My new (to me) 1986 White T-Type

[SuperSix]

What is the intent behind the Wildwood manual proportioning valve to adjust the brake bias?  What does that mean exactly?

That adjusts the amount of brake line pressure on the line it's attached to. If you have aftermarket brakes, you can adjust the line pressure, so one set (frt/rear) doesn't lock up before the other set.

In the trunk, I have to be honest...I don't think I've ever looked under my carpet in the GN.  Are they all like that or does this T-Type have an access panel to the top of the gas tank to get to the fuel pump?

No, that isn't for fuel pump access - not sure what it is exactly for, but I know it's not a FP access door.

Is that an RJC boost controller?  You can see it in one of the engine bay pics I think in the 2nd or 3rd post.

I am 99% sure it is.

Those are the intrepid fans.

That bolt through the steering shaft looks wrong.. Maybe he put it in there in addition to the factory bolt as a failsafe.

Is that a power steering leak? Or are the AN lines he used for the trans cooler leaking? It's on the wrong side for a PS leak.. Oh - trans lines going into the radiator are leaking...

Whoever owned that car took damn good care of it....

[gordyzx9r]

That adjusts the amount of brake line pressure on the line it's attached to. If you have aftermarket brakes, you can adjust the line pressure, so one set (frt/rear) doesn't lock up before the other set.

The brakes are stock.  SS brake lines is the only real change that was made in addition to that Wildwood device.

No, that isn't for fuel pump access - not sure what it is exactly for, but I know it's not a FP access door.

Are all TRs like that?

I am 99% sure it is.

I have one in the box still somewhere that I decided not to use on the GN, I'll match it up.

Those are the intrepid fans.

Awesome, so they should fail anyday then...I have a spare, no kidding.  I have a brand new in the box set of fans that I installed the racetronix kit on but after reading how they failed I went with the dual spals and casper wiring harness on the GN.

That bolt through the steering shaft looks wrong.. Maybe he put it in there in addition to the factory bolt as a failsafe.

That I believe is the ever popular tb.com Jeep Grand Cherokee (?) mod for to fix the play in the steering...I think.

Is that a power steering leak? Or are the AN lines he used for the trans cooler leaking? It's on the wrong side for a PS leak.. Oh - trans lines going into the radiator are leaking...

Yeah...that should be an easy fix.

Whoever owned that car took damn good care of it....

I have no idea, my friend basically bought it as a stock TR (with stock wheels and all) and he wanted to make it go fast so all of the mods are basically what he did in the past two years.

[gordyzx9r]

Question about the paint, even the non-black cars are laqceur correct?  So the whole thing has to be stripped down to the metal? 

[Top Speed]

You got a good deal on that car!  The gauges are exactly like mine.  It was good to see you the other day when you came through town. 

[Steve Wood]

That is a standard floor pan plug in the trunk.

A good painter will have no problem in fixing that paint problem without stripping the car.  They make various primer sealers to deal with such.   I cannot find any pictures of the white Limited that I had the rear top fender and roof repainted to fix damage from a falling tree limb.  Never caused a problem.

[stevemon]

What is the intent behind the Wildwood manual proportioning valve to adjust the brake bias?  What does that mean exactly?

I installed one like that on my GN when I did the S-10 rear wheel cylinders. By cranking down the pressure on the valve you can increase the pressure to the rear brakes.

[Steve Wood]

What is the intent behind the Wildwood manual proportioning valve to adjust the brake bias?  What does that mean exactly?

I installed one like that on my GN when I did the S-10 rear wheel cylinders. By cranking down the pressure on the valve you can increase the pressure to the rear brakes.

Which is good for drag racing (if you don't jump on the brakes at the finish line), but hell on the street on a wet road or gravel.  the S-10's are dangerous enough on the street, but, I guess you could reduce the amount of pressure to make them street safe.

[daveismissing]

My GN was painted over the lacquer, held up for ~18 yrs?.
Depends how good the lac is.

[SuperSix]

That adjusts the amount of brake line pressure on the line it's attached to. If you have aftermarket brakes, you can adjust the line pressure, so one set (frt/rear) doesn't lock up before the other set.

The brakes are stock.  SS brake lines is the only real change that was made in addition to that Wildwood device.

No, that isn't for fuel pump access - not sure what it is exactly for, but I know it's not a FP access door.

Are all TRs like that?

I am 99% sure it is.

I have one in the box still somewhere that I decided not to use on the GN, I'll match it up.

Those are the intrepid fans.

Awesome, so they should fail anyday then...I have a spare, no kidding.  I have a brand new in the box set of fans that I installed the racetronix kit on but after reading how they failed I went with the dual spals and casper wiring harness on the GN.

That bolt through the steering shaft looks wrong.. Maybe he put it in there in addition to the factory bolt as a failsafe.

That I believe is the ever popular tb.com Jeep Grand Cherokee (?) mod for to fix the play in the steering...I think.

