What did you do to your Cherokee today?
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From: Alaska
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L I-6
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From: Laurium, MI
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee(XJ)
Engine: 4.0L
What's the easiest and/or cheapest(and preferably still water resistant) way to get a trans temp gauge in the cab? Sorry...showing my inner newb...
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From: Capac, Mi
Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
they make electronic ones. where the sender goes in-line with the cooler lines or the trans pan. i would never use a mechanical gauge for either oil or trans fluid, to many variables.
Beach Bum
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From: Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Year: 2000 WJ
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Hot fluid does not enter line of mechanical gauge like older versions did, if that is what you are referring to.
Beach Bum
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From: Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Year: 2000 WJ
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Or, get a $20 infra-red temperature gun and shoot the pan for readings.
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From: Capac, Mi
Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
yep last time i used mechanical gauges for anything they were on a 66 nova drag car my dad had built in the late 60's early 70's so they were the old style gauges.
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From: Capac, Mi
Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
Just a generic one from amazon.
http://smile.amazon.com/Aluminum-Ant...ilpage_o01_s00
I'll take closer pictures tomorrow of how it's mounted.
http://smile.amazon.com/Aluminum-Ant...ilpage_o01_s00
I'll take closer pictures tomorrow of how it's mounted.
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Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0