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Old 06-12-2011, 08:21 AM
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Hey guys so after a few threads and questions about this car i was going too buy i was off buying one. it took 1 hour too fly to get there 1 hour in the taxi. the car was absouluty in good condition low mileage no rust. sorry for my spelling hehehe. so heres a few pici off my Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 5.2 L V8 - 97










so here it is

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hey guys so ive sorted the garage out small but works for me got some new tools. ive mounted of the original air intake box and replaced it with a kickass open sportfilter. and tomorrow i will start on the plate around the sportfilter. we dont want warm air do we . after that i sorted out that ****ty stereo off mine in the car what a complicated jobb just too get the stereo off ! its not like my golf vr6 xD heres some picis sorry for the bad pici but whatdaheek its IPHONE!





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Hey guys , so me and my dad started building the plate for the sportfilter looks good so far i think









so this is what i did today looks good too me
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now after i took out the old stereo i was looking for a mount kit



its about 15 bucks in us and swedish its around 100 kr:P not alot hehe
will be getting that one this week i think.

i have only one question for now when i opened the seat behind me i found a black metal amplifier will this still be used when i connect another stereo ? speakers are Infinity Gold dont know if these are any good.
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Intake is lookin good.
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the factory amp and stereo are pretty decent.
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thanks alot i well keep doing some updates its just combinding work & cars xD
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Komodo, We'd all love to see how the build progresses there in Sweden, but instead of using your camera phone, do you have a digital camera you could use?
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sry dude i dont have one but i think i can borrow one till tomorrow
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Hey guys so i got my Haynes book now and i fixed the antenna thingy.

heres a few picis for the day continues tomorrow




the cable for the engine antenna mount



eletrical engine for the antenna i took off



the antenna head that sits on the engine i took off



the powerful book complete teardown and rebuild 357 pages xD cost 15 bucks

so it will continue tomorrow better picis instead off iphone :P

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Hey guys , heres an update what ive been doing lately.


new tools



new exhaust build 3"



abit different xD Original vs Custom 3" full flow.

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so thats what ive been doing lately a friend is welding the exhuast for me now picking it up tomorrow . so am going on the antenna thingy i was on before too get that done more pici will come
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almost forgot ! the exhaust is gonna be a proper side pipe with a clean look
and am ordering a RACE cat 3 " full flow also so i can get rid of the old one
also ordering plexi glass 90 % dark for the car too exept the front window and my side and passanger but the rest back is going plexi
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hey guys i havent done so much lately tho lack off money is a isue atm. but did however repair a wheel leak so thats done. am done with the sidepipe exhaust soon picis will come for that
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HEY guys ! so ive done a little update ive fixed the antenna and am dragging a new antenna cable for it tonight dont know why i did it so difficult for me last time but when i looked at it it sorta just klicked xD does this read a mind sometimes ? any off u guys xd picis will come when the work is done
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hey guys so i recentley put the jeep on the road for the first time and it worked perfectley fine . drove into town everything worked fine about 5 min outside the city ( going home ofcourse) i saw my temp was going up and it went higher so i pulled over popped the hood up big hose too the thermostat was all flat. so ive had this problem before but on other cars . kinda paniced tho it was friday and all stores where shut. luckely one store was open on saturday for 4 hours so i rushed down hoping they had one and they did the last one YAY ME! so me and my dad began this.


engine pici not dirty


old thermostat lookin at me




the new isolation cut out


abit silicon on to isolate


new thermostat in place

so thats it for now guys it runs fine now had the coolant water replaced and the old was flushed out and cleaned about 95 C temp now while running stable
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