Project ghetto fabulous; A poor man's oddyssey
12-08-2015, 08:10 AM
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1. In Canada, day time running lights are mandatory and mine don't work for whatever reason. I will need to look at the module (if I can find it) and check if it's still good, check the fuses and and connections. Alternatively I was thinking of either wiring a pair of aux lights tapped into a 12v source that's key on, or wire the headlights lowbeam and remove it after inspection.
2. Mandatory airbag lights and the Cherokee does not have one. This will be a fun headache to deal with.
. As far as I know the DLR lights are only mandatory to be functioning from the manufacture. Once it is in the consumers hands the DLRs can be disconnected. Check the module to see if it has been disconnected. A sure sign it is the module is the high beam indicator will no longer work. High beams will still work, just not the indicator.On my 98 the module is located on the right inner fender near the firewall. From looking at the online service manual at Morris 4x4 yours would be in the same place.
The airbag light could just be a blown bulb, a #74 if I remember right.
12-08-2015, 02:36 PM
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I am in Eastern Ontario, yeah part of the Canadian salt belt. As far as I know the DLR lights are only mandatory to be functioning from the manufacture. Once it is in the consumers hands the DLRs can be disconnected. Check the module to see if it has been disconnected. A sure sign it is the module is the high beam indicator will no longer work. High beams will still work, just not the indicator.
On my 98 the module is located on the right inner fender near the firewall. From looking at the online service manual at Morris 4x4 yours would be in the same place.
The airbag light could just be a blown bulb, a #74 if I remember right.
. As far as I know the DLR lights are only mandatory to be functioning from the manufacture. Once it is in the consumers hands the DLRs can be disconnected. Check the module to see if it has been disconnected. A sure sign it is the module is the high beam indicator will no longer work. High beams will still work, just not the indicator.On my 98 the module is located on the right inner fender near the firewall. From looking at the online service manual at Morris 4x4 yours would be in the same place.
The airbag light could just be a blown bulb, a #74 if I remember right.
What part of Ontario are you from? I lived in Ottawa and its surroundings for a couple years(Gatineau, Hull, Aylmer).When I put the interior back together and plug in a battery I will be sure to test the headlights, but if I recall they worked fine. I took it for an inspection and it did not pass and the inspection agent said that it is mandatory for them to be functional at the time of inspection, as well as the airbag light. If I am not mistaken as of 1997 when the Cherokees got a facelift, they redesigned the interior as well and as of then did the airbag lights have a visible bulb. I could not find the airbag light for the life of me on the pre-97 models and hours of internet searching yielded the same result as well as other individuals failing the inspection due to this particular hiccup. I have a 95 FSM which explains the airbags are entirely mechanical and there is no way to have any electrical integrations into it which will hopefully be sufficient for the follow-up inspection. However it is written in english, and the french aren't very accomodating in such cases. We will see where it takes me.
12-08-2015, 04:13 PM
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I am about an hour south of Ottawa, and an hour west of the Quebec Ontario border. a little dinky town called Iroquois, not to be confused with Iroquois Falls
12-08-2015, 06:08 PM
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Awesome! My Cherokee comes from Brockville Ontario, which sounds pretty close by actually. If you're ever in the neighborhood let me know, I'd love to go wheeling with xjs!
01-26-2016, 06:43 AM
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Sorry to dig up old bones, im from around your guys area. I live just outside cornwall in a littlw townncalled monkand! Just got my xj on the road and looking for people to go wheeling with! Jeep looked great man! Did it ever en up passing inspection? Hopefully someone reads this.
01-26-2016, 08:35 AM
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I haven't gone searching for anything About the best I have are the trails at the locks here in Iroquois. I know they use to run the Black and Decker, BrockTel trail in Brockville, but I think they banned cars and trucks from it. It was more of a mountain biking trail anyhow and had gotten very chewed up by 4x4s.
Both trails are very short and not overly difficult, and both are under 2 miles long. Both have places that will sink you in mud with Iroquois being the worse. It is old river clay from when they put the seaway through back in 1954. It can look dry and solid, but go off the trail in the wrong place and you will sink to the frame so fast that your butt will come off the seat
Once you have sank in it is a lot of digging and pulling with a truck on solid ground to get you back out. Haven't tried getting a vehicle out with a good winch, but most of us that drive the trail know where not to go Iroquois does have a couple short steep loose rock hills, but out XJs crawl up them no problem. About the most difficult section is an ATV off shoot. If you don't have lockers or disconnects chances are you wont get through without momentum. I run no rear sway bar and JKS quicker disconnects in the front and crawl through no problem. It is a nice section to flex your XJ a little though.
Not the best flex pictures, but the rocker in the fist picture is 3-4 feet from the ground. Coming into these humps with sway bars connected and open diffs you will lift a tire on the front PS and rear DS at the same time and come to an stop. Yes I know from experience
About the best I have are the trails at the locks here in Iroquois. I know they use to run the Black and Decker, BrockTel trail in Brockville, but I think they banned cars and trucks from it. It was more of a mountain biking trail anyhow and had gotten very chewed up by 4x4s.Both trails are very short and not overly difficult, and both are under 2 miles long. Both have places that will sink you in mud with Iroquois being the worse. It is old river clay from when they put the seaway through back in 1954. It can look dry and solid, but go off the trail in the wrong place and you will sink to the frame so fast that your butt will come off the seat
Once you have sank in it is a lot of digging and pulling with a truck on solid ground to get you back out. Haven't tried getting a vehicle out with a good winch, but most of us that drive the trail know where not to go Iroquois does have a couple short steep loose rock hills, but out XJs crawl up them no problem. About the most difficult section is an ATV off shoot. If you don't have lockers or disconnects chances are you wont get through without momentum. I run no rear sway bar and JKS quicker disconnects in the front and crawl through no problem. It is a nice section to flex your XJ a little though.Not the best flex pictures, but the rocker in the fist picture is 3-4 feet from the ground. Coming into these humps with sway bars connected and open diffs you will lift a tire on the front PS and rear DS at the same time and come to an stop. Yes I know from experience
Well, this is random.
03-15-2016, 03:21 PM
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