Is that a power steering leak? Or are the AN lines he used for the trans cooler leaking? It's on the wrong side for a PS leak.. Oh - trans lines going into the radiator are leaking...

Yeah...that should be an easy fix.

Whoever owned that car took damn good care of it....

I have no idea, my friend basically bought it as a stock TR (with stock wheels and all) and he wanted to make it go fast so all of the mods are basically what he did in the past two years.

I will check my Jeep steering shaft - I think there's an extra bolt in there..

Not all of the Intrepid fans fail - I think a lot of the "failures" were from people trying to use them with the factory fan harness, and not using a proper aftermarket (Racetronix/Casper's) harness to handle the much increased amperage, that the factory harness can't handle.

Be careful with the trans line leak, it's pretty hard to not put that assy together to the point where it leaks. Hopefully the fittings in the radiator are just loose.

[stevemon]

Which is good for drag racing (if you don't jump on the brakes at the finish line)

We had a work around for that Steve. I don't remember the exact setup but a couple of the OK Buick cars had it and I sent the info to Banning Cohen & he did it on his car. You had to add an extra line to run down to the stock proportioning valve and it also went to the line lock. Bottom line, once you staged and stayed on the brake, the line pressure to the rear shoes was high but as soon as the foot brake was released the pressure on the rear shoes returned to normal bias.

[gordyzx9r]

I still haven't had the time (or more importantly, the space) to work on this car yet so it's still sitting inside of my car trailer. 

I did however get a package today from the previous owner with more information about the car.

It appeared in GMHTP magazine JULY/AUG 2005 Vol 11 No 7.  He sent the magazine so if it's alright, I can scan it and upload it...

Got the original paperwork when the car was titled...I'm the third owner.

And receipts:

HRpartsNstuff Poly Motor Mount (driver side)
UMI Boxed LCA
Comp Cams K69-248-4 Comp Cams High Energy Cam and Lifter Kit 212/212
Kirban Mystery Theft Deterrent (but no paperwork on what that actually is...I have no idea)

SE Turbo:
Exhaust CB no mufflers (I take it that means exhaust piping from the cat back minus the mufflers)
Magnaflow 5"X8" aluminzed offset 3" mufflers
Tweaked ECM chip custom (I have no idea if that means he put in a different chip he made or did he screw with the ECM?)
SE Turbo 3" DP for stock w/Test Pipe
DEKA HI 60lb Inj
Transmission Temp sender
Pryometer probe
NPT weld in bung
Trans temp manifold
IAC Angle Boss 45 degree adapter plate
Aluminum 4" mass air flow pipe
Alky control GN progressive kit (installed but definitely working right...)
Turbo TE 45A
160 Thermo
Billet Adj FPR
70mm TB
New fuel sender (which is funny because the fuel gauge is FUBAR and not reading right)
Engine tie down (lol)
3 wire hallesect pass through (I have no idea...)
VDO convertor tach module
VSS converter module
New fuel hangar
New Walbro Fuel Pump
Install GNX style dash
Install Jeep Steering Shaft (I knew that's what it was...)
BGC Stretch SLIC
LS1 Mass Air Flow Sensor & Translator
Scanmaster
Hybrid Boost Controller
Turbo Saver
Regal driveshaft loop
Transcooler
Braided SS brake line kit
Roll back fenders (I didn't even notice that...)
Auger upper plenum (what does that mean?)
LPW rear end cover (what does that mean?)
Rear end girdle
Embroidered trunk kit
Hoses, gaskets, fluids, installation charges, etc...

Just that alone is about $8200 in receipts from 2010.

Then there is the head gaskets and new heads that got installed shortly thereafter...

[Steve Wood]

Mystery theft deterrent was some form of inductance switch as I recall.  You had to touch something while turning the key to get it to start.  Kirban probably still sells them.

Turbo is a Craig 45A which is equivalent to a T66....good turbo for well into the tens.

The tweaked custom chip would scare me unless it is just a TT chip...if it's not a TT, I would get rid of it.

Look at the back of the diff.  I suspect that rear cover is one of the aluminum covers with a couple of set screws in it so you can put a little pressure on the caps in the diff to stabilize them

BGC slic should be a stock IC with a half of another ic welded to the bottom to make a bigger unit.

[daveismissing]

If the bill is from SE Turbo I guess you take the $amount with a grain of salt...

[gordyzx9r]

If the bill is from SE Turbo I guess you take the $amount with a grain of salt...

Yeah, lol.  Well, when I met the previous owner he was going through the school where I worked at and was doing admin work until his next class date.  I happened to walk by where he working and he was on tb.com, so I made a joke about MCSS.  Then we got to talking about TRs and he said his was at SE Turbo...I told him to research them on tb.com and get back with me and I'd help him go rescue his car.

[motorhead]

Not too shabby at all...