Recent content by derekj

When you say your O2 values are bouncing all over which data pids are you monitoring? can you take a picture of the data on the scan tool and post it? A video of the noise would help - does it seem like the noise is timed with crank speed or cam speed?

Gave the paint a good cleaning - clay bar to get all the little rust spots off, a polish, and a nice coat of wax to top it off :cool:

x2 what KJ said - when you first started it up the engine would have been pumping coolant through it first as the oil sits on top of the coolant in the pan which in turn probably caused some bearing damage. How long did you run it with the bad oil in it?

Have had my springs in for about 2 weeks now and must say it rides much better than the newer oem (Monroe) stuff I had before. The ride is a bit more firm and there is a bit less nose dive when braking as well. Feels more controlled on the gravel roads I drive almost every day. I took some...

I had acquired a set of used tires a few months back for the Jeep. Turns out they weren't perfectly round (had been sitting in a garage for many years) so they went in the bin and I put a set of new tires on the Jeep today. Just some Westlake A/T's, nothing too fancy as I just spend $1600 on a...

I'm guessing there won't be much "Liberty" left when she is done, but I could be wrong. Will be interesting to see what the other teams do with their cars.

I would go with a slim led bar as to not block anymore airflow through the rad.

Sold our Tacoma 2 days ago so I took the light bar off of it and put it on the Liberty today, and mounted up a 245/75/16 spare tire to match what is on the truck.

Is that the windsheild?

I don't know where you live, but maybe one of the bigger auto parts stores in the US would rent you an oil pressure gauge - they are also pretty inexpensive to buy - $25 on amazon. That's where I would start...

Before doing anything I would put an oil pressure gauge on it to see if it is just a faulty sensor or if it actually has low oil pressure. If it does have low oil pressure, and combined with the possible head gasket leak I would be looking for a new motor and not wasting time/money on this one.

I have a large pair of Knipex pliers that will pretty much undo anything you can fit them around - I just turn the steering all the way over to one side, pull the boot back, and undo the inner tie rod from the rack. On my truck the only bolts that have given me any grief were the tie rod ends -...

Put all of this In there :)

Hard to tell but it looks like the alignment is not right. Got another pic from a bit further back?

My H&R springs showed up today - should have time to get them in this weekend. Will share my thoughts on them after I have put some miles on them.