What did you do to your jeep today?

[KJowner]

H&Rs are worth every penny. Thoroughly recommend them, esp if combined with standard Bilsteins. 32 average is not bad, means you are getting up towards 40, if not more, once cruising. It's acceleration that drags it down.

I've bought KYBs for the front, they were on offer on AutoDoc. I'm surprised how good it is on fuel, on a run its equal to my 2.5 CRD manual.

 

[Johnny O]

Hazmat disposal day at the labs and I am sick as a dog...Thankfully They are sending a truck this time. Bert is still in adventure mode.

Also, discovered three new bacteria and a new protozoan in the samples we took on this year's trip.

 

[Luke]

geez that’s cool! New to you? or like earth?

 

[Erskine]

I've bought KYBs for the front, they were on offer on AutoDoc. I'm surprised how good it is on fuel, on a run its equal to my 2.5 CRD manual.

I have KYBs up front too, I had KYBs on the back but they gave up the ghost with the H&Rs, Dunno if it was a manufacturing fault or they were too wimpy. I had them refunded and got Bilsteins.

 

[sota]

oh, rolled 100k. forgot to get odo pix.

 

[AJ9P]

I'm trying to decide how much it is worth it to have the dealer flush my cooling system as opposed to trying to do it myself.

It’s not terrible. There is a drain on the bottom of your radiator, pop off a hose to run the water into. I have had techs tell me to pop another hose off, and others tell me to use the drain on the radiator. I would do a little research and see what’s recommended for your system. Just remember not to put pure antifreeze in the system and to bleed the air out of it.

 

[AJ9P]

My Jeep had its annual MOT. (First one since in my possession) It failed on the UCAs as expected, I had already bought replacements. Otherwise all good APART from discovering the rear sill had completely rusted out! So a big welding bill coming.

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Seems that the plastic trim is a complete water/mud trap? Is the answer to bore some big drain holes in the trim?

Dumb question from a Wisconsinite, what is a MOT?

 

[KJowner]

Dumb question from a Wisconsinite, what is a MOT?

Ministry Of Transport inspection, its the UK check all older cars have to go through every year.

 

[Johnny O]

geez that’s cool! New to you? or like earth?

new to science!

 

[Johnny O]

Dumb question from a Wisconsinite, what is a MOT?

Just like Pennsylvania and other states that have annual road-worthiness inspections. IMO all states should have 'em-keep the death traps and those that own them off the road.

 

[Johnny O]

Anyone noticed the trend of full size pick-ups rolling around on street tires made for cars?

 

[CherokeeLiberty]

I just had an idea. I might make a fold-down shelf that attaches inside the swing gate. Hinges at the bottom, and jack chain or cord to support it.

 

[AJ9P]

I just had an idea. I might make a fold-down shelf that attaches inside the swing gate. Hinges at the bottom, and jack chain or cord to support it.

I am making the same thing!!! Dad had a bunch of black walnut go over in the storm a few years ago. I love how great minds think alike

 

[Luke]

new to science!

Damn! Good show!

 

[CherokeeLiberty]

I am making the same thing!!! Dad had a bunch of black walnut go over in the storm a few years ago. I love how great minds think alike

I’ve got some scrap 1/2” plywood that the previous home owner used as shelving that I’ll use.

 

[profdlp]

It’s not terrible. There is a drain on the bottom of your radiator, pop off a hose to run the water into. I have had techs tell me to pop another hose off, and others tell me to use the drain on the radiator. I would do a little research and see what’s recommended for your system. Just remember not to put pure antifreeze in the system and to bleed the air out of it.

I've done it myself several times. What I am trying to figure out is if the dealer would have equipment that would give it a better flush than I can do in my driveway.

 

[KJowner]

I've done it myself several times. What I am trying to figure out is if the dealer would have equipment that would give it a better flush than I can do in my driveway.

I doubt it, I did mine with a hose at the same time as changing my thermostat, gave the heater matrix a flush, block and radiator wash through and filled + dumped the whole system a couple of times before filling it with HOAT and de mineralised water 50% mix. HOAT is quite hard to find here.

 

[turblediesel]

Anyone noticed the trend of full size pick-ups rolling around on street tires made for cars?

Not around here.

 

[Noclutch]

Update I got the rack and pinion and steering coupler for the 04.KJ all hooked up now. I bled the power steering system and added some fresh fluid. I put the differential bolts in the other way as recommended but I’m having trouble getting the camber bolts to go in the way I took them out it seem like when I try to adjust the camber bolts head the washer/flange rides the chamber horse shoe indicator and nudges the control arm just enough to interfere with the differential mount bolt. BTW no alignment as been done yet.

 

[duderz7]

Update I got the rack and pinion and steering coupler for the 04.KJ all hooked up now. I bled the power steering system and added some fresh fluid. I put the differential bolts in the other way as recommended but I’m having trouble getting the camber bolts to go in the way I took them out it seem like when I try to adjust the camber bolts head the washer/flange rides the chamber horse shoe indicator and nudges the control arm just enough to interfere with the differential mount bolt. BTW no alignment as been done yet.

When I went to put the diff mount bolts in the other way around I found that they're difficult to get past the rack bolts and could potentially be in the way if the cam bolts were adjusted inboard. Ended up putting them back to original orientation.