What did you do to your Cherokee today?
05-14-2015, 09:58 PM
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Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L HO
X2, my company has Impalas (the "old" W-body ones, GM still makes them as a fleet only model), luckily I only have to drive them once or twice a year on business trips. The steering has absolutely no feedback (feels like the wheel isn't attached to anything), every inch of the interior is the cheapest of cheap, crappy suspension, and it feels slow/gutless as hell (the way it is tuned/geared) despite having a 300hp 3.6L V6 and actually being relatively quick (6.5 sec. 0-60) on paper. (I've never driven another car that "fast" that felt so slow.)
05-14-2015, 10:13 PM
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Year: 1999 Jeep Cherokee
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Say what you will about the company car. It ain't too pretty, but the v6, 271 hp little sucker will run. I heard it will do 120mph.
So for what I did in or with the Cherokee today, I dove it.
So for what I did in or with the Cherokee today, I dove it.
05-14-2015, 11:23 PM
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Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
05-15-2015, 12:28 AM
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Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
I used my wife's hair pins instead of cotter pins to repair the broken window regulator. Before it broke the window was slow on the up. Now, its just as fast as all the others!
05-15-2015, 02:27 AM
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Beat the rush and got the winter tires mounted up for the Heep.
Had garage time today, so I changed the valve cover gasket on the '99. Gotta change the oil (in both) tomorrow.
Had garage time today, so I changed the valve cover gasket on the '99. Gotta change the oil (in both) tomorrow.
05-15-2015, 04:11 PM
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Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L HO
Not sure about yours, but my XJ has way more steering feel than those W-body Impalas (not like my Mustang of course, but at least it feels like the wheel is attached to something) and my XJ also "feels" faster than the Impala despite actually being slower due to the 4.0L I6s low end torque.
05-16-2015, 02:16 AM
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Changed the oil in the Jeeps this evening.
The '99 (pictured) got Rotella T5 10w30 and a Purolater Classic filter.
The '95 got the "cleaning out the shop special" using up some stuff I found while doing a little spring cleaning. It got Formula Shell 10w30 SM that I picked up a 6 ago and had never used, along with a bottle of STP ZDDP additive that I had picked up about 3 years ago. The filter was a Mobil1.
The '99 (pictured) got Rotella T5 10w30 and a Purolater Classic filter.
The '95 got the "cleaning out the shop special" using up some stuff I found while doing a little spring cleaning. It got Formula Shell 10w30 SM that I picked up a 6 ago and had never used, along with a bottle of STP ZDDP additive that I had picked up about 3 years ago. The filter was a Mobil1.
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05-16-2015, 03:50 PM
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Year: 1988
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What did you do to your cherokee today?
is there supposed to be something in there guys? Haha
had little breakage when I went wheeling today
had little breakage when I went wheeling today
05-16-2015, 04:22 PM
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Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
1999 Jeep Cherokee Sport handling problem
Do you think this could have been the handling trouble I was having on my Jeep? Almost lost it exiting I-95 at only 40 MPH. Tightened her down and now it has the handling characteristics of my wife's Avalon. Well, maybe not that good, but much better at highway speeds.
05-16-2015, 07:47 PM
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Cleaned overspray in door jambs from the PO's crappy paint job or whatever you wanna call it. Washed out all the mud in them and around the hinges first. Then hand buffed them with rubbing compound and waxed them. About to go swap the hood put on the plate light brow and start cleaning mud from all the interior panels.