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From: Wekiva, FL
Year: 99 sport
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 i6
A lot of the failures I see people talking about on this forum, (and others, it's not just a Jeep thing,) are related to neglecting routine maintenance.
A person whining about his starter failing and leaving him stranded in a parking lot 30 miles from home. He had had to hit the starter with a hammer several times over the last several weeks of its life prior to the thing finally dying to keep it working.
If he'd replaced the darned thing the first time it screwed up, he wouldn't have been stranded and whining about it.
Same thing with lights. Incandescent bulbs are wear parts. They dim over time. They need to be replaced maybe every three years regardless of whether they blow or not.
Eliminate a death wobble without replacing the original whipped ball joints? Why bother?
If you keep an eye out for small changes in operation and fix the small things immediately, the big stuff can't bite you.
A person whining about his starter failing and leaving him stranded in a parking lot 30 miles from home. He had had to hit the starter with a hammer several times over the last several weeks of its life prior to the thing finally dying to keep it working.
If he'd replaced the darned thing the first time it screwed up, he wouldn't have been stranded and whining about it.
Same thing with lights. Incandescent bulbs are wear parts. They dim over time. They need to be replaced maybe every three years regardless of whether they blow or not.
Eliminate a death wobble without replacing the original whipped ball joints? Why bother?
If you keep an eye out for small changes in operation and fix the small things immediately, the big stuff can't bite you.
best advice on this thread. and it's common sense.
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From: Japan
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 L I6
Haha I think so.
But it just depends on what your goals are. If you want to have a car that drives like it would right off the assembly line, you will have to replace nearly every part- tre's, sensors, etc. It just depends on how high your standards are for your 10+ year old jeep.
But it just depends on what your goals are. If you want to have a car that drives like it would right off the assembly line, you will have to replace nearly every part- tre's, sensors, etc. It just depends on how high your standards are for your 10+ year old jeep.
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