<Spitfire_part> OK, so I've had my 'new' '69 on the road as a daily driver for the past month or so, been running great. On Friday, as I was entering the local Interstate highway, going about 45mph in 4th, I started hearing some very disturbing sounds coming from the engine. Kind of hard to describe, but kind of like someone taking a cup of marbles and dumping them in the cylinders. Needless to say, I coasted to the shoulder (the engine died). Fortunately, my brother-in-law saw me, so he towed me the 8 miles home. On Sunday, my 10-year old boy and I took the engine out of the '69, and replaced it with the engine from my donor car, and was driving it by Sunday night. I must say that the '74 engine as noticeably more power than the one from the '68. I haven't taken the '69 engine apart yet to see what the problem was, but it's nice to have a spare engine or two. </Spitfire_part>
<Jeep_part> This all came about because my Jeep won't start, and I've reached the end of my automotive expertise. I have an '89 Jeep Cherokee, 4WD, 4 liter I6. This thing will crank fine, but will only start with the assistance of starting fluid (ether). Same effect whether the engine is cold or hot. Once it starts, it idles beautifully. I have good spark on all plugs, good fuel pressure, and timing is dead-on. I've already replaced the O2 sensor, EGR valve, air bypass valve, coil (all of those were tested and failed), and everything else tests OK. This model has a Jeep proprietary OBD computer, and the computer doesn't report any failures. Anyone have any ideas? </Jeep_part> Mike Welch God Bless America /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
