Andy5160
Hooked
Well performed surgery!!!!!!!!!!!! Did it help??
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Well performed surgery!!!!!!!!!!!! Did it help??
WJCO
Meme King
I hope it fixes it too. I won't know until I test drive it through slow traffic. It is an intermittent concern. For example, last weekend, the whole way on the trail, it kept getting hot. However, on the way back on the same trail, not one single time did it heat up. Then while airing up, I had the engine running the whole time while parked, and we talked for a good 30 minutes and it never did it once. When I noticed that it wasn't getting hot, I purposefully turned off the AC fan to see if that would change and it still never overheated. I'm hoping this relay was just messing up.
Ddays
Hooked
Fingers crossed. That shit is a pain in the ass chasing down.
GraniteCrystal
New member
Wow. Serious surgery. Internet to the rescue. Hope it foxes it.
TrainWreck618
Caught the Bug
WJCO
Meme King
Thanks. Me too.
Agreed. Took me 10 minutes to do between phone calls while working. I was actually going to pull that side of the bumper and pry on it while I worked, but found out even with just the bumper off, the relay still is not accessible. The headlight retainer has to be removed which spans across the whole front end. So the hole was cut instead
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Andy5160
Hooked
WJCO
Meme King
Thanks for asking. Meant to update this and forgot. The temp is still rising up more than it used to, however, Everytime it did it today, the fan came on and the gauge dropped back down on its own. And today was about 5 hours of sllloooowww driving, so that's a good thing. It definitely was better today than last weekend, however I'm still thinking that there may be some external blockage somewhere. It never used to do this. However, today, I didn't really worry about it like I did last weekend. The fan did its job.
Andy5160
Hooked
Probably not but is it possible the gage is fucking around?
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WJCO
Meme King
I thought about that, but unlikely. When gauge rises, I can feel the heat near the transmission down by my leg. Today was the best day do far regarding that symptom, much cooler down there. Still strange that all this started after the trail with all the water crossings.
BobNH
Member
Is it possible a shroud of some kind dislodged and the airflow is no longer flowing exactly where it should? Long shot, but it seems you have covered every other possibility.
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WJCO
Meme King
It's possible. I'll check. Thanks for the suggestion. It's definitely an airflow problem when it does occur.
WJCO
Meme King
No more ice chest for us. I ended up getting a fridge for the rig. It's currently in its cozy home in the garage for now. I'm very surprised how fast this thing gets cold. I need to set up a power source in the jeep. I think I'm going to use the OEM socket and just re-wire the circuit to 8AWG.
Andy5160
Hooked
matt08jk
New member
Congrats! I've heard good things from that fridge. Curious to hear your feedback from running it out of the outlet. Is that the 50 or 37?
TrainWreck618
Caught the Bug
WJCO
Meme King
Thanks. Very good, IMO.
Thanks. It's the 50. I rewired the outlet to 8 gauge already. Looks like it is working fine so far.
Thanks.
WJCO
Meme King
So I removed my OEM rear 12volt power supply and capped off the power wire. Then I rewired the circuit with 8 gauge wire to my aftermarket auxillary power source and put the OEM socket back in its original location. I just installed a 15amp fuse as ARB calls for and fridge seems to be working fine. And I can still access the fridge through the rear glass without opening the rear hatch.
