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Old Jun 18, 2011 | 04:25 PM
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I was given a 99 Cherokee Sport recently. It had 146,000 miles and one owner before me. She didn't beat it but any kind of maintenance was rare. I plan to get caught up on the maintenance and use the truck to explore our Colorado back country. This is my first 4WD vehicle so all that is new to me.
I just completed a two month-long overhaul of the engine on my 1966 Volvo P1800 and I've worked on many cars and motorcycles over the last 45 years and I'm appreciating the simplicity of the jeep construction.
A number of questions come to mind and I'll try to find the right threads to post them.
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Old Jun 18, 2011 | 05:13 PM
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Welcome to the forum, post away that's howq I have been learning.
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Old Jun 19, 2011 | 07:56 AM
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Old Jun 19, 2011 | 08:09 AM
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Welcome!
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Old Jun 19, 2011 | 08:21 AM
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is longmont considered central? really? huh, well welcome from SW CO, im down in durango, and i love the CO back country roads.
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Old Jun 20, 2011 | 12:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Coraphix
is longmont considered central? really? huh, well welcome from SW CO, im down in durango, and i love the CO back country roads.
I hope to return to your area this year. Last August I came down on my motorcycle to see Hovenweep and Chimney Rock.
Later this week I'll be working a little north of Salida and looking to do some camping when we finish our survey.
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Old Jun 20, 2011 | 12:20 AM
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Old Jun 20, 2011 | 10:35 AM
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Welcome to the site Bob. Jeeps aren't to bad to work on compare to many of the other vehicles out there today. I have an 04 Grand with the 4.0 in it and at least you can get in there and work if you need to.
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Old Jun 20, 2011 | 10:37 AM
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Welcome to the forum. Cherokees are easy vehicles to work on youll get used to it soon
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Old Jun 21, 2011 | 12:15 AM
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I changed out my first hub assembly today after talking to some people and watching several You Tube videos. Even working under the miserable conditions I have to work with these days the job took only a little over an hour. Sometimes this jeep doesn't seem much more complicated than my 66 Volvo.
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Old Jun 21, 2011 | 03:48 AM
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Born and raised in Niwot, typing this from Niwot at the moment actually. I live and go to school in Fort Collins now though. Welcome
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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Bishop
Born and raised in Niwot, typing this from Niwot at the moment actually. I live and go to school in Fort Collins now though. Welcome
Thanks, Niwot is a nice little town and a bicycle riding destination for me.
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