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Articles about projects, maintenance and modifications to varying types of Jeep engines.
There are times that we need to spend some of the Jeep fund on making things pretty..or in our case pretty again. The jeepfan.com 1978 CJ-5 has been around in the jeepfan stable longer than any other and the once new shiny valve covers, installed when the engine was rebuilt forever ago, have aged well …
If you have a CJ that is running a 4160 style carburetor or throttle body injection finding a method of supporting the throttle linkage is a bit of a challenge. There are many systems out there and many require extra modification. The jeepfan.com CJ has had an Edelbrock Performer intake on it for many years …
Almost all modern vehicles since the late 60’s that run on gasoline use a charcoal fuel vapor venting system. Put simply, vapors from the fuel tank are run to a charcoal canister, typically found in the engine compartment, that absorbs the vapors. When the engine is running and at certain times the vapors are pulled …
The jeepfan.com 2004 Wrangler TJ Unlimited has 195K miles on it and on a recent spring ride the plastic tank on the top of the radiator split. At first there was a bit of an antifreeze smell followed by spray on the windshield then all over the engine and fenders. Luckily we were close to …
Continuing from page 1, we are flushing the cooling system in the jeepfan.com 2004 TJ Unlimited. In addition we are replacing the radiator cap and thermostat. Thermostat Installation Remove the upper radiator hose and the end of the heater hose that connects to the thermostat housing. Unplug the temperature sensor. Remove the 2 bolts on …
The jeepfan.com 2004 Wrangler TJ Unlimited has almost 195,000 miles on it. Since we have only owned it a short time it’s hard to know its maintenance history and recently we have noticed that the coolant has been boiling in the overflow bottle. Even more recently it boiled so bad that it puked up antifreeze …
A few years back we covered a frame up restoration of Rich’s CJ-7. The engine in this Jeep was partially rebuilt during the initial restoration but the engine is in need of a major overhaul. New Problem: Distributor Gear and Cam Gear Worn The shredded camshaft distributor gear Only after an combined hour or two …
A few years back we covered a frame up restoration of Rich’s CJ. The old Jeep was stripped and completely redone. See 84 CJ-7 Restoration
The jeepfan.com 1978 CJ had a tired motor. It was running an AMC 360 V8 from a 1970 AMC Ambassador car. This engine has higher horsepower and torque since it was from a time of little or no emission standards. A rebuild on an engine that is still running good enough is a tough decision …
