My CJ7 is having a bad week.... I have been neglecting it. Grrrr....> >

My wife and I had a chance to get away last weekend so I figured I would> > put a new air filter in it and a gas filter while I was there. It also> > was acting like a bad distributor cap when it was wet out so I got a cap> > and rotor too.> >

I open it up to get going and see my rad has broken again. The side> > rail snapped off roading stretching the tubes out and splitting some so> > I bolted it back together and soldered up the splits. It must have> > snapped again last trip and was leaking slightly in the bottom corner.> > This is at 5 PM on Friday so I just went and got some Gunk stop leak and> > made sure I had the soldering gear on board which I did and plastic snap> > tied the rad frame back solid. I also got extra coolant and pre mixed> > it.> >

So I put the new filters in and change the cap noting the old cap still> > looks new, but.... there is this crack on the inside of the coil wire> > tower letting spark out sideways off the rotor post. Ok, that has the> > wet start issues fixed and the hesitation/drinking­ gas from a plugged> > air filter and half done gas filter.> >

I open up the rad cap to put the stop leak in and start to let it warm> > up again and it is just sputtering and going on so I figure I got a wire> > wrong. Turn it off, smell gas and see gas coming out of every crack in> > the carb and pouring out the throttle shaft. Say what? Crap, the float> > or needle is stuck so I take a rubber mallet to the carb and it mellows> > out....> >

So now as I watch after I start it back up with the rad cap off and the> > coolant rises and flows backward..... I shake my head and look really> > close at the pump to make sure I don't have the wrong one in there or> > something. I have been having odd overheating issues ever since I put> > that pump in 5 years ago.> >

Well it finally starts to flow a 'little' in the right direction if I> > rev it up pretty good so I poured the stop leak in and let it run a> > while. Should have kept it at high revs it seems.> >

Then we pack up and leave at about 1:00 AM Sat morning after my wife got> > off work and for sure 1/2 hour into this trip we lose the freakin' heat> > totally and the temp gauge starts climbing. I figure crap the stop leak> > didn't work so it has leaked out on us. Along comes a Husky so I pull> > off expecting an explosion when I shut the key off. Stop, open the hood> > and the hoses are hard with the heater core hoses ice cold....> >

Ya, ya, stop leak I know, but crap 'all' the heat?> >

I wait a couple minutes and crack the rad cap expecting a steam blast> > and only get a short burp of air, no boil or anything. It is still> > full.....> >

I run it again and again only have flow above 3000 rpm with the cap off.> >

So we put on the warm winter clothes (this is the first winter with> > 'real' heat because I got the hard top and hard doors on this body for> > the first time so we are used to driving cold. Don't like it, but 'we'> > can do it ok, my wife is a Jeeper big time) and kept on going north to> > the bush with no freakin' heat. It was -25C. If I dropped to 3rd and> > stayed at 55 mph I had some 'warm' coming out of the vents and the> > temperature gauge would drop to medium instead of hovering just below> > overheat.... We still could see our breath in clouds....> >

I think my waterpump impeller is slipping sometimes on the shaft. This> > engine has overheated at the oddest of times and lately it gets too hot> > over 70 mph for extended periods.> >

So by the time we got there the top heater hose had some heat and the> > lower was luke warm due to no flow so the stop leak stuck there.> >

We were going to a relative's Cottage and the local handyman had the> > heat on and the outdoor hot tub waiting at 102 F. It was nice......> >

So we started back, it was at the top of the H for about 20 miles and I> > pulled into a gas station and still no explosion although the hoses were> > really hot and hard.> >

I got gas and started it back up and it dropped to normal, I got half> > heat and it only hit H twice on the trip with a gear down high rpm shot> > seeming to make it pump again. Counter right?, overheating is usually> > cured by low rpm...> >

Carb float crapped out again today....> >

It's a Jeep eh, it has a warped sense of humor some days...> > ­> >

Mike> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

No bubbles or smoke in the open rad Bill. I also am not losing fluid.> > The only thing I can think of is the pump impeller loose on the shaft or> > something blocking the flow somehow.> >

Mike

Hi Mike,> > Could be, I lost one in Germany, and didn't even realize it until> > the one day it reached eighty degrees, and it boiled. Ford didn't use a> > pump on their Model "T". I was just guessing by the heater not working> > indicates an air pocket.> > God Bless America, Гџill O|||||||O> > mailto:LWHughes3rd@­aol.com http://www.billhugh­es.com/> >

Mike Romain wrote:> > >

I believe the slow flow out of the pump allowed all the stop leak to> > gather in the heater core blocking the flow. I now have half flow. Hot> > top hose and luke warm lower return to the pump. Gotta flush it or> > maybe reverse the hoses.> >

When it heated up with the cap off, it flowed backward for a while from> > what appeared to be convection flow out the block via the lower hose and> > only went forward out the top hose when I revved it up to 3000 or so.> > Same deal with heat. If I drive at 2000 rpm, no freaking heat, got up> > to 3000 rpm and I have heat.> >

Bottom rad hose is new and has a spring in it so no collapse there.> >

Mike> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's> >

"L.W.(Гџill) Hughes III" wrote:> > >

Hi Mike,> > Interesting.> > All though, I have found a lot of clogged heater cores, on cars I> > thought were well maintained. Just used the garden hose and back> > flushed, and they went for no heat to having to turn it down.> > God Bless America, Гџill O|||||||O> > mailto:LWHughes3rd@­aol.com http://www.billhugh­es.com/> >

Mike Romain wrote:> > >

Well ya know, my hose is currently imbedded in a block of ice that goes> > down to bedrock so I am going to have to wait for a few weeks before I> > can flush it....> >

Maybe a new pump will have the power to clear it or I have to go spend> > money to have a heated garage flush the core. It was flushed last fall> > and I had wicked heat, didn't even need a coat on, let alone gloves and> > boots and ski pants like now....> >

I think I got the carb working again though. The float needle had built> > up varnish crap on one of it's 3 slider rails. I polished it up and the> > gas seems to want to stay inside the carb where it belongs.> >

Mike> >

"L.W.(Гџill) Hughes III" wrote:> > >

Mike, if push comes to shove go buy a cheap hose and screw it onto the> > drain connector on your hot water heater in the house. Open the> > drain, flush with warm hands, then find someplace to hide when the> > wife figures out you used ALL the hot water.> >

Sounds like the CJ is letting you know how it feels about being> > ignored. And you can always remind yourself about Stop-Leak: I KNEW> > better than that!> >

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:06:37 UTC Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.­ca>> > wrote:> >

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