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So earlier this year I noticed my little tick sound was getting louder, so put in new lifters and Corey says, you sure you dont want to just rebuild the whole engine. I said no and the tick was better but not completely gone.
Then in September the tick becomes a knock, so I decide to go with a crate engine from a local shop. Bored, HD Pistons, custom cam, Tupy head etc. Barely get the Jeep to Corey's house to do the swap. #6 Piston came apart and when using an inspection cam in the spark plug whole, all I see is the wrist pin attached to the rod. This kept the rod from going through the block and ruining my core return. Whew.
Ken, Corey and I pull the engine and discover a leak in the front pump housing of the transmission. I get the same question, sure you dont want to rebuild the transmission. I learned my lesson from the engine conversation and decided to rebuild transmission while its all apart. Waiting on that now.
Considering I rebuilt my Currie HP9 and my HP 30 3 yrs ago when I re-geared and resealed my tcase then too. I will pretty much have a new Jeep when I get it all back together again.
Expensive year but will hopefully be worth it.
Sure is nice using a lift to do all this though!
OK, finally done, new engine and transmission in and runs/drives great. Started this on December 26th and finished on January 26th.
Just have one issue. Jeep claims its -40f outside. Somehow the connector for the outside temp sensor is not connected or something. Will sort that out tomorrow. Should be pretty easy, just pull grill to get to it.
Thank you to Corey and Ken - well Christi too as it sat in their garage for a month.
NICE!!
Still cheaper than buying a new Jeep!
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