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Ok,,, When I start up the oil pressures sits around 70,, as I drive along and the engine warms up, it drops. It usually will sit somewhere between 0-5... Its a brand new guage and sending unit,, It is an electrical guage, and it is on a 82-cj5 6 cycl... I know as the oil warms, that will cause...

Found the problem... Replaced the light switch,, all is well.. THanks THomas

I changed out by water pump and thermostat... works great.. If any of you are considering the blazer upgrade.. DO IT>. it works great... Thanks THomas

I have just completed the Blazer heater blower upgrade.. I also installed a new heater core.. I ran the jeep for a while, but all I got was cold air.. Is there something else I have to do.. Prime the core? and if so how? Thanks THomas

Ok,,, the gremlins are at it again... Last night my head lights and dash lights would not stay on at the same time. If they were both on, they blew the fuse quicker than you could say, stop... They will stay on and not blow by the eaches, but not at the same time.. I know shorts are hard to say...

Ok,, I have lifted my '82 CJ-5 by 4" and now it looks like a pine tree,, tall and skinny. I know of some people that have swapped axle assemblies from other vehicles to widen out the trac... But I don't know what type of vehicle they came from? Any ideas of what to do best to widen the bottom...

I have a '82 CJ-5 with a T-150 3 speed transmission... On the top of the transmission is a 2 headed plug. It has to spade type connectors, one turned one way and the other exactly the opposite of it.. what is this for?

Ok,, may not be the right thing, but I am tagging in on this post. After all that I have seen on the "Blazer heater upgrade", I am going to defrost my fingers and do it.. I have one question though. I have a '82 CJ-5 without air, there are two motors for the '73 Blazer that are available, one...

I just had a new bell housing and a new clutch installed in my '85 CJ-5, 3 speed straight six Jeep. When I drive it now, the clucth pedal only has to be millimeters from the floor to start to engage,, If I ride the clutch, at all, I can hear the clutch spinning and my wheels are going no where...

I am in the same boat as you are,, Now I am wondering even more what the two, non parallel connectors are for. If any one knows, please enlighten.. Thanks

Well, I thought I was doing good, and since I have posted this, I feel like I have a third eye.. Should I not put them on and get offset rims instead? thx

I have recently purchased a set of 2" wheel spacers to widen out my lifted '82 CJ 5. I know this adds a bit more stress underneath, and wondered was there any additions or changes to the underneath that would help with this added stress? Thanks for your help THomas

Wacky Wipers!?! Ok,,, Several days later but here is what I found. I took the head number to a shop, and they said "oh, this is the one you need" refering to valve covers. It looked just like the old ones. Took it home, put it on and my valve springs still rubbed on the side of the cover...

My distributor is on the passenger side, so I guess I have the 258...

great day in ARKANSAS I don't even know if it is a 258 or a 300 how do I tell?

The engine is not the orginial one. It is a '82 on paper but the valve cover that fits it, or so I thought fit it, is from a '79. Someone told me that the engine was a ford engine, how do I tell or find out?

New issue with the valve cover. I removed it yesterday and looked in the inside where the cracks were on the outside, and noticed rub marks all the way down from one end to the other. The lifters are apparently rubbing on that side, creating the cracks and problay lifting that side up a tad and...

I have a '82 CJ 5, 6 cycl with a weber carb. Even before I put the new carb on, I keep blowing the seal under the valve cover. Two shops have resealed it, with and without gaskets. The most recent type at the shop to do this, it held for a day then started leaking on the drivers side. As I was...

Thanks,, with all of your help, I found the problem. The firing order was correct for my engine. I did have the correct hole plugged to first spot on the distro cap. With a few testing,, actually one try,, I shifted all the plug caps on the distro cap one space to the right and started my jeep...

I have fire at the plugs, each one tested out fine. I bought a new ECM yesterday and put it on and still won't hit. Yes I unhooked the battery before installing. I will try the other two firing orders that were listed. The firing order in my chiltons is the same as what I have set it to. I will...