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Missing a connecting rod...
has anyone seen it??
 Apparently, I have angered the Jeep gods again... 
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04-10-2014, 10:36 AM
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Ouch! Not good vinny!
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04-10-2014, 10:42 AM
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Look at the bright side...your chassis is freshly lubed.
 (ducking.....)
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04-10-2014, 10:43 AM
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Don't ya just hate it when that happens??
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Duct tape!
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04-10-2014, 10:49 AM
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I figured a couple tubes of JB Weld I'll be good as new.
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04-10-2014, 11:08 AM
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That just helps to keep the rust off the underside. I would use an expandable rubber plug in the hole and some heavier oil
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04-10-2014, 11:24 AM
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Did you get the memo?
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04-10-2014, 11:38 AM
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I bet the CIA, FBI, & IRS conspired to steal it! They needed it to keep hiding that missing airplane!
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04-10-2014, 12:08 PM
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Next time your jeep starts telling you a knock-knock joke, I bet you will ask "who's there?" faster!
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04-10-2014, 12:11 PM
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4, 6, 8? Old or new?
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04-10-2014, 12:46 PM
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Will that buff out??
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04-10-2014, 12:47 PM
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I had an Audi that ran fine with only 5 cylinders. I'm sure the jeep will too.
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04-10-2014, 12:58 PM
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That looks like the bottom of a 4.0. I am guessing 99 or newer. Remember when the 4.0 was considered invincible? I wonder if piston cracked first. I have seen a bunch of them come apart only to find the piston skirt laying in the pan, or jammed into a counterwieght.
I think up to these years, they were great motors.
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04-10-2014, 01:03 PM
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The Aussies are listening for it pinging.
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04-10-2014, 01:05 PM
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It's a '99 4.0 Around 600 miles since a rebuild. Gave me about a 4 second warning before it let go. Had been running absolutely perfect before that.
This is why I rebuilt it in the first place. 
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04-10-2014, 01:15 PM
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I've done 3 or 4 that looked exactly like that one. Whole side of the piston missing. The earlier ones ( 99, 2000)and seem to be the habitual offenders. I think I crank kit is fairly cheap, but I find that they suck to r&r .
It is nearly impossible to find a used motor for one of these, they all blow up.
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04-10-2014, 01:25 PM
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Piston skirts and heads cracking between # 3 and 4 are the most common issues with these motors. When I did the rebuild I went with Speed Pro pistons. HUGE difference in piston design and skirt construction. I'm really pissed, because this is the first time I've had a rebuild let go on me. ( other than a race motor..) and like I said, I had absolutely no warning.
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04-10-2014, 01:30 PM
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No warning, catastrophic - I'm sayin' rod bolt failure.
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04-10-2014, 03:15 PM
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Vinny, remember those extra bolts you had after you rebuilt it? Yeah they go there. (all meant in fun)
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1986 Porsche 944 2.5l
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