97+ Hatch wont open
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From: San Diego
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
lol, that would have been amazing it it was just a fluke, i remember once i was driving home from work in my car, and felt something fuzzy on my hand and i looked and it was like a massive spider and i was like AHHHH and in trying to get it out the window and off my hand i was swirving all over and was driving down the middle median/turn area of the road lol
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From: Gilbert AZ/Las Cruces NM
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 upgraded
Haha ya it sucks. i took it in to a couple body shops yesterday to see if they could find any extra damage and one company quotes $1750ish and another $2100ish. Thats outragous...
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From: Harleysville, PA
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L I6 Powertech
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From: Gilbert AZ/Las Cruces NM
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
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well other than pushing in a small section of the seal seating lip there was no other damage!!!!
so now we have swap the window over fomr the broken hatch to the new hatch, paint the hatch (before window instal), instal plastics but it works and it needs some final alignment but its looking really good!!! better than it did.... kinda..... it is atleast now functional!!
so now we have swap the window over fomr the broken hatch to the new hatch, paint the hatch (before window instal), instal plastics but it works and it needs some final alignment but its looking really good!!! better than it did.... kinda..... it is atleast now functional!!
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From: Gilbert AZ/Las Cruces NM
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 upgraded
btw it was the little metal rod that was bent preventing the hatch from opening!!! pulled up on that and "pop" it opened right up!
Here is how we kinda took the hatch off ha. we bent the sides in so the interior plastic broke free and we could get inside enough to pop the latch inside and open it up

Only pic i got during the whole event ha

Only pic i got during the whole event ha
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