What did you do to your Cherokee today?
09-25-2016, 08:59 PM
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09-25-2016, 09:26 PM
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09-25-2016, 09:59 PM
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09-25-2016, 10:04 PM
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09-25-2016, 10:07 PM
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09-25-2016, 10:32 PM
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09-25-2016, 10:35 PM
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I don't need that much power anymore. My days of racing/mud boggs are long over. I just occasionally trail ride, go fishing at the state parks or cruise the beaches down here. The 3.0L gets me where I need to and is good on fuel for a 30 year old vehicle.
09-25-2016, 10:42 PM
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Opened both battery cable kits from XJwonders! Looks like great stuff. Hopefully can install them tomorrow. Haven't decided if I am doing the ZJ, XJ or both.
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09-25-2016, 11:04 PM
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Opened both battery cable kits from XJwonders! Looks like great stuff. Hopefully can install them tomorrow. Haven't decided if I am doing the ZJ, XJ or both.
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09-25-2016, 11:32 PM
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09-26-2016, 02:08 AM
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You can thank, "adverse possession" laws for that. Basically, if she knows you are using the route, and she does not stop you, then (in most states) after 7 years of you using it, you own it.
You could literally drive a road across her property, cutting her property in half, and wind up owning that road.
I think that's insane, wrong, and a whole lot of other bad words, but it's a legal reality.
A friendlier way around that, which protects her property rights, is for her to grant an easement to you. Basically, she gives you permission in writing to drive there, subject to certain limitations and conditions. A legal document is prepared and signed by both parties (it's a contract) and [usually] filed with the county, which grants you limited rights to drive across her property. It can be configured a lot of different ways. For example, it can automatically terminate if she sells the property, or it can be binding on the next owner, or terminate after a set time, or on your death, or.....
The key is that it is a mutual agreement, and forestalls any adverse possession claims.
But if she just doesn't want you on her property, well, enjoy the difficult route.
You could literally drive a road across her property, cutting her property in half, and wind up owning that road.
I think that's insane, wrong, and a whole lot of other bad words, but it's a legal reality.
A friendlier way around that, which protects her property rights, is for her to grant an easement to you. Basically, she gives you permission in writing to drive there, subject to certain limitations and conditions. A legal document is prepared and signed by both parties (it's a contract) and [usually] filed with the county, which grants you limited rights to drive across her property. It can be configured a lot of different ways. For example, it can automatically terminate if she sells the property, or it can be binding on the next owner, or terminate after a set time, or on your death, or.....
The key is that it is a mutual agreement, and forestalls any adverse possession claims.
But if she just doesn't want you on her property, well, enjoy the difficult route.
She put up a posted barbed wire fence facing our side of the property line at the top of that hill, and the entrance to her property at the bottom has a huge pink gate across it.
Hard way is the only way. It's one of the main reasons I bought that XJ when I did, so I could transport heavy stuff from the bottom to the top and back quickly.
I love this thing
09-26-2016, 06:07 AM
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All Jeeps should know their roots. They lose cultural references if they aren't constantly reminded they're basically farm equipment.
I changed the rear diff fluid in a superficial attempt at calming down the locker. The fluid was chocolate brown and foaming. New synthetic 75-90 and it is a bit better but it's still not wanting to unlock and seems to get worse the longer I drive. Before the oil change, it would unlock pretty violently.
Last edited by Battle; 09-26-2016 at 06:11 AM.