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  1. I notice you live in the snow belt. I once had this problem with a car and when I described it to people they said I was dumb. But it turns out the next owner had the body fall off the frame at a speed bump. Check for some structural components being rusted through.
  2. It's always on a hot restart? Vapor lock? (perhaps involving the charcoal canister)
  3. That 2nd sensor looks to be the ambient air temperature sensor. Is that in front of the battery, toward the vehicle's grill? I also can't quite get my bearings on the first picture. What side of the engine? If I had to guess, I think I'm seeing it inside an exhaust runner? Or is that an intake runner? But it seems to be integrated with the piping...which would lead me to believe it's the EGR system or the AIR system. EGR = exhaust gas recirculation which is used to improve emissions in some situations AIR = air injection system to treat exhaust gasses, also for emissions
  4. To elaborate on what mjotrainbrain said... to lift with springs changes all of the suspension geometry angles which affects all of the suspension attributes (bump steer and alignment for instance). And the limitation with this vehicle is the CV joint angles, which limit you to about 2.5" maximum. This also results in a suspension that has more compression than extension which causes another set of problems. When lifting by SFD, none of that is affected and the suspension can retain all of the stock characteristics while getting a lift. It's great. The only thing it doesn't improve is the ground clearance at the differentials, but that's the nature of the thing.... All in all, it's the better way to lift IMO.
  5. I have a 4” lift and need new rear shocks. I would like to get the Bilstein 5125 series. What particular model would you recommend? Thanks!
  6. My trans is at 336,000 miles and operates perfectly. It is a bit annoying with 4” lift and 33” tires that it downshifts on the interstate whenever there is a little rise in the road. But that’s not a transmission problem.
  7. Based on the fact you don't hear this with your hubs disconnected...and you don't hear it with the hubs connected and the T-case engaged (mostly), but you DO hear it when the hubs are driving the driveshafts... I would suspect you have a bad CV axle. Either the joint, or bad bearings on either end allowing the axle to jump around. You should be able to check this by lifting the wheels and getting under and man-handling the axles. Looking for excessive play in any direction.
  8. Like he said: ^ I would be expecting those bubbles to have been coming in around the bleeder or bleeder hose. There just aren't a lot of places for those bubbles to be hiding between the master and the right front caliper. If the air was coming in anywhere else then you either let the master cylinder empty while bleeding, or you must have such a bad leak there would be no fluid in the front brakes whatsoever. I doubt either of those are the case, so suspect it's just a bad seal at the bleeder hose. How do the brakes perform?
  9. Exactly the size I have. Except you didn’t mention the rim width, so how could anyone answer your question about them sticking out too far??
  10. This is great! There are so many ways to go with this. Obviously, the plan you have is a good one. You could also offer a bracket that is specifically designed to mount any XJ bumper, and from there you could add a couple more pieces to the kit which would be additional weld-on skirt pieces to cover the otherwise exposed parts. Or holy grail! Design it like you have, perhaps with just some tweaks to accomplish everything you are already thinking, plus just happens to bolt to an XJ bumper at the same time. Two options for people from one set of brackets. But without having the slightest clue as to what the XJ mount placement looks like, I may have just said something stupid. Once you build your bumper that goes along with the mounts, you can at least make the CAD drawings available so others can take that to a local shop and get them made to stitch together. Question regarding your new skid plate. I have a front skid from KRFabs to go with my 4" SFD. That skid doesn't bolt to a fender. In your mind, would that skid be compatible with a new bumper built in this way? Or would you think it necessary to have a new skid plate designed that ties to a new bumper?
  11. This is great. If I keep dragging my feet on a bumper solution, then I may be able to benefit from this.
  12. Brian, don’t buy one for $130. https://m.harborfreight.com/brake-fluid-bleeder-92924.html?utm_referrer=direct%2Fnot%20provided
  13. I didn’t really describe that “sealing the MC” correctly. I have a bleed kit with various fittings. One of which is a top that goes on the MC that allows a bottle of brake fluid to screw it upside down from the top. It let me pull a LOT of fluid through without having to keep running back and forth to keep the MC full.
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