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do you mean the water pump is broken and leaking? that's gonna need to be replaced. clean both surfaces real good, and use gasket sealer on both sides of the gasket. water leaks can be tricky, cause the leak can be somewhere else entirely and just bouncing off the place where you think it's...

The thing is, headers will only get you about 5% increase in hp over the stock exhaust manifolds with dual exhaust, they won't last as long, and they will raise the temperature in the engine compartment. Not worth the effort and expense, imho. thanks, john

there are a lot of aftermarket suppliers, such as jc whitney, that should have the parts you need. just type in jeep hard top on the google thing. good luck, john

well, what year and model is your jeep? also, how many cylinders is the engine and how many gears on the transmission? thanks, john

first thing i would do is take the lisense plate no. and/or the vin no. down to the highway patrol and make sure it's not stolen. because if is is stolen, the cops will impound the vehicle and you will be out any money that you paid for it! the frame, of course has no id numbers on it, but the...

it wouldn't matter if the distributor was in 180 off as long as the spark plug wires are going to the cylinder that is on top dead center of the compression stroke. you could have no. 1 be at any of the four towers on the distributor cap. i would guess that you have a vacuum leak, but the first...

grab the carb and twist and wiggle it to see if it is loose from the manifold. also, one time i had the pcv hose burned through on the bottom side where i couldn't see or feel or hear it and i only found it when i tore the intake off. good luck, john

i have a 51 willys hi-wagon with 5:38 gears in the differentials and the thing is just screaming to go 50 miles an hour! i think that the pickups might be the same gearing but i'm not sure. other than that, there is nothing more cool than a willys! good luck, john

it should work like a regular old generator or "idiot"light, pardon the expression, if you wire it up with the resistor and light in parallel like the wiring diagram shows. on when the key is on motor off, and goes out when the motor starts. when i've hooked it up with just the bulb before, the...

what model of transmission is it? thanks, john

it is supposed to move a trap door in the heater housing that channels the air either through the heater core or just straight into the cab. it must be broken or have come loose from the little arm that the cable hooks up to on the housing. good luck, john

my '05 wrangler windsheild leaks too. when i was putting the windsheild sealer along the top of the windsheild under the weatherstripping i could feel what seemed like a big blob of excess sealant right in the top middle and i bet thats where the leak is coming from. the sealant slowed it up but...

that's a delcotron allright with an internal regulator. the white wire needs to be hooked up to an alt light or a resistance wire, the wiring diagrams show a light bulb in parallel with a resistor. what i have done in the past is a dasshlight bulb and holder wired in series to the ignition...

hi lucihale, its john again. the ceramic thing on the firewall is called the ballast resistor, it drops the voltage at the ignition coil six volts and has nothing to do with the charging system. does your jeep have the stock engine? if so, it should be a ford type old fashioned alternator...

i've only had an '05 tj with a 4cyl. 6-speed, but i just love it. a four cyl. is the authentic wwii jeep engine, y'know. i am sure that any 4 cyl. rig is going to have the dana 35 on the rear and dana 30 on the front, might be wrong about the exact number, but the little ones anyway. and it's...

doesn't the 4.0 have sequential fuel injection? i would check out the cold-start injector and the thermo-time switch circuit before i invested in a new ecu. i can't explain why swapping another ecu allowed it to start, but these systems can be tricky and the old junkyard method of changing parts...

whenever one changes the alternator they should ALWAYS change the voltage regulator too. They should have told you that at the auto parts store. you say the system was pushing one amp before, so that indicates the alternator wasn't dead and maybe the volage regulator wasn't energizing the feild...

the thing is, that for under $5000 you might find about a '97 tj with 150,000+ miles on it, in my part of the country anyway, hopefully one that drives. good luck, john

Well, you might be able to find a high mileage yj for that price, if you need something that runs. But if there is any way you can get into a tj, they are a much better vehicle. The coil spring suspension not only provides a much softer ride, but also allows the axles to much better articulate...

It might be a bearing in your alternator,water pump, or some other device thats driven by a fan belt, or maybe the bearings in the distributor- i've seen that before too. there is a tool called a mechanic's stethoscope you can use to track down noises, they are not too terribly expensive. a...