So, I’m new to owning Jeeps and recently purchased one that I knew would need a lot of work to bring it up to snuff. I’m trying to do little things right now to keep it running and troubleshoot some problems the previous owner told me about. I’ve been lurking on this forum for the last few weeks soaking up as much knowledge as I can (and there’s a lot!).
I have a 1992 2.5l manual transmission with 193,000 miles on it.
One issue I’m trying to take of right now is replacing the serpentine belt (it was cracking and crumbling just by me slightly twisting it), but I’m having the darnedest time, as things are breaking or not going as planned.
First problem: I broke the tensioner nut while unscrewing the bolt. I’m not sure where to get a replacement and my internet searching skills are failing me. It has two holes facing different directions and the top hole is in a half circle on top of a square. I thought about trying to weld two nuts together that are offset, but I’m still new to welding and don’t trust my skills yet for this type of application. Any help locating a replacement nut or at least telling me what kind of nut it is would be awesome.
Second problem: The pulley on the power steering pump was broken and I thought it would be faster and easier to just replace the pump and put on a new pulley instead of trying to wrestle the old one off while not damaging the pump. I got the new pump and tried attaching the upper hose (I think - it is the hose with the sensor on it). When I completely screw that hose in, it is about 180 degrees different than what it was on the old pump and will be in the path of the belt. I’m not sure why this is happening and I don’t want to not have the hose screwed in all the way. As an experiment, I tried wrapping tons of teflon tape around the threads to get it to stop in the position I need it, but it did not help at all. I’m at a loss at how to connect the new pump with the old hose. I attached a picture from the original pump to try to better explain. The hose in question is circled in red. The blue line is how the hose would run when hooked up to the new pump. Again, any help is greatly appreciated.
Third problem: I also ordered new upper and lower power steering hoses, but neither of the ones I ordered are correct. The upper hose does not have anything to hook the sensor to and the lower hose looks too short and looks like it has a smaller inner diameter. I stupidly opened the lower hose, so I’m probably stuck with it, but the other hose is still in its package. I had a hard time finding hoses in stock to begin with and I didn’t see hoses with different options, unless I missed it. I wanted to replace the original hoses because they look like they will fail within the next year and figured I would just do everything now instead of later.
Again, any and all help is greatly appreciated.
I have a 1992 2.5l manual transmission with 193,000 miles on it.
One issue I’m trying to take of right now is replacing the serpentine belt (it was cracking and crumbling just by me slightly twisting it), but I’m having the darnedest time, as things are breaking or not going as planned.
First problem: I broke the tensioner nut while unscrewing the bolt. I’m not sure where to get a replacement and my internet searching skills are failing me. It has two holes facing different directions and the top hole is in a half circle on top of a square. I thought about trying to weld two nuts together that are offset, but I’m still new to welding and don’t trust my skills yet for this type of application. Any help locating a replacement nut or at least telling me what kind of nut it is would be awesome.
Second problem: The pulley on the power steering pump was broken and I thought it would be faster and easier to just replace the pump and put on a new pulley instead of trying to wrestle the old one off while not damaging the pump. I got the new pump and tried attaching the upper hose (I think - it is the hose with the sensor on it). When I completely screw that hose in, it is about 180 degrees different than what it was on the old pump and will be in the path of the belt. I’m not sure why this is happening and I don’t want to not have the hose screwed in all the way. As an experiment, I tried wrapping tons of teflon tape around the threads to get it to stop in the position I need it, but it did not help at all. I’m at a loss at how to connect the new pump with the old hose. I attached a picture from the original pump to try to better explain. The hose in question is circled in red. The blue line is how the hose would run when hooked up to the new pump. Again, any help is greatly appreciated.
Third problem: I also ordered new upper and lower power steering hoses, but neither of the ones I ordered are correct. The upper hose does not have anything to hook the sensor to and the lower hose looks too short and looks like it has a smaller inner diameter. I stupidly opened the lower hose, so I’m probably stuck with it, but the other hose is still in its package. I had a hard time finding hoses in stock to begin with and I didn’t see hoses with different options, unless I missed it. I wanted to replace the original hoses because they look like they will fail within the next year and figured I would just do everything now instead of later.
Again, any and all help is greatly appreciated.