Recent content by machoheadgames

No problem. I would not consult shops for really anything pertaining to a YJ. My guess is it's due to how easy they are to work on, it seems as if shops never see them and accordingly don't know anything about them, and since all the service data is in ancient books and not as much subscriptions...

You have a 20 gallon tank. Any plastic YJ tank is 20 gallon. The sending units are different from the factory for 15 vs 20 gallon, but they honestly read about the same. Both of them will sit on full for a long time if used with 20 gallon capacity (75-100 miles) and then start moving down the...

This reeks of AI. An 87-90 carbureted motor uses a timing chain driven mechanical fuel pump that generates probably the 13-15 psi you mentioned without me checking the specs. The majority of YJs including 87-95 2.5L and 91-95 4.0L use a, roughly speaking, 100 psi fuel pump. As for fuel...

I can't say I've ever seen one stick. I have seen them get a bit of corrosion where the terminal plates touch at rest (door open) and the connection not go through. A little bit of sanding fixes that. They don't really "go bad" otherwise, but you can break the switches if you're not careful...

The two hoses connecting to the valve cover are CCV hoses. The smaller hose in the circle below is just a vacuum line for the fuel pressure regulator. It keeps the fuel under lower pressure at low load and increases the pressure under higher load conditions. 53030189 - Front valve cover hose to...

The center pin doesn't have any load on it. The torque of the u-bolts makes it such that the center pin, broken or not, would be doing nothing when the spring is installed properly with the u-bolts. can't say why you have a leaf shifting, nothing should be shifting when all the u-bolts are...

Stock tires were a P215/75R15, so basically they were a highway tread but exact same height and load as the Toyo I mentioned. However they all look really tame. I’d stick to LT for looks. You could go up to LT235/75R15 and get a more aggressive looking tire that maybe isn’t as heavy but is...

In the factory 215 size I feel like they probably aren’t costing much fuel economy. I have the same tire but KO3 on mine, though I haven’t really driven enough to know what true fuel economy I could get. There are not a lot of options in that size so it may be difficult to get away from them...

Haven’t really seen any 15x9. I’d go 15x8 for that size tire. Little narrow but the 10” wheels just stick out so unbelievably far, so if it was me I would count 10” out completely, even if it is a better fit for the tire.

Gotcha. Never seen that before, but who knows. Too bad this didn't happen a few months ago, as I tossed some D35 shafts when I moved. You should be able to find one relatively easily and cheap though on Facebook or similar.

A new or good used axle shaft is not super expensive, I’d just grab one of those and replace the bearing and roll on. I wonder what allowed it to get to that point. Low on fluid?

You’re supposed to take the caliper off of the caliper bracket, put the anti-rattle clips onto the caliper bracket while loading the new pads in, then install the caliper over the pads and into the bracket. This is 1987-1989 specific.

This design choice from Jeep was always a weird one to me. They gave the 4.0 the same motor mounts on both sides, but gave the 2.5L the crappy cradle and a smaller motor mount. Why? Who knows. Plus the aluminum block brackets that break under stress. Odd choices.

The aluminum brackets on the 4 cyl are well known for that when sending it. I’m not a big brown dog fan but I would go with these instead of stock replacements for the 4 cylinder. Holy Jesus that dude has jacked his prices way up over the years though...

Factory service manual. They’re stickied on this forum somewhere.