Sweet!!!

 

Hauling the d60 The MJ keep proving its usefulness every day.

comparison of the d60 and the d44.

 

That dana 44 is getting built with an arb locker, 4.27 gears then it ll go under the front of the MJ.

I actually haven't really decided what to do with the 60. Probably gonna put it under the crawler.

 

^^^Makes sense to me.

 

why 4.27 and not 4.56 or 4.88?

 

I don't recall mentioning anywhere that I plan to run 35" tires lol.

4.27 because Isuzu rear dana 44's are 4.30. And because I plan on running 33's behind an ax15. Ideally I would just need 4.10 but I traded a winch that I got for free for the gears so...

 

fair point lol

4.27 is just an odd number for a gear ratio, i guess i haven't seen it before. I may end up doing 4.10's in the ZJ but not entirely sure as i may jump up to 35's.

 

This has been a fun time owning & driving the MJ. I'm glad I got to experience that.

 

They sure are. I love mine. I missed my old Ford pickup and loved driving my old XJ. But now, it's the best of both worlds. Plus you get satisfaction of having a different Jeep than most of the guys in your local clubs.

 

It's even more fun when you have 2 of them......

 

So the other day while I'm on another 100 mile trip, the heat suddenly started to blow cooler air. My initial thought that maybe the HCV lost vacuum, so I checked it while moving the climate control. It still worked. The air is luke warm while in hot setting and blows cold in cold setting. I noticed the reservoir bottle was little low so I added some more coolant to it. My father in law went ahead and put cardboard in front of the grill and said to try it. It worked for his 96 XJ, so he says.

I have a feeling that the thermostat probably croaked.

Why I said that is because about 3 or 4 years ago, on my 99 XJ, it blew cold air and wouldn't go over 150 degrees at all, turns out that the original thermostat corroded and fell apart inside the head. I think the same thing probably happened.

 

sounds about right, my 97 did that.

 

So I got my infrared temp reader from my father in law back..

With the engine running, at temp (I would like to believe so, based on my readings) (it also suck to have idiot lights, not very helpful).

At the block (under the head at the area where #11 head bolt would go) it reads 155 degrees. At the head above it, it reads 202 degrees.

The thermostat housing reads 155-160 degrees. The heater hose that goes into the HCV (heater control valve) is at 160 degrees. After the HCV, on the hose, it says it's 142 degrees. Just before it goes into the heater core.

However when it comes out of the heater core, it reads 125 degrees. At the front of the radiator, the temp is at 66 degrees. Probably because of the cold air flowing through the fins

At the back of the radiator it reads 140 degrees.

Also I noticed that if I had the blower set at second lowest setting, (2) it ll blow somewhat warm air, but if I turn the blower up to full speed, it ll start blowing lukewarm/cold air.

Is it normal for the heater hoses & the thermostat housing to be that low in temp? I could hold the heater hoses in my hand without feeling any painful heat.

 

Get a factory stat.

 

Yep that's next for when I have time to do it.