Epk5150

Hello everyone. I just bought a 1996 Cherokee SE that needs some love and I was wondering if anyone knew a good shop I can take it to so I can have a few things done. Mostly routine maintenance and an overall inspection as well as have a new CPS installed. Thanks for any input.

Eric

no rdplz

Welcome to the forum! What all needs to be done. If it's mainly routine maintenance we can just get a wrenching party going on and save you the cost of shop labor.

Epk5150

Yeah mostly upkeep stuff. I wanted to check my timing and maybe get a new belt (i dont know how old the one on there is). Grease all fittings and change diff fluid as well as transfer case fluid. I also just wanted someone to give it a good once over to give me an idea of what else might need to be done.

Epk5150

So any thoughts on what to do or a name of a good shop?

no rdplz

I say we do a wrenching party and get a few Jeepers to help knock it all out quickly. I don't have a timing light but I'm sure someone does. Is there a reason you want to check the timing? Any misfires or rough idling?

Epk5150

No not really. Previous owner wasn't very honest up front so I just wanted to check everything. It has stalled on me once when I was pulling into the autoparts store but hasn't happened since. It also drops pretty low in the rev range whenever I left off the gas. It needs front end work too, feels very loose on the highway are there are a lot of pops and noises when running over bumps.

no rdplz

Sounds like a good clean up on your throttle body and electrical components is needed. The popping and looseness up front could be a few things (TRE's, balljoints, and/or hubs most likely).

Epk5150

Well im free all weekend and have plenty of beer if you are bored and want to learn me a few things. Checked with napa and he said there are about 100 different options for TREs on my jeep so he said i would have to remove them and bring em in to see which ones i need.

no rdplz

This weekend is a no go but I'm free next weekend on Friday, Saturday, and then Sunday afternoon.

Epk5150

That will work, I might be changing my fuel pump or at least inspecting it. I had some weird throttle issues today. It was driving fine and then randomly it wasn't getting power when I pressed the gas, only happened for about five seconds at around 30mph

no rdplz

Just know that to change the pump you gotta drop the tank.

Epk5150

Hmmmmm, maybe that can wait then. I am beginning to really love this forum. I am learning something new everyday. I guess my throttle issues could be as simple as a TV cable adjustment or a throttle position sensor. So I will give those a try first.

Epk5150

Adjusted the TV cable and everything seems to be ok. I also replaced my tie rod ends, drag link, and track bar, and the jeep drives like a dream now. Next step, lift kit!!!