Maybe a silly question, but I cannot find a solid answer anywhere online: How do you align the harmonic balancer with the engine's timing (e.g. balancer's markings vs TDC)? This engine's crank doesn't have a key for the balancer and I did not make any marks when taking it off lol... so yeah, now scratching my head. Thanks!

Yes...how's mpg now

That trial looks sweet! Do you know what side that's on?

Hopefully it did surprise you. Had a great time wheeling with you and Bob.

Did you flip the oil pump gears . Look at the wear on them

Going to build mine . Dealer dogged it , now it clatters on startup like every other one does . I'll use old school pistons n rings instead

I hate those stupid water pump bolts

What year is your jeep. Mine is a 2015 and my tailgate door is not opening. I have wiggled all the crap where you did. Nothin.

Nice video bro! Great job! Wish it would be a little bit longer..

I feel like you have a LOT of popping and clicking in that Jeep of yours. LOL.

Great video, carbide scrapers are a game changer.

LMK when you plan on hitting up Bundy... I'm all of 30 minutes and can join/lead/chill if ya want someone to wheel with. Lol. (Just give me a little heads up.)

Are you running a lift?

The python is fun, but also like... not great for a Gladiator. LOL.(Ask me how I know) But R&V is pretty dang fun. (Btw, be careful with using Music... If it's not Royalty Free, it can get strikes and stuff against your channel/get your channel taken down.)

Nice jeep 👍🏼

Courses were way harder this year than previous years. Nice video!

Cool

Great job! Really enjoyed it. Keep making videos because you can always pick things up from others. Really appreciated the tips on the oil pump. You did a nice job cleaning the surfaces but go to harbor freight and buy an angle grinder. The pneumatic one with scotch bright disc. They make cleaning metal surfaces super easy. Don’t doubt yourself. We all have those same concerns when doing timing chains and belts. Hope all goes well. God bless

Looks like a great time!

Thanks for coming out!

If u want some more riding go across the street there’s some good trails back there

Did this myself a few years ago at 140K miles. The carbon build up on the pistons was insane; it took a few days of soaking in chemicals in a home depot bucket to remove all the junk (literally took two weeks for all 6 pistons). I also did the crankshaft bearings just for good measure since so many people had spun theirs over the years. I was surprised the amount of cylinder honing left in place; the walls were not mirror-like at all...they looked almost freshly honed, but then again I have changed the oil every 3k miles since new. The only thing I would have done differently is pulling the whole engine so I could have done the rear main seal. It might have made the rest of the job a lot easier lol. Unfortunately it is leaking coolant again 60K miles later. I am pretty sure this is due to etching on the block (I had the heads machined but didn't do a whole lot the the block because I did not want any contaminants falling into the crankshaft from above). Oh, and the new exhaust headers cracked shortly after. I knew better and should had just purchased aftermarket headers. Thanks for posting.

Hola

Hey brother, try throwing hashtags in all your video descriptions. It will make a difference for you with the algorithms. I apologize if you are but I can't see them. The more the better.

*yes.

Steering box?

Keep doing shorts brother. It is the fastest way to gain subscribers

I can't wait to get my jeep back to trail ready status. We all miss hitting the trails.

I have a JK 3.8 I'm almost 300k now. I'm replacing head gaskets lower intake manifold gasket and Gasket headers. Unfortunately I have to take pretty much the orange in the park almost. It's 44° outside and I've been doing it off and on but we had rain two times already and my Pistons are exposed although under the hood two questions do I need to worry about moisture in the engine since it rained a couple days? And should I change my timing chain since I have everything apart already?

Dude! I hope all this engine swap headaches get figured out soon.

Did you blow your engine? I still haven't posted a video of our new jeep yet. We now have a 2007 wrangler X unlimited. I love it so much more than the 21 Rubicon we had. My video editing software quit working so I can't edit anymore.

The purr of the 3.8!

Great video.

We Always enjoy the videos.

Warmed up the tires a little and then just walked right up

Nice! I was there Sat. Had a blast out there as usual. Lockers are a game changer.

That was a fun video to watch. We're hoping to have a good one of the Believicon once we are back from Colorado. Then selling it and looking for two door JKs as well.

I thought maybe you were up here hanging out this week when I saw the jeep at the cabin but now I see why it was there 👎🏻. That sucks

We are an hour from those trails and my family is about 20 minutes down on 33. If you're ever in the need of some help, we can usually assist.

That's always a fun trail.

Glad you didn’t go out by yourself. A couple and their baby were going home on the trails and they got stuck. No one found them for 3 days none survived. You go on some nice trails. Maybe next summer we will get another Jeep so we can along again.

Rut roh… glad you finally got out!

Looks like a good day on the trails man thanks for sharing here from lapeer county michigan

Thats Dope, just drove by you on 75 North mile176. Seen your name lol.

I was out there when u where out there we were the people in the play ground when ur buddy broke his axel

Not a fan of rocks myself. Give me some wooded trails with hills and I’m good! I cringed every time metal was mashing on those rock obstacles.

What an awesome trip! I need to get my TJ up to Rocks & Valleys this year!

Hollywood does not have as many -film makers- as you guys. :)) :)) :))

There are no spotters (video: 4:24). ?????????????

TONS AND DONE ✅