Thank you, she’s a super mutt!
This is north of the headwaters of the Mississippi in the river valley. It’s flat farmland until you drive around the corner, then it’s a huge depression in the land. It’s insanely pretty in the fall.
I finished my driveshaft tonight. I found that the u-joints I ordered are the t-case end u-joint. Rock Auto lists them as both ends. We stopped at O’Reilly’s and I got the other one (two of them since I thought they were the same).
On a much cooler note, during my last oil change, I ran a new...
I got into the driveshaft u-joints tonight. Rock auto screwed me again. They have Dana 5213x joints listed as “manual trans” models under the 2007 tab. Well, they’re not. The cap to cap length is 3/8” too long. Now I get to fight with RA over returns, because their return program deemed the...
I found a few drops of antifreeze under my jeep just now. I guess it felt left out since so many of you were talking cooling systems. Thanks a lot, guys.
It seems to be coming from the t-stat housing, so maybe just a bad gasket. I’ll be able to take a closer look at home.
I ordered some u-joints today. The axle end on the rear drive shaft is sloppy, so I’ll do both. I also have a leaky front output seal on the t-case, so that will be on the agenda, as well.
I’ve only ever caught enough coolant to dispose a few times. Once, I was so broke, and it was fresh coolant, that I reused the coolant and ran it through coffee filters.
Dumps and transfer stations usually have waste antifreeze tanks near the oil tanks.
We put on about 450 miles, yesterday. All for a ten minute eye appointment for our dog (she had her eye slashed by a cat when she was a puppy). All was good… Same time next year…
I was thinking about the rust that’s taking over my jeep, and started remembering all of my past cherokee forum...
I armor-alled the dash, console, and front door panels tonight. I haven’t wiped it out for a couple years, and it was in bad shape. I need to get a steering wheel cover to cover all the grime, too. Cleaning it off is too hard, and it looks like crap underneath.
I ohmed out my cluster, and everything was good. I identified the “bad wire,” and I traced it to the main plug for the rear lights, which is behind the rear right paneling. My trailer lights harness tees into there. I have no voltage out of the pin that goes to said light bulb.
I’m working on tracing my tail light issue (my left running lamp is not getting power). Also, just last night that turn signal was acting up. It was acting like it was burnt out, so I got the rapid blink, but it also would go back to normal. I have that working. I think it was just a loose...
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I got whacked by a big rock on my way home from work, today. It must have been oblong or jagged and hit twice. I think one hit my headlight, too. There’s a decent pock-mark on the lens, and I definitely heard multiple hits. Luckily, the inner layer of glass stayed intact.
My ‘90 XJ was quick, even with the “non-HO” 4.0L. It had the NP242 t-case, and it was nimble as could be on snowy streets. I could do some Ken Block stuff with it. All that low end grunt was great.
Johnny, I hear you on the no car payments and easy to repair. I’d also like to add that googling repairs/parts are easy. I was thinking back to when I had my Cherokees. Google X-repair for Jeep Cherokee, and you get your results, plus every generation of Grand Cherokee. So, you google Jeep XJ...
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