Well it does run, now diagnose the issues great find. I’d check the motor mount’s, ha ha ha black belt in judo, hope it is a sound jeep for ya guys. A sitting jeep you got to check breaks before 100 miles. Glad for you two.
Check the ease of rotation on all serpentine belt pulleys and the fan clutch (if mechanical fan). Common for those pulley bearings I these older jeeps to go bad. Also, overheating is a common issue but partly because people dispose of their fan shrouds. A simple thing to just leave it in there and some folks opt for creating hood vents to let heat escape. I know both of our Jeeps perform way batter in colder weather. Be really thorough when inspecting your front end steering and suspension parts. Especially worn bushings, bent control arms, trac- bar and ball joints. You do not want to experience "death wobble" when miles from home. Also, sometimes the cowl in front of the driver's side of the windshield will fill up with water and leak through the fire wall onto what? You guessed it... Right onto the largely unprotected fuse block (on some older XJ's but even our Wrangler that's 10 yrs newer leaks that way). Also, people create electrical problems while installing after market stereos.
It's too bad you didn't try moving the belt by pulling on it left and right before you removed it, this would tell you if any of the other pulleys were seized.
Love watching you guys learn. Try checking all the pulls on the serp belt to see if they move freely
Thank you David! We will try that in the next episode and hopefully she runs!
Well it does run, now diagnose the issues great find. I’d check the motor mount’s, ha ha ha black belt in judo, hope it is a sound jeep for ya guys. A sitting jeep you got to check breaks before 100 miles. Glad for you two.
Thank you!
I would check the motor and tranny mounts. That thing shakes a bunch. Keep up the good work.
Thank you all the pulleys seem fine we think it was the alternator!
@@archieandbensadventures Alternator will not cause the engine to jump up and down like that. Best check the mounts, like the man said.
@@georgesakellaropoulos8162 Okay thank you we will give it a go in our next video!
Check the ease of rotation on all serpentine belt pulleys and the fan clutch (if mechanical fan). Common for those pulley bearings I these older jeeps to go bad. Also, overheating is a common issue but partly because people dispose of their fan shrouds. A simple thing to just leave it in there and some folks opt for creating hood vents to let heat escape. I know both of our Jeeps perform way batter in colder weather. Be really thorough when inspecting your front end steering and suspension parts. Especially worn bushings, bent control arms, trac- bar and ball joints. You do not want to experience "death wobble" when miles from home. Also, sometimes the cowl in front of the driver's side of the windshield will fill up with water and leak through the fire wall onto what? You guessed it... Right onto the largely unprotected fuse block (on some older XJ's but even our Wrangler that's 10 yrs newer leaks that way). Also, people create electrical problems while installing after market stereos.
Thank you Edward! How easily should the pulleys move, some of them do rotate but not particularly fast, do they need to be changed?
As long as they move freely when spun with your hand, they should be fine..
Babes in the wood. When you see smoke turn off!
Haha think we just about learned our lesson
I have a problem no 2.5t
What engine is in there ?
2.5l diesel!
It's too bad you didn't try moving the belt by pulling on it left and right before you removed it, this would tell you if any of the other pulleys were seized.
Yeah wish we had done that, i suppose its a good lesson for next time though!
I've got a ton of XJ repair videos
Amazing we will check them out!