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It doesn't have to be the choke, it could be that the float/needle valve is sticking and allowing excess fuel into the venturies. Another possibility is that the idle mixture screws are turned out too far or damaged. both of these possibilities could explain why revving it up temporarily brings...

If there's any way you can get into a tj, that would be my recommendation, they are flat awesome. But for $9000 you might have to go to a late 1990's with high miles on it. Don't overlook the yj's either though because they are very cool rigs as well, and the cj's have billions of miles of...

I'm assuming this is a yj. It is normal for a standard or "open" differential to drive only one wheel, and it is the wheel with the least amount of traction too. that is the weak point of the standard differential. It sounds to me like you might need to replace the vacuum motor and all the...

I'm running bfg allterrain t/a 215/75r15's and i love them. They have twice the traction of the stock goodyear wranglers that came on my '05 wrangler se, 2.4 6-speed. It is not recommended to put oversize tires on the small axles, d35, d30, because the added torque can break an axle. But, of...

Sometimes when people say " I just replaced..." they mean they had a shop do the work. I didn't mean to offend anyone with my remarks. I don't understand why someone would only change the spider gears. Also, please note that the axle shafts are splined into the side gears which are supported by...

I'm not that familiar with '89 cherokee, but the electric fan has to have a fuse and a relay and i think it is turned on by the computer. The dash problem could be fuses,but several of them blowing at once seems unlikely, i would also check the connector somewhere near the firewall. The...

amc v-8 engines are exterally balanced, which means the flywheel/flex plate has counterweights built into it as part of the crankshaft counterbalancing system. you will need an amc360 flywheel and the entire crankshaft/flywheel assembly needs to be balanced as a unit. good luck, john

No, clunking from the differential is real bad news. The spider gears are the two gears that ride on a pin through holes in the differential carrier and i wonder if maybe those holes are worn out sloppy. Also might be the pinion bearings, just as a guess. Anyway the whole unit needs to be...

If you've done a clutch on a two wheel drive vehicle, it's not that bad. You've got two drivelines instead of one, and the transmission/transfer case is heavy and awkward to balance on a floor jack. It would be easier if you had a transmission jack or take the transfer case off first, then the...

the blocking rings, which are the brass colored rings on either end of the synchronizer assembly are notoriously soft on the ax-5 transmission. using gear oil in the transmission makes the problem worse because the high pressure additives in it erode these rings. pennzoil synchromesh is a...

usually when you push in the clutch and the noise stops it means the throwout bearing is the culprit. there should be a metal tag attached to one of the differential cover bolts that says it's a locking differential. good luck, john

sounds like the solenoid or the starter relay to me, usually problems with the starting motor itself occur more that just once in a while. good luck, john

in the engine compartment, there is a safety device on the steering column linkage that allows the linkage to collapse(telescope) in crash and also there is a kind of a u-joint or shock absorbing assembly as well. it may be that this is broken or loose. because you say horribly loose, and i...

the abs master cylinder uses an electric pump to boost the pressure and there is no booster unit. it sounds like your master cylinder may be bypassing, and the internal piston is all the way into the bore of the master cylinder so you;re pushing against the metal at the very end of the master...

the only way you could get the carbon monoxide levels that high is with way too much fuel. the excess fuel burns up all the oxygen so that there isn't enough to form carbon DIOXIDE so only carbon MONOXIDE can form. if this is a 4.0 engine with sequential fuel injection, i would suspect a leaking...

i think it is unlikely that the cps would have failed entirely all at once, more likely it would cause misfires ans set a trouble code, and put the system into limp-home mode, but i'm not that familiar with the GC system. try spraying a little starting fluid in the intake. this will tell you if...

my guess is that the spark plug wires are mixed up, or else the timing is way off because the only way you could get backfiring when the engine is cold is if a spark plug is firing when an exhaust valve is open and there is unburned air fuel mixture in the exhaust manifold. hope this helps, john

sounds like you have a short to ground, because the extra current flow causes the flasher to heat up faster and blink faster. then when you add the test light, there is more resistance in the circuit and the flasher slows down. what role the headlights are playing in all this is a mystery to me...

doesn't code 12 mean no run signal? this is normal and is just a test of the obd system. do you mean that all six plugs are wet with fuel? if the plugs are fuel fouled, the fuel shorts the spark around the insulator tip to ground and the plug will never spark unless you take it out and cook it...

on my rig the no, 3 position keeps cutting out when the selector switch is in def/floor. for a long time i thought is was the fan switch but then i discovered that if i moved the selector switch counterclockwise a little the fan starts going again. i have not yet found the root cause, but hope...