How many drain & fills until it's red again? Drain for me is TWO quarts (not 3 or 4)
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From: Salt Lake City, UT
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
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Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
How are your rear brakes? My XJ clunks into gear a little bit too, and it is lessened when I have the parking brake on. When I back out of my driveway or a parking spot, I usually shift into reverse first and then take the parking brake off. Then when I back up and shift into drive, I've noticed that if I really stomp on the brakes I get less of a clunk and it doesn't lunge forward as much. A brake job is on my short list of repairs.
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LOL, fair enough, but I have no idea what either of those things are,
or where they are located,
or if it's even possible to do for a beginner like me.
To check the slip yoke, you need to take it apart like this?
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/g...ite-up-357569/
Or, do you use a grease gun to inject grease? This write-up doesn't really help beyond that
http://www.ehow.com/how_6901727_do-g...lip-yoke_.html
How do you check the u-joint?
How do you grease a u-joint?
Or do you just replace the u-joint?
If I conclude this is too complex for my ability level, and take it to a mechanic,
I can tell him to replace the u-joint and grease the slip yoke at the same time?
They can both be done together? These are common maint. items, correct?
or where they are located,
or if it's even possible to do for a beginner like me.
To check the slip yoke, you need to take it apart like this?
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/g...ite-up-357569/
Or, do you use a grease gun to inject grease? This write-up doesn't really help beyond that
http://www.ehow.com/how_6901727_do-g...lip-yoke_.html
How do you check the u-joint?
How do you grease a u-joint?
Or do you just replace the u-joint?
If I conclude this is too complex for my ability level, and take it to a mechanic,
I can tell him to replace the u-joint and grease the slip yoke at the same time?
They can both be done together? These are common maint. items, correct?
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Year: 1997, 1993
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I would secure a 5 gallon pail of DEXIII/Merc upside down above the fill tube with hose going from pail to fill tube. Then I would start her up(Cherokee rear axle up on jacks so wheels can spin, Obviously in 2 wheel drive), open drain plug, let 5 gallons Rip, put her in Drive, then Neutral, then Reverse, back and forth until 5 gallons is almost gone. Put drain plug back in. Check Level on flat ground, Hot.
Oh crap, no body take that seriously lol.
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Year: 1994
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I would secure a 5 gallon pail of DEXIII/Merc upside down above the fill tube with hose going from pail to fill tube. Then I would start her up(Cherokee rear axle up on jacks so wheels can spin, Obviously in 2 wheel drive), open drain plug, let 5 gallons Rip, put her in Drive, then Neutral, then Reverse, back and forth until 5 gallons is almost gone. Put drain plug back in. Check Level on flat ground, Hot.
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From: Gainesville GA
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
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Just do a AX-15 swap & call it done.
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I would secure a 5 gallon pail of DEXIII/Merc upside down above the fill tube with hose going from pail to fill tube. Then I would start her up(Cherokee rear axle up on jacks so wheels can spin, Obviously in 2 wheel drive), open drain plug, let 5 gallons Rip, put her in Drive, then Neutral, then Reverse, back and forth until 5 gallons is almost gone. Put drain plug back in. Check Level on flat ground, Hot.
The correct way to do that is to remove both lines from the trans cooler. Place the suction line into a large, clean glass jar you keep filled with fluid as it is drawn out, the other into a waste bucket.
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I have now done 4 drain and fills.
There was finally a hint of red, but the fluid is still 95% black.
I am going to leave this alone for a while.
I might do 4 more drain and fills a few months from now.
There was finally a hint of red, but the fluid is still 95% black.
I am going to leave this alone for a while.
I might do 4 more drain and fills a few months from now.
