What did you do to your Cherokee today?
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Took it out to the local abandon nudist pool. Got some good night shots, sadly from a phone. Will take the good camera next time.
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Engine: 4.0 H.O.
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Put a zj gas tank skid on it. They hang really low though Attachment 399989
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Thanks! And following that up, this morning I got a lot done.
- found a blown arm bushing which explains the noise I am hearing.
- put the heater tube back in that goes in the center console.
- sucked out brake fluid from master and replaced with new stuff. It was pretty nasty and I did the same thing about 3000 miles ago.
- sucked out clutch fluid and put new stuff back in. Wasnt too bad since I flushed the system 5000 miles ago.
- sucked out the power steering fluid and put new stuff back in. I couldnt get all the existing trans fluid out when I swapped gear boxes so it mixed with the ps fluid. Probably need to do this 2 more times.
- adjusted the steering linkage so that my steering wheel was centered. Was just a hair off before.
- found a blown arm bushing which explains the noise I am hearing.
- put the heater tube back in that goes in the center console.
- sucked out brake fluid from master and replaced with new stuff. It was pretty nasty and I did the same thing about 3000 miles ago.
- sucked out clutch fluid and put new stuff back in. Wasnt too bad since I flushed the system 5000 miles ago.
- sucked out the power steering fluid and put new stuff back in. I couldnt get all the existing trans fluid out when I swapped gear boxes so it mixed with the ps fluid. Probably need to do this 2 more times.
- adjusted the steering linkage so that my steering wheel was centered. Was just a hair off before.
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Bought her a friendAttachment 400023 tried bleeding the brakes and the clutch on it, but both had crystallized fluid in them. Gonna look into what all I need to do about that.
nice find
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Bought her a friendAttachment 400023 tried bleeding the brakes and the clutch on it, but both had crystallized fluid in them. Gonna look into what all I need to do about that.
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Originally Posted by 5-Speed
Nice! Glad you got it. Any rust? If none, make it 4wd and keep it.
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Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
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Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee(XJ)
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yesterday i put a v8 zj steering linkage on and installed some front recovery points so i can play in the snow today, starting to think about a winch for the future
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Not mine, but the guy I work with has an ‘00 that wouldn’t start. Found no power to the injectors. Traced back to the ASD w/ help from FSM diagrams. ASD relay was bad, dropped a new one. Fired right up.
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Installed a new water pump today on the XJ.
And I was blessed by the Jeep gods that all the bolts came out the way they were supposed to after a good soak from WD40, even the pump pulley bolts weren't bad.... so just messy, greasy, but thankful nothing broke off in the block, and didn't even have to take the fan clutch off to get to it
Good thing I did it when I did, it would've been a very short trip before it completely poo'd itself.
And I was blessed by the Jeep gods that all the bolts came out the way they were supposed to after a good soak from WD40, even the pump pulley bolts weren't bad.... so just messy, greasy, but thankful nothing broke off in the block, and didn't even have to take the fan clutch off to get to it
Good thing I did it when I did, it would've been a very short trip before it completely poo'd itself.
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Took the XJ for a road test/trip. Ran great.