Disel engines definitely have their own sound. When you start to get over 2500 rpm on this little motor it does start to lose its sewing machine sound (this is not a flaw, but a characteristics of disel engines). In my own and all that I've heard I guess you could call some of it a "pining" sound if you had to define it. In my experience, weather it's with my own roxor, my brother in laws, my 86 dodge 2500 or my Kubota tractor disel engines just have that sloppy sound when they Rev high. As for burning smell, that's paint and gaskets burning in, mine did it for prob 300-500 miles. Its just part of break in, enjoy it, you only get that smell once
. If your still worried about that noise go to your local dealer and see if theirs makes that sound when you test drive. I'm 100% sure it will, but, if it sets your mind at ease it's worth the trip. Enjoy!
That's what I'm looking into right now. I have a set of Bestop full doors for a cj7 and they match well on the bottom but are way off on the top. I'm thinking of modifying the doors to fit the rollbar better. I'm also going to modify the roll bar in the back to look more like a YJ so I can put foldable bench seat in the back. Then I'll have someone sew together a top out of the same black denium material. I'll put up a thread if I succeed.
What door tops did you start with?
While we’re talking about the little engine that could , today I was headed to town on a state highway, it ran good around 50-55, as before, but as I proceded down a long grade, mostly letting the engine slow the Rox down for a curve ahead , I was about half down the grade when looking in the rear view mirror there appeared a huge cloud of smoke from the exhaust, enough to think I had a fire back there , or a stuck brake shoe. It disapated as I slowed down, then again a large cloud of white smoke mixed with some dark cloud also , like what you would see when oil slips by the rings on a worn motor. On the flat no more smoke...I wonder what was really going on. .?Disel engines definitely have their own sound. When you start to get over 2500 rpm on this little motor it does start to lose its sewing machine sound (this is not a flaw, but a characteristics of disel engines). In my own and all that I've heard I guess you could call some of it a "pining" sound if you had to define it. In my experience, weather it's with my own roxor, my brother in laws, my 86 dodge 2500 or my Kubota tractor disel engines just have that sloppy sound when they Rev high. As for burning smell, that's paint and gaskets burning in, mine did it for prob 300-500 miles. Its just part of break in, enjoy it, you only get that smell once
Now, this is the way to get things done....everyone needs a doner CJ ! I especially like the half doors and the removable upper soft section......they all should be made this way !
