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1) i got a 91 w 2.6, the idel goes up and down, and runs very rich. any ideas?
2) got auto hubs that pop in and out, would like to change to manual, do you have any

 

Idle going up an down is usually caused by the thermal vacuum valve which is screwed into the thermostat housing and has the 3 larger vacuum lines coming out of it. You are either low on coolant or the truck is running hot. It's designed to raise the idle to improve cooling. They typically start doing that when you have a coolant leak or blown head gasket/cracked head. I don't have any manual hubs, sorry.

 

Hi,
Not sure if you have seen my post, but I was wondering if the front carpet out of a LWB will fit the front of a SWB?

 

The problem is that the 2 door models up to '87 had a different transmission configuration around the shifters, etc and they didn't make the 2 door after '87 except the RS... I would think you could order a carpet for the LWB '88 - '91 and get it to fit. You may have to do some trimming.

 

A video of my parts inventory

 

Hey there, I hope you can help me, I have a 88 trooper and my gears grind and slip out. My 4th gear grinds really bad that I can't really drive it anymore and I got a new born so I need it to drive around. I just changed the clutch and all bearings and bushings. I don't know what else to do?

 

Sounds like it's time for a new transmission. It's VERY uncommon for these transmissions to go bad, how many miles do you have on it? Have you pulled the shift lever out to make sure that there's nothing bent or burred up inside?

 

I'm not exactly sure how much but the meter reads 220k.
I opened the transfer case cause my 4x4 got stuck so I fixed it and everything looked good inside there. I didn't open the tranny though but I did take off the shift lever and I couldn't really see much in there

 

Well, unfortunately I don't think there's going to be a "quick fix" for that thing, I think you'll need to overhaul it or replace it.