Project: "Rigor Mortis"

[Pookapotamus]

well new valve seals did nothing! Must be bad oil rings, still showing 185 psi in all cylinders for compression.

[4.3LXJ]

Will it never cease? What brand of rings you using?

[Pookapotamus]

i think these are je pistons

[4.3LXJ]

Not smoking when your foot has the skinny pedal on the floor?

[Pookapotamus]

Yup smokes when accelerating, or decelerating, idling it seems fine.


Translated from Pookanese.

[4.3LXJ]

Have you pulled a plug yet?

[Pookapotamus]

Yup they were fairly clean


Translated from Pookanese.

[4.3LXJ]

Is your crank case ventilated enough? You might try running a hose off the top that is nice and large, like garden hose size

[Pookapotamus]

Well.... Mort : 1 Aussie locker : 0


Lunched something in the rear on the way home. Locker still works, no noise under power, but decelerating makes tones of noise!


Having 4WD means getting stuck in more inaccessible places!

[4.3LXJ]

Uh oh

[Pookapotamus]

Uh oh is right Steve!!!!






Having 4WD means getting stuck in more inaccessible places!

[Pookapotamus]

At least the Aussie looks ok!


Having 4WD means getting stuck in more inaccessible places!

[Pookapotamus]

Completely missing 2 bolts!


Having 4WD means getting stuck in more inaccessible places!

[Pookapotamus]

Well I think I might just weld the ring to the carrier for now, polish the couple teeth that are pitted and start saving!


Having 4WD means getting stuck in more inaccessible places!

[abebehrmann]

Man I'm sorry Dana, that sucks! How do you think that happened? Did you use loctite on those bolts? When I was doing my locker install, I kept reading conflicting things on whether to use it or not.


Nevermind, I looked at the pic again and see that they just sheared in half! That's crazy!