Favorite team:Mississippi St. 
Location:Jackson, MS
Biography:MSU grad with degree in EE. Work in the power utility field
Interests:
Occupation:Electrical Engineer
Number of Posts:1482
Registered on:9/16/2010
Online Status:Not Online

Recent Posts

Message

re: Truck heater not heating

Posted by MSUmtowndawg on 1/7/25 at 10:10 am
Thanks to you and Pirate. I think I’m going to test/swap the thermostat. All of this kinda clicked as I talked it out. It’s running cooler than normal and throws the error in extreme cold. I bet the thermostat spring is bad/weak and when it opens, it fully opens instead of slightly based on sensor readings.

Turning the car off may allow it to close to the proper position based on temp? Basically resetting the condition

re: Truck heater not heating

Posted by MSUmtowndawg on 1/7/25 at 9:51 am
Well I forgot info. I have had a check engine light and the code has been P0128 - engine coolant temp is below thermostat regulating temp. Had this for 3 years now. Couldn’t get it to clear. My engine temp on the dash gauge is always around 190 F where I read that keeps should be in the 200-215 range.

Could the thermostat be stuck open or open further than designed when it does?

re: Truck heater not heating

Posted by MSUmtowndawg on 1/7/25 at 9:31 am
Hijack… help me OT mechanics.

2015 jeep wrangler jk. Only when the air temp is below freezing. Driving along and the engine throttle warning light comes on, engine temp gauge goes to zero, radiator fan kinks on to high. There is no visible change in my engine performance. I turn it off and it all resets and I go about my way.

In a 20 minute drive to work it may happen 2 or 3 times. Most of the time it’s after de acceleration but once it happened while cruising in a straight away.

I replaced my engine coolant temp sensor as my research said it was most common issue and did not work. ChatGPT says wiring issue. I’ve visible inspection exposed wiring and connectors finding nothing.

Where do I go from here? Thermostat, throttle body, is there another sensor?

Insert jeep joke here

Edit: my heat is not as warm as it used to be to be in this frigid cold but that may have nothing to do with it. The thread title caught my eye though
And no one has posted the what’s in the box gif from seven? OT is slippin
I spent almost 4 weeks in Panama City for Michael storm response. Worked the area by the highway to Tyndall. Boat race road haha. That place was destroyed.
We took a trip to NYC this past weekend and it was everywhere. All the negatives people say about NYC were not to be had, but weed smoking/smell was all over. My 9year old thought it was cigarette smoke haha.
I would have never expected an OT’er from Union.. I have a lot of family from around there and House. Small internet world

re: Google repair videos

Posted by MSUmtowndawg on 7/27/24 at 8:03 am
quote:

Clock spring in my jeep


I’ve got to do this same repair. Any issues/pitfalls to avoid?
quote:

I just call all DRs Scruffy. And when they respond with "Scruffy doesn't like that" I know I got the right one.


This was the best response :cheers:
Well that makes sense and yes, there are an insane amount of those as well.

I just defaulted to thinking about specialty due to how many we have here as well. Local elementary schools have the damn things now.
Its not a very high number of signatures required to get a specialized tag for an organization. The org then gets a decent amount of the specialized fee ($53 total, I believe) back.

I don't know specifics but going off of what I have heard/pay for my MSU tag.
GSU is very different from the rest
I'd imagine the dirt work on that swamp piece is going to be a good bit of the cost :lol:

re: Saturday Basketball Games

Posted by MSUmtowndawg on 1/13/24 at 9:57 pm
Credit Bama. They played well

re: Saturday Basketball Games

Posted by MSUmtowndawg on 1/13/24 at 9:46 pm
We make half of the FT we missed and it’s a tie ballgame. Ifs and buts… but shite man. You get NIL money to do nothing but make buckets ya dick

re: Saturday Basketball Games

Posted by MSUmtowndawg on 1/13/24 at 9:40 pm
I donno man… I think you’re winning haha

re: Saturday Basketball Games

Posted by MSUmtowndawg on 1/13/24 at 9:37 pm
I’ve tried to get my wife to understand that a 80% FT is good and then we sucked it up so bad in this game that I’ve lost my argument by default

re: Saturday Basketball Games

Posted by MSUmtowndawg on 1/13/24 at 9:26 pm
It’s been pretty shitty