Re: Hard to start...
 

OK, I'll go get some goo Monday and do it. Looks like fun!

Seahag

"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote:
> It probably only takes 10-15 minutes with a can of GumOut
> and an old toothbrush..
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> http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2122181169
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> "Seahag" <Seahag@toadymail.net> wrote:
>> Hahaha, he's built his share of cars. About the most
>> Jeep bewitched he is is making me get bigger tires!
>> I'll get roundtoit...
>>
>> Seahag
>>
>> "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote:
>>> Send Pappy out to do the manual labor while you
>>> supervise.
>>>
>>> You already have him bewitched don't you?
>>>
>>>
>>> "Seahag" <Seahag@toadymail.net> wrote in message
>>> news:449419f7$1_2@newsfeed.slurp.net...
>>>> And I just polished my nails!
>>>>
>>>> Seahag
>>>>
>>>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>>> news:44941708.5659CC49@sympatico.ca...
>>>>> When I do a major tune up, I pull off the tube and
>>>>> spray everything in
>>>>> and out with throttle body cleaner. I spray once, let
>>>>> it sit, then hit
>>>>> it the second time. So far I haven't 'needed' to
>>>>> remove the throttle
>>>>> body.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I clean all the electronics' connections, I leave
>>>>> everything in
>>>>> place.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike
>>>>>
>>>>> Lon wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do ya have to pull the air cleaner and the throttle
>>>>>> body to get
>>>>>> everything clean? I've become no longer able to keep
>>>>>> my full membership
>>>>>> in the Procrastination Protection Society, and this
>>>>>> has been an item on
>>>>>> my preventative list for a bit too long. Is a 95 ZJ
>>>>>> 4.0 if it matters.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike Romain proclaimed:
>>>>>> > I find when I clean the connections on the throttle
>>>>>> > body and the CPS
>>>>>> > connections with spray contact cleaner, my 4.0
>>>>>> > starts a lot faster.
>>>>>> > These are all low power computer signal plugs that
>>>>>> > can be affected by
>>>>>> > the slightest corrosion. They always look clean,
>>>>>> > but the effect of
>>>>>> > cleaning them is dramatic.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > My 'new' 87 is now getting checked over slowly but
>>>>>> > surely by me and it
>>>>>> > was revving at 2300 when started most times. A
>>>>>> > fast spray on what
>>>>>> > looked like a clean TPS connection and the next
>>>>>> > start has it purring at
>>>>>> > 650 rpm.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Mike
>>>>>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to
>>>>>> > tail in '00
>>>>>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>>>>> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can
>>>>>> > still view!
>>>>>> > Jan/06
>>>>>> > http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>>>>> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view
>>>>>> > page)
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Seahag wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >>OK, I did what you said and left the key on until
>>>>>> >>all the
>>>>>> >>guages came up. Turned the key off and then tried
>>>>>> >>to start
>>>>>> >>it. I got the same laggy start.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>Seahag
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>"Seahag" <Seahag@toadymail.net> wrote:
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>>Rats, I'll have to try that tomorrow. I've
>>>>>> >>>already
>>>>>> >>>started her today and after the first laggy
>>>>>> >>>start-up she
>>>>>> >>>starts normally.
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>>Seahag
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>><Matt Osborn> wrote:
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>>>Fuel pump. Try turning the key on without
>>>>>> >>>>starting for a
>>>>>> >>>>few seconds.
>>>>>> >>>>Then turn the key off and back on to engage the
>>>>>> >>>>starter.
>>>>>> >>>>If it fires
>>>>>> >>>>right up, then the check valve in the fuel pump
>>>>>> >>>>is the
>>>>>> >>>>likely culprit.
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>> "Seahag" <Seahag@toadymail.net> wrote:
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>>>Clemmie ('02 TJ Sport) has been a bit hard to
>>>>>> >>>>>start
>>>>>> >>>>>lately.
>>>>>> >>>>>I have to lean on the key maybe twice as long as
>>>>>> >>>>>in the
>>>>>> >>>>>last
>>>>>> >>>>>3 years. A Jeep buddy is having the same
>>>>>> >>>>>problem with
>>>>>> >>>>>his
>>>>>> >>>>>'97 and attributes it to the summer gas
>>>>>> >>>>>additives.
>>>>>> >>>>>Thoughts?
>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>> >>>>>Seahag
>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>>-- msosborn at msosborn dot com
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>>
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