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Old Jul 1, 2013 | 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by DieselD
Drone at low RPM would be tolerable. A constant annoying drone at 65+ is unbearable when you drive for 16hrs. Lol. (On my vacation) how is it at highway speeds? Did you use a stock 2.25" tail pipe?

I was dead set on magnaflow performance curve kit, until shipping was like $50 bucks. Made everything a lot more exspensive. So I've been looking at a cheaper route.
Anything above 1800 RPMs is good and quiet, so 65+ is no problem. Im running factory 2.25" piping dumped after the muffler, if I had a tailpipe its be even quieter.

Originally Posted by sycoglitch
ok guys, lets leave the conversations for PMs please.
I was just answering a question pertaining to "what I did to my cherokee today." Seems pretty ontopic to me and the info is something others may find helpful as well. Im not trying to clutter the thread with offtopic rants or anything but Ill certainly resort to PM in the future as needed.


Back 100% on topic:
Gave my interior and door jams a thorough cleaning. Past two wheeling trips have gotten dust absolutely everywhere.
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Old Jul 1, 2013 | 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by kirknd4spd
Drove mine to work today for the first time in over a week. Glad to have the gas tank relocation finished, I'm hoping the new o ring where the sending unit goes into the tank doesn't start leaking again.
Make sure the lock ring is set right. There's a little bump area that it sits into. To far or to little and it will leak. Learned that the hard way when I did mine.
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Old Jul 1, 2013 | 03:34 PM
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Washed, clay bar, polish and waxed it today. I don't think its ever been done and I really want my paint to last quite a while! Also couldn't help myself and I had to back into the garage like this. lol
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Old Jul 1, 2013 | 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by C H E R O K E E 98XJ
Washed, clay bar, polish and waxed it today. I don't think its ever been done and I really want my paint to last quite a while! Also couldn't help myself and I had to back into the garage like this. lol
Looks really clean. Nice work!
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Old Jul 1, 2013 | 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by rmoore1031
Bedlined my new to me Hi Lift.
Touched up my OD Green paint job.
Bedlined my stock chrome bumpers.
I want one of those brushguards!
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Old Jul 1, 2013 | 04:04 PM
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Drove it to work, ordered it some led lights, and a sticker. Waiting on payday to finish out my cart!
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Old Jul 1, 2013 | 04:13 PM
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took a long hard look at making a real cold air induction setup for it. I determined I will need to use my sawzall, but other than that it should be harmless and fairly straight forward.

been bench racing an engine dyno figuring what i'll stand to gain with an obx long tube, new exhaust, 703 injectors, 01 intake, and my homebrew cai setup. this cai dealio should offer some amount of a ram air effect, as well.
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Old Jul 1, 2013 | 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by C H E R O K E E 98XJ
Washed, clay bar, polish and waxed it today. I don't think its ever been done and I really want my paint to last quite a while! Also couldn't help myself and I had to back into the garage like this. lol
Clay bar makes a HUGE difference, and it's SO easy.
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Old Jul 1, 2013 | 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Ryno 82
Make sure the lock ring is set right. There's a little bump area that it sits into. To far or to little and it will leak. Learned that the hard way when I did mine.
Yeah, I got that right. The o ring I had in it had tried to make its way into the tank, looks like it was a little too small. So I put a new o ring in it when I was finishing the tank up. It shouldn't leak.
So far so good, made it to work and back home, no leaks or issues from the new tank. Everything seems to be working like it is supposed to for once
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Old Jul 1, 2013 | 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by kirknd4spd

Yeah, I got that right. The o ring I had in it had tried to make its way into the tank, looks like it was a little too small. So I put a new o ring in it when I was finishing the tank up. It shouldn't leak.
So far so good, made it to work and back home, no leaks or issues from the new tank. Everything seems to be working like it is supposed to for once
Im interested in this mod .whats the benefits.any pics
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Old Jul 1, 2013 | 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by HS00XJ
Im interested in this mod .whats the benefits.any pics
The benefit is the gas tank doesn't hang down like an anchor anymore.
Downsides include loss of cargo space, the gas tank being mostly inside the Jeep, and having to cut a pretty big hole in the floor of the Jeep.

I'll get some pics tomorrow, its dark outside now.
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Old Jul 1, 2013 | 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by HS00XJ

Im interested in this mod .whats the benefits.any pics
People generally just buy a gas tank skid. Even the factory skid (if you find one) is plenty strong for most of the people on here.
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Old Jul 1, 2013 | 09:31 PM
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Finally got my rebuilt motor back in. Now comes putting all the pieces back together and hoping she'll start. I'm still waiting on a new throttle cable in the mail though so hopefully that'll get here soon.
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Old Jul 1, 2013 | 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by kirknd4spd

Yeah, I got that right. The o ring I had in it had tried to make its way into the tank, looks like it was a little too small. So I put a new o ring in it when I was finishing the tank up. It shouldn't leak.
So far so good, made it to work and back home, no leaks or issues from the new tank. Everything seems to be working like it is supposed to for once
Glad to hear. Leaking gas tanks is never good. There's always big trouble when "the vroom-vroom goes boom-boom" lol.
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Old Jul 1, 2013 | 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by cherokeelaredo'90
Finally got my rebuilt motor back in. Now comes putting all the pieces back together and hoping she'll start. I'm still waiting on a new throttle cable in the mail though so hopefully that'll get here soon.
What cable did you order? I got an omix from advance and it wasn't quite right. It works, just didn't fit quite right.
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