So the most recent project involved replaceing the valve gasket, noit as straight forward as i imagined. Broke the CCV hose (i think thats what it is) and found my t-case is leaking but no idea from where and why. I have some pics of the gasket replacement and the t-case leak. any help with identifing the issue and a fix would be greatly apreciated.

All clean

Broke the back hose, is that the CCV?

Here is the leak

 

Looks good man. i'm waiting to get my bumpers and I'm going to do the black on the bottom also. hey do your so called 32's rub at all?

 

In the rear yes, my lift sagged due to POS add-a-leaf to only 2" I also did some fender triming so the rub aint to bad. If you did more fender triming it'd fit fine.

 

I also found out what hose i broke and the system it is part of. It is a CCV(closed crankcase ventalation) not a PCV (positive crankcase ventalation.) It control idle, the difference between the two is the PCV is a vacum. Most part store have it miss labeled, so if anyone that reads this thread happens to break it, shoot yourself because it is a PIA to replace. But ask for a rear PVC "breather" hose, right angle, and the ruber washer like thing around the valve cover. You will need all of it.

 

Sweet build man! I'm loving it.. Jeep looks sick.

I saw the tow hooks, where and how did you mount them?
I know that the higher models of the cherokee sport came with
tow hooks.. and i have a base model.

any ideas?

 

FWIW not all the higher models came with them, they were still an option. I have a limited that did not come with tow hooks.

 

C4x4, IRO, Rusty's, and others all sell tow hook mounts for the XJ.

 

I bought mine at pepboys for 10 a peice. Mine is a limited but had no off-road OEM goodies. If you look closely in the pic as to where i mounted the hooks you will so a hole in the plastics on the bumper. Inside there you can bolt a tow hook to the bracket that runs from the "frame" to the bumper. I used it a few times with some deceint jerking, it held up fine.
And thanks for the compliment!

 

I decided that I didn't like how low my trailer hitch was hanging so it was time to break out the tools. Needed to notch and cut, wasn't fun but i think well worth it. I went from it being low and ungly (refer to begining of thread) to higher and neater.






How do yall think it came out? I'm pretty pleased

 

awsome build, i got me jeep when i was 16 to im 18 and in college now but still on a highscholl budget lol, i have a similar build 4.5 in lift and 32's, my most recent upgrade is my deroit locker i love it. im new to the site and dont have pics up yet but will figure it out soon. but im disapointed because i didnt take any stock pics of mine because the first thing i did when i bought it was lift it haha

 

No offense man, but you're in college and you still don't know how to use capital letters?

It never ends, I'm out of college and and engineer, and I'm still practically living on a high school budget.

 

i cant tell any differene in the hitch

 

On the 1st page of the thread i posted a pic with the hitch on. It sat about 3" under my rear bumper as compared to almost right up against it. But thanks for your honesty! Here is the old pic and the new pic together, hopefully you will see the difference now. if not I wont be offended.

 

Thanks my man! I wish I could throw in a locker but I dont have the money and haven't found a need.. yet.

 

Sorry, I did not realize that this was a formal site that required proper english with capitol letters