DoubleDingo
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- Joined
- Jul 3, 2012
- Posts
- 11,325
- Reaction score
- 17,373
- Location
- Right where I am
- First Name
- Bagoomba
- Truck Year
- 1981
- Truck Model
- 81-C20 Silverado Camper Special-TH400-4.10s
- Engine Size
- Carb'ed Vortec 350
Plastic bottle? Mine has a plastic overflow reservoir, is that you're referring to? The cooling system does work really well for a system that runs hot by design. It holds steady at 200 on the gauge even in triple digit heat. Only when idling at traffic lights does it creep above 200 but the electric fan kick on and it stays there, as soon as you start rolling again it goes to 195 and back to 200. With 217k on the clock, the engine idles cold at 60psi and hot at 40psi oil pressure. Yes, the hood is heavy, but the rear hatch is lighter being made from fiberglass.Growing up my dad bought a 90 Cherokee and have lots of memories in that thing. These jeeps are great! 91 is a good year. First of the normaler cooling system, no stupid plastic bottle. You can easily retrofit earlier ones by swapping a couple things over. Overall the last of the good stuff. The hoods are heavy Chevy! Lol
I was telling my wife last night, I can't complain about this vehicle, it's been in mostly daily service since 1991, and is mostly all original. It's time to give it a lot of TLC to keep it on the road a lot longer.
Just ordered a new throttle body, IAC, TPS, MAP, and 12 hole injectors with pigtails. Ordered a Walbro fuel pump but the order got canceled because they are backordered. The site I ordered from, when I called to ask about the order, they explained why, and also gave me a phone number to a bigger distributor that may have better connections. I forget which member on here buys Walbro, if I recall he gets the free goodies from vendures so he can try them out on his square. I may be wrong on that. I would like ask him if he has a connection to get a Walbro punp for my rig.