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  1. jtreehorn

    Real Time Help: 1989 62 Radiator Flush?

    Update: Got my 62 back yesterday afternoon and can say that after paying through the nose for: Rebuilt A440 transmission Rebuilt transfer case Installation of transmission cooler The car has never driven better. Haven't even tried 4L yet but will give it a few slow turns around the...
  2. jtreehorn

    Real Time Help: 1989 62 Radiator Flush?

    Thanks, everyone. I'm going ahead with the tranny cooler installed instead of a new radiator to cool of my rebuilt tranny + transfer case and will update as to how it's running. Also, I will be eating rice for the forseeable future and making a halloween costume out of cardboard and flat black...
  3. jtreehorn

    Real Time Help: 1989 62 Radiator Flush?

    Will definitely float that idea and see what they think, as well as lean towards the tranny cooler as an alternative to the radiator replacement. My radiator isn't overheating at all so far as I know of; all temp gauges have always been tip top.
  4. jtreehorn

    Real Time Help: 1989 62 Radiator Flush?

    I'm beginning to see why this would be a problem, then. And why fixing up one's tranny just to pump it full of crud from your radiator would be a bad idea. Without a professional power flush to dislodge the crap in the radiator though, couldn't I just drive it with the tranny cooler installed...
  5. jtreehorn

    Real Time Help: 1989 62 Radiator Flush?

    The ATF cooler is different than the radiator, but they need a new radiator to address that issue? And ATF fluid can't be flushed from the radiator, even while the transmission is disconnected from everything?
  6. jtreehorn

    Real Time Help: 1989 62 Radiator Flush?

    Asking $218 to install a cooler, which would be in addition to the original radiator (sans flush I guess?). So should I also ask about adding that spin on oil filter to catch any crud that might be missed during a hypothetical flush? Ideally I'd like them to flush the radiator and be done...
  7. jtreehorn

    Real Time Help: 1989 62 Radiator Flush?

    Because this radiator is circulating more than one type of fluid, and you can't flush the whole radiator, just part of it? They suggested slapping a trans cooler on as a cheaper option but it's still prohibitively expensive.
  8. jtreehorn

    Real Time Help: 1989 62 Radiator Flush?

    Thanks for the help. Mechanic said the radiator was 'unflushable.' No explicit reason given. Last night they said that they would 'try and flush it' but if that didn't work that they would have to replace it. Combing through the forums some more it's clear that the radiator on a 1989 fj62 can...
  9. jtreehorn

    Real Time Help: 1989 62 Radiator Flush?

    So my transmission died on Monday. Fine. Going to be expensive to rebuild but I love the old girl so what can I do. Then the transmission guys say the transfer case needs new bearings and seals. Not in the budget, but I think I can cover the cost. Now they say I need to replace the radiator...
  10. jtreehorn

    Check Engine Light???

    EGR System? It's true, I don't know what that is. Or maybe it's late on a Thursday and my brain is toast. :)
  11. jtreehorn

    horn doesn't work, except when car is off and dog is standing on the wheel

    Seriously. Thoughts? The horn hasn't worked ever in the last year since I've owned my 62, and then the other day I'm walking out from the store and a 20lb pug is standing with its front paws on the wheel and the darn thing is just blaring away. First time I ever heard it :)
  12. jtreehorn

    Ms. Cuban has a problem

    That's what mine does! This is a well documented issue? Both temp and fuel both go up at the same time when the engine is nice and toasty; uphill highway grades, stop and go, etc. How do I fix??
  13. jtreehorn

    Check Engine Light???

    My CEL came on this morning when I was driving from Tacoma to Seattle on the freeway, average speed between 50 and 60mph (that's an 89 62 for you). Is there a good thread about how to check one's codes with a paperclip? I haven't been able to find one, but I've gathered from the other threads...
  14. jtreehorn

    My New Body Armour

    Hubba Hubba. Great job with this; gives a guy ideas...
  15. jtreehorn

    Road trip: Highway of the Devil

    Beautiful trip. I wish there was a trip like that in the PNW...
  16. jtreehorn

    Coooool river crossing

    I would cry if my 62 got swept away. More so obviously if my daughter went with it. But so wicked! Reminds me of this International Scout video I saw on youtube recently.
  17. jtreehorn

    Coooool river crossing

    Stupid and amazing.
  18. jtreehorn

    The Good, the bad and the ugly!

    Was that thing a bear to install up there? It looks heavy. I need to get something like that in the next couple months for a long camping trip with some buddies that's going to take up a lot of space i nthe cabin and I need to stuff gear up top, IKEA commercial style.
  19. jtreehorn

    tire step roof rack access

    Tre cool. More utilitarian and rugged looking than those flimsy boat ladders. How sturdy do they feel to stand on? I'm 230 and wouldn't want to topple off onto some rocks.
  20. jtreehorn

    Opinions on Aussie Locker

    True dat -- I remember reading that in his ROTW. "could hardly feel the axle was draggin with the front locker pullin so nice" That sounds like high praise to me! But he also says he has a detroit in the back, which is also cool, but I'm hoping for insight into front-only auto-locker...
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