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Hi Rob....thanks for all the replies to my inquiries. Before I reply to your answers one by one I will say that I met with Brian Asbury....I bought a rebuilt 3 pulley water pump from him this AM as well as several other parts....he had nothing but good things to say about you....I will move on.
1. The old pump came off easily...looks good-no vanes/impeller blades broken and there is no play between the vanes and the pulley....in short, it turns fine with no growl. OK....so what made the loud ping noise (just like a M1 garand clip leaving the breach) before the coolant let go through the puke hole?
2. I did not take it too a shop...after 20 years not wrenching on my vehicles (with the exception of wiper changes, oil-filter changes, diff/tranny fluid changes etc) I got down to it with my wife and everything was off, cleaned and paint prepped to be put back on in 3 hours. I will however bring the rad into a rad shop to be cleaned & flushed as there is a lot of brown-grey sludge in and around the core. Question-when I took off the thermostat housing to replace the thermostat....there was none.....why?...what are the ramifications? and how may it have effected the longevity of the engine?
3. Yup...got "all" the data plates including shift patterns but it does not show shift pattern for normal 2 wheel driving ...so for normal driving the 4x4 in/out shifter should be all the way forward-to the dash-firewall (OUT) and the second shifter (low/neutral/high) should be all the way back-towards the seats (HIGH)....right?
I am asking because I have lots of play in the 4x4 shifters and at times in 1st or reverse the jeep will not move once the clutch is engaged but if I play with the 4x4 shifters it will engage......so, once the jeep is put together, I will try it as you wrote it and see if the main transmission shifter will engage in 1st once the clutch is engaged.
4. Rich or Lean? OK....firstly, the jeeps starts first time every time and runs well without a choke start up.....but it possibly requires a leaner mixture....where is the mixture screw?
I was wondering if you can reply in point form as above.
So....out of all of these inquires, the most intriguing is the loud metallic ping and then the coolant puking fluid even though the old pumps looks and feels good. Any thoughts as the wife is now hesitant in future drives in the jeep.
les
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