguy

My passenger side one wasn't so bad, but you could see the stress marks in the rubber. The driver's side mount was done. Completely broken off. I suspect the transfer case drop did that, since the mounts are designed to hold the motor flat, and not at an angle.

I removed the transfer case drop again when I put in the new motor mounts and new transmission mount. Everything is driving really smoothly now.

I've heard nothing but good things about those Brown Dog mounts. Did you go with rubber or polyurethane ones?

Basslicks

I went with the rubber because everything I've read about rubber vs. poly said that the rubber will last longer and absorb vibes better. I didn't care too much about the vibrations, but at the same time I didn't see the need for the more solid compound of the poly... really though the bottom line was the rubber were cheaper and will last longer.

thatXJguy

The polyurethane are supposed to last longer, but the rubber definitely dampens vibrations better.

The reason for the polyurethane lasting longer is that it's a harder compound and is more resistant to weather, heat, and aging, whereas rubber is weak to all of these.

I'm now sure how the vibes would treat our plastic dashes.

thatXJguy

Rough Country is sending me new quick disconnects for free after the blowout (awesome!).

Also, Rough Country's performance 2.2 steering stabilizer was on sale today as a Christmas special, so I decided to go ahead and order one of those too.