Thursday morning whaos

[rabies]

well, its been fun guys. ...

on the way to work, halfway there. "CHECK GUAGES"

overheated..all the way

shut off. pull over. get out. spy coolant gushing everywhere.
thermostat stuck. let it sit for a minute let the hot exisiting coolant pop thermostat.

opens. starts fine. holds temp at 215.
I get just about at the turn to go over the bridge at a red light, slowing down to a stop, ROD KNOCK. wants to die and shut off. i keep the revs up run the light. i get to the gate for work and its dense traffic...

jeep dies right at the intersection.
get out. push it over to the side. try to start. cranks and weak.
got it rollling. gas pedal and cranking it finally starts and it sounds so bad.
i decide to go over the other bridge im facing to at least get it to my moms.
i get it almost there and it runs out of power and makes a final clank clank clank.............................YAY!!!! happy thursday

[abebehrmann]

Dammit, I'm sorry man.

[TallGuyJeep]

Dude that sucks. I guess now you have an excuse to go V8 though...

[autotech98]

I hate that sound! Sorry to hear that dude

[rabies]

local junkyards usualy have an xj or zj sitting around. motors are about 200-300
but at -5* outside nothing will be done...
funny that as soon as it died i ran out of propaine and my space heater cut off. if it wasnt so cold out i wouldnt cry as hard most likely.

[4.3LXJ]

Man, that is a tough break.

[NW99XJ]

LAAAME!
Well that sucks more than... some great big sucking thing.
Do you have the means to DO a motor swap?
I'll be sure to tell the story of your woes tonight on the Podcast... get some positive thoughts headin your way.
Dont give up man... its not the end of the world... something very similar happened to Tony.. and he's still driving his around.
Everything happens for a reason... you never know ... a stroker may fall out of the sky and land on your lap.
(of course that would probably crush your legs)
... but HEY!... at least the jeep would get a new motor!
See?!?!?... happy ending!

[rabies]

if i get another motor i could swap it from underneath in my garage. i sold my cherry picker. the problem is that my back needs another surgery. i threw in the towel fixing cars but now im forced to. shouldnt be too hard though il just it over time maybe a span of 2 weeks. little bit at a time.
if they would just move the nerves off my l4 disc i would be a beast and swap it in one day like i used to do. anyone by chance know the estimate on a valve job on a 4.0 head? i could just rebuild what i have(another option) but would take longer and be more expensive

[xj-jake]

I'd think you should be able to get a valve job done from 3-400. Sucky deal my friend I feel for you. You guys just got a bunch of snow down there too didn't you?

[rabies]

ya. on sunday-monday dropped 14" then the other day about 1inch.
im still gratefull i have a job and i dont have to live out on the streets in this weather

[denverd1]

agree valve job and decking the head (it did overheat ya know) should be 3-4 notes

4.0s should be readily available. no young chap to help you swap it in? maybe an Illinois high school metal shop project?

[rabies]

lol nope. no friends. found one on craigslist for 250 if i pull it from the wrecked jeep. the pics shows it sitting in a shop with plenty of room. meaning he might let me use his tools and shop to do so. just need to come up with the and a bottle of vicadin

[prcjeep]

Sorry to hear this, I've been there, twice.

[bluedragon436]

Sorry to hear about the bad luck... Hope you're able to work something out with the guy selling the engine, and maybe he'll even chip in and help you pull it.. I've done the 4.0 swap on a co-workers XJ (which is now the 90 I have sitting in storage).. and I was hoping to never have to do it again..

[XJ Wheeler]

Ah man, that sucks! Hope it works out.