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Thanks. The 245s may work but that’s basically a 31” tall tire. Will be a little tight unless you add a body lift or small suspension lift. It’s tough with them being 8” wide; not a lot of tire sizes for 16” that are wide enough for a wheel that side and also not too tall for a YJ.

Stock size KO3 - 215/75R15. Yes, the springs have a very small arch to them just like stock.

I had several lifts over the years. That photo was OME 2.5" suspension with 31x10.5R15 tires. It looked good but I was tired of dealing with lifted suspension and wanted to be back to original, so I bought the Husky/Dayton springs. No complaints. Only thing I would do differently if I were doing...

I’m not who you commented towards but I ended up putting stock height springs from Dayton and they worked great. They are right at stock height. The ones that match OEM part numbers are the ones to stick to, not HD or anything else.

I’d want an 05+. I had a Frontier from the same generation as the 05+ X and it was a great platform. The problem for me with that truck was the PO turned it into a lemon before I got it, and so after a little bit I needed out of that one. But I loved the platform otherwise and would really like...

It’s an utter shame what the government and manufacturers have done to manual transmissions. It’s an endless cycle of the EPA mandating targets that manufacturers have to hit. Manufacturers can’t hit those targets with manuals, so they obviously prefer automatics. They still sell manuals...

The heater should get hot regardless of thermostat status. And when cooling properly, Lower radiator hose should be warm but not really hot because the radiator should have removed much of the heat.

What temps do you get on the lower radiator hose? I wonder if you have the wrong water pump installed or one with a backwards impeller. The upper radiator hose is where coolant comes into be cooled, so to be cooler at the thermostat end than the rad end sounds backwards and like maybe the...

Plenty of people run without either track bar. In stock form I believe the front is advantageous for tighter, more responsive handling. Otherwise I don't see much merit to either of them. When the Jeep is lifted, the track bar length no longer works and it ends up causing a bunch of binding and...

There might be some confusion between master and booster here. The booster is what receives a vacuum supply and boosts the fluid pressure on the brake system. The master cylinder is what pushes the actual fluid through the system. The booster is what requires X amount of vacuum to function...

Is 18-22 in a factory spec for the engine vacuum? I'm not seeing that in the FSM but maybe I'm missing it. I would think if the spec is 18-22 and you are getting 17, that's close enough to be good enough. I would more suspect you have a bad brake booster that needs to be dealt with instead.

That’s the problem. You likely didn’t reseat the intake manifold on the dowels properly. That will immediately cause a huge vacuum leak.

I understand that but sometimes new ones don’t idle correctly either. If you plug the hole and it dies, then you know immediately. If not then it’s just on to the next thing. Has anyone worked on anything like the intake or exhaust manifold lately?

IAC could be stuck open allowing too much air to pass at idle. Block off the IAC air port in the throttle body. It’s a little slot in the side above the throttle body butterfly valve plate.

I totally missed that you said shackles. I thought you did a 2.5" spring lift. In that case, yeah the shackles definitely rotate the pinion, I forget how much but it's probably a degree or two per inch of shackle change. If you intend on keeping the shackles, I would just measure the t-case and...