What did you do to your Cherokee today?
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From: Laurium, MI
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee(XJ)
Engine: 4.0L
Found out I need extended bumpstops, messed up the rear cut and fold a smidge. Thinking about just welding the seam and cutting off the tabs with the pinch welds...
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Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 542
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From: Phoenix, AZ
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 L6
Used a turkey baster to change some power steering and brake fluid out during my oil change. Also doing a tranny drain and refill. Does the drain plug on the transmission pan have a copper washer? If so I need to strain the fluid I just drained... Oh and I changed a brake light.
Ryan.
Ryan.
Bought the smallest toggle switch advance auto had to replace my rear dome light switch. Don't know what happened to the old one, didn't look melted but you couldnt push it for anything.
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Joined: Oct 2011
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From: Phoenix, AZ
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 L6
Used a turkey baster to change some power steering and brake fluid out during my oil change. Also doing a tranny drain and refill. Does the drain plug on the transmission pan have a copper washer? If so I need to strain the fluid I just drained... Oh and I changed a brake light.
Ryan.
Ryan.
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From: Greenville, SC
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee(XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Originally Posted by rklettke
The answer is yes. I had a strainer next to my dump bucket as it turns out.
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From: NC
Year: 1994
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Welded my front bumper back on. Instead of just putting a couple stitch welds on it, I put some 1/8" plate inside the rail and made some holes in the mount, plug welded the holes through to the plate. I also welded around the entire bracket as well as along the front on the side nearest the rail. I can now pick the front end up with my hi lift.
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From: Greenville, SC
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee(XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Originally Posted by rklettke
Well it wasn't copper I think. Just a thin metal washer.
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Joined: Apr 2017
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From: New Jersey
Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 6 cylinder 4.0
Changed the belt cause it was squealing and didn't think it would be too bad. But when you have a 95 Cherokee Country with loads of body rust no bolts wanted to break loose. Pep boys gave me the wrong belt and my friend went to town loosening the ps pulley and the piece the tightener bolt goes into broke and took me hours to get the tiny piece out so I could just throw on some jb weld. 5 hours of work later and there's no squeal! Next project is taking off the doors, any tips?
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Joined: Dec 2016
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From: Tucson az
Year: 1992
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Mine doesn't push either. Pulled my light off and didn't see anything out of the ordinary
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From: Greenville, SC
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee(XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Originally Posted by Tommyapples
Changed the belt cause it was squealing and didn't think it would be too bad. But when you have a 95 Cherokee Country with loads of body rust no bolts wanted to break loose. Pep boys gave me the wrong belt and my friend went to town loosening the ps pulley and the piece the tightener bolt goes into broke and took me hours to get the tiny piece out so I could just throw on some jb weld. 5 hours of work later and there's no squeal! Next project is taking off the doors, any tips?
Received my new cargo bay sill today. Was able to find one in Camel. Cost $70 from my local Jeep dealership but I just got tired of looking at the cracked one. Also pulled the trigger on a new door check, pin, and bracket. $88 from the same place. Figure get the driver's door tightened up one of these days. Have to go in there to install the Infinity Tweeters I picked up a while back and figure I would take care of everything at the same time. Which brings me to a question. Thinking of installing some sound deadening material. I really don't care. More one of those while I am here things. Figure both front door panels are coming off so do it there. Have to track down a leak in my rear hatch so the plastic molding is coming off so here too. Going to install an overhead console so figure the roof. Plus a installing leather seats so figure maybe do the floor pans too. So instead of using the Dynamat that most people seem too:
Thinking about using this:
Anybody have any opinions?
Thinking about using this:
Anybody have any opinions?
Last edited by Ralph77; Apr 5, 2017 at 04:16 PM.